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Isolation of a Carbene‐Stabilized Phosphorus Mononitride and Its Radical Cation (PN +. )
Author(s) -
Kinjo Rei,
Donnadieu Bruno,
Bertrand Guy
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.201002889
Subject(s) - carbene , singlet state , chemistry , electron , phosphorus , transition metal , metal , crystallography , organic chemistry , physics , catalysis , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , excited state
Carbenes can do better than metals : Phosphorus mononitride transition‐metal complexes have never been isolated, but a PN fragment capped by two bulky, strongly electron‐releasing singlet carbenes can be prepared at room temperature (see picture; P red, N blue, C gray). The one‐electron oxidation produced the corresponding stable radical cation.