Recent efforts from this laboratory have resulted in a number of novel main group element diatomics stabilized by N-heterocyclic carbenes (L:) including L:Si=Si:L, L:P-P:L, and L:As-As:L. The reactivity of these molecules has proven particularly interesting and has afforded a N-heterocyclic carbene-based dimeric molecules. For example, a carbene-stabilized molecule containing the long-sought phosphorus analog of dinitrogen tetroxide and the first structurally characterized diarsenic radical have been recently reported. This talk will concern more recent results in our examination of the reactivity of these unusual molecules.

Carbene-stabilized allotropes: Synthesis, structure, and reactivity

249th National Meeting (2015)

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