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An Open‐Shell Spin Singlet Copper‐Nitrene Intermediate Binding Redox‐innocent Metal Ions: Influence of the Lewis Acidity of the Metal Ions on Spectroscopic and Reactivity Properties
Author(s) -
MontePérez Inés,
Kundu Subrata,
Ray Kallol
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.201400389
Subject(s) - nitrene , chemistry , lewis acids and bases , reactivity (psychology) , copper , redox , photochemistry , metal , inorganic chemistry , singlet state , adduct , organic chemistry , catalysis , excited state , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , nuclear physics
The yield of the Lewis acid adducts of a copper‐tosylnitrene intermediate and their decay are dependent on the Lewis acidity of the redox innocent metal ions. Surprisingly, however, their spectroscopic properties and reactivity in nitrene transfer reaction with PPh 3 are independent of the nature of the Lewis acid used. The result provides some new insights into the structure and reactivity of the Lewis‐acid bound copper nitrene complexes.