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A stable aminyl radical metal complex.

Torsten Büttner1, Jens Geier, Gilles Frison

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 18, 2005
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Researchers created a stable crystalline complex of a rhodium-coordinated aminyl radical. This novel metal-stabilized radical intermediate shows potential in various oxidation reactions.

Area of Science:

  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Radical Chemistry

Background:

  • Metal-stabilized phenoxyl radicals are key in enzymatic oxidations.
  • Aminyl radicals are less understood as stable intermediates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize a stable metal-coordinated aminyl radical complex.
  • To investigate the electronic structure and reactivity of this novel radical.

Main Methods:

  • Electrochemical oxidation of a rhodium amide complex.
  • X-ray crystallography for structural determination.
  • Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.
  • Density functional theory (DFT) calculations.

Main Results:

  • A stable crystalline complex, [Rh(I)(trop2N.)(bipy)]+OTf-, was synthesized.

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  • The aminyl radical character was confirmed with 57% spin localization at nitrogen.
  • The complex was formed via one-electron oxidation at -0.55 V vs Fc/Fc+.
  • The rhodium-coordinated aminyl radical acts as a nucleophilic radical in reactions.

    • Conclusions:

    • Transition metal coordination can stabilize aminyl radicals.
    • This work expands the understanding of radical intermediates in chemistry.
    • The nucleophilic nature of the Rh-aminyl radical opens avenues for new synthetic transformations.