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Radical anions of 1,1-azoliumdithiocarboxylates
M S Luff1, K Oppel1, I Krummenacher1,2
1Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. u.radius@uni-wuerzburg.de.
Abstract:
The 1,1-azoliumdithiocarboxylate cAACMe-CS2 (1a) was prepared and its redox chemistry was evaluated and compared to NHC based dithiocarboxylates IDipp-CS2 (1b) and IMes-CS2 (1c). Radical anions [carbene-CS2]˙- were prepared by metallic reduction as the potassium or magnesium ion complexes [K(18-crown-6)(cAACMe-CS2)] (2a), [K(18-crown-6)(NHC-CS2)] (NHC = IDipp: 2b, IMes: 2c), and [Mg(DippNacNac)(cAACMe-CS2)] (3) and extensively characterized (SC-XRD, EPR, UV/VIS/NIR, DFT). These complexes represent the first examples of isolated radical anions of 1,1-dithiolenes.
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