Issue 24, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Intercepting low oxidation state main group hydrides with a nucleophilic N-heterocyclic olefin†

S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia,a   Adam C. Malcolm,a   Sean K. Liew,a   Michael J. Ferguson,a   Robert McDonalda  and  Eric Rivard*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Abstract

The N-heterocyclic olefin, IPr[double bond, length as m-dash]CH2 (IPr = [(HCNDipp)2C], Dipp = 2,6-iPr2C6H3) has been demonstrated to be of sufficient Lewis basicity to stabilize main group hydrides in unusually low oxidation states.

Graphical abstract: Intercepting low oxidation state main group hydrides with a nucleophilic N-heterocyclic olefin

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC11737H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Mar 2011
Accepted
19 Apr 2011
First published
11 May 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 6987-6989

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Intercepting low oxidation state main group hydrides with a nucleophilic N-heterocyclic olefin

S. M. Ibrahim Al-Rafia, A. C. Malcolm, S. K. Liew, M. J. Ferguson, R. McDonald and E. Rivard, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6987 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11737H

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