Recently this laboratory has prepared a series of main group diatomic molecules via N-heterocyclic carbene-stabilization. Such highly reactive main group molecules include disilicon (Si2), diphosphorus (P2), and diarsenic (As2). These carbene-stabilized main group diatomics (L:EE:L; L: = N-heterocyclic carbene, E = Si, P, and As), provide a unique zero-oxidation-state-main-group platform from which many unusual derivatives may be accessed. The oxidation of these carbene-stabilized diatomics presently represents a major research thrust of this laboratory. This talk will discuss our recent discoveries in this field including group 13 agent-mediated oxidations and small-gaseous-molecules (i.e., O2, N2O, and CO2) oxidations of L:EE:L.

Oxidation of carbene-stabilized main group diatomic molecules

251st National Meeting (2016)

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