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Metal Complexes of Aminyl Radicals
Author(s) -
Hicks Robin G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200802713
Subject(s) - radical , metal , amide , valence (chemistry) , chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry
Innocent until proven … non‐innocent! Until recently, metal complexes of neutral aminyl radicals have proven very elusive in comparison to the more common metal amide valence isomer. Recent publications are discussed in which the synthesis and elucidation of genuine, isolable metal aminyl radical complexes have been realized.