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Do Carbyne Radicals Really Exist in Aqueous Solution?
Author(s) -
Bogoslavsky Benny,
Levy Ophir,
Kotlyar Anna,
Salem Miri,
Gelman Faina,
Bino Avi
Publication year - 2012
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.201103652
Subject(s) - carbyne , radical , aqueous solution , chemistry , solvent , hydrogen atom abstraction , photochemistry , decomposition , molecule , organic chemistry , catalysis , carbene
They do exist! Free carbyne radicals can be prepared at room temperature in an aqueous solution by the decomposition of mono‐ or trinuclear metal (M) complexes containing alkylidyne ligands (see scheme; red C, blue M, green H). The generated radicals then react to form a variety of organic compounds by chain‐lengthening reactions in solution. They also exhibit hydrogen, oxygen, or carbon abstraction from solvent, reactant, or product molecules.