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Can Remote N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes Coordinate with Main Group Elements? Synthesis, Structure, and Quantum Chemical Analysis of N + ‐Centered Complexes
Author(s) -
Patel Neha,
Arfeen Minhajul,
Sood Radhika,
Khullar Sadhika,
Chakraborti Asit K.,
Mandal Sanjay K.,
Bharatam Prasad V.
Publication year - 2018
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.201705999
Subject(s) - divalent , chemistry , group (periodic table) , crystallography , quantum chemical , character (mathematics) , stereochemistry , coordination complex , divalent metal , x ray crystallography , crystal structure , diffraction , molecule , physics , organic chemistry , metal , mathematics , quantum mechanics , geometry
Remote N‐heterocyclic carbenes ( r NHCs), such as N ‐methyl‐4‐pyridylidene, are known to form coordination complexes with TMs. Herein, it is established that r NHCs can also coordinate to the N + centre. Synthesis of some novel divalent N I complexes with the general formula ( r NHC)→N + ←(NHC) and ( r NHC)→N + ←( r NHC) was achieved, and X‐ray diffraction studies supported the coordination bond character between the r NHCs and the N + centre. Quantum chemical analysis established the presence of divalent N I character at the central nitrogen in these systems.
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