Generation and Characterization of the First Persistent Platinum(I)-Centered Radical

Yosi Kratish, Arseni Kostenko, Alexander Kaushansky, Boris Tumanskii, Dmitry Bravo-Zhivotovskii*, Yitzhak Apeloig

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Abstract

The first persistent platinum(I)-centered radical was generated by homolytic cleavage of a Pt−HgSiR3 bond of a mercury-substituted platinum(II) complex. The PtI radical was characterized by EPR spectroscopy, chemical trapping experiments, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)8275-8279
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume57
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2 2018

Funding

This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation, the Minerva Foundation in Munich, and the German-Israeli project cooperation (DIP). D.B.-Z. and B.T. are grateful to the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, State of Israel, for Kamea fellowships.

Keywords

  • EPR spectroscopy
  • mercury
  • mercury–platinum complexes
  • platinum
  • radicals

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Catalysis

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