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Initial Radical Cation Pathway in the Mo 2 Cl 10 ‐Mediated Dehydrogenative Arene Coupling
Author(s) -
Leppin Jana,
Schubert Moritz,
Waldvogel Siegfried R.,
Heinze Katja
Publication year - 2015
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.201406522
Subject(s) - electron paramagnetic resonance , molybdenum , coupling (piping) , chemistry , electron transfer , hyperfine coupling , radical , photochemistry , crystallography , materials science , inorganic chemistry , physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , organic chemistry , metallurgy
Experimental (EPR) and theoretical (DFT) evidence is provided for radical cation formation as initial step in the Mo 2 Cl 10 ‐mediated dehydrogenative arene coupling. The initial electron transfer from methoxyarenes to molybdenum proceeds via an inner sphere mechanism.