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At Last: A Stable Univalent Gallium Cation
Author(s) -
Wehmschulte Rudolf J.
Publication year - 2010
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.201001102
Subject(s) - gallium , phosphine , chemistry , redox , ion , inorganic chemistry , scheme (mathematics) , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , mathematics , mathematical analysis
The power of one : A stable gallium(I) cation has been prepared by a redox reaction (see scheme) and is stabilized by a weakly coordinating anion. The facile synthesis of the phosphine cation [(Ph 3 P) 3 Ga] + is promising for the development of a rich coordination chemistry.