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Cover Feature: A Mechanistic Study on Reactions of Group 13 Diyls LM with Cp*SbX 2 : From Stibanyl Radicals to Antimony Hydrides (Chem. Eur. J. 59/2020)
Author(s) -
Helling Christoph,
Wölper Christoph,
Cutsail George E.,
Haberhauer Gebhard,
Schulz Stephan
Publication year - 2020
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.202003345
Subject(s) - radical , antimony , chemistry , hydrogen atom abstraction , indium , group (periodic table) , crystallography , computational chemistry , stereochemistry , medicinal chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
Oxidative addition of Cp*SbX 2 to LGa selectively yielded stibanyl radicals [L(X)Ga] 2 Sb⋅, whereas analogous reactions with LIn surprisingly gave stibanes [L(X)In] 2 SbH. Computational calculations revealed that the indium hydrides are formed by hydrogen atom abstraction from the as‐formed radicals ([L(X)In] 2 Sb⋅ and Cp*⋅), whereas a concerted β‐H elimination starting from [L(Cl)M] 2 SbCp* is unlikely. More information can be found in the Full Paper by S. Schulz et al. on page 13390.