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Carbene Stabilization of Diarsenic: From Hypervalency to Allotropy
Author(s) -
Abraham Mariham Y.,
Wang Yuzhong,
Xie Yaoming,
Wei Pingrong,
Schaefer Henry F.,
Schleyer P. von R.,
Robinson Gregory H.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200902840
Subject(s) - carbene , lewis acids and bases , molecule , potassium , chemistry , graphite , medicinal chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , catalysis
Diarsenic as a Lewis acid : An N‐heterocyclic carbene stabilized diarsenic molecule [L:AsAs:L] (L:=:C{N(2,6‐ i Pr 2 C 6 H 3 )CH} 2 ) (see scheme) has been prepared by potassium/graphite reduction of [L:AsCl 3 ]. The nature of the bonding in this molecule was probed by DFT computations.