A Radical Anion of Structurally Constrained Triphenylborane
Organometallics2013Vol. 32(22), pp. 6654–6657
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Abstract
Chemical reduction of the structurally constrained triphenylborane 1 with K produced a radical anion. EPR analysis demonstrated the delocalization of the unpaired electron spin density over the entire π skeleton to a greater extent than is the case for a nonconstrained Ph3B radical anion. DFT calculations indicated that the coplanarization of the benzene rings with the boron plane and the shortening of the B–C bond lengths by the structural constraint are responsible for the spin delocalization. The geometry optimization also suggested a bowl-shaped conformation as a viable local minimum structure in addition to the planar conformation. X-ray crystal structure analysis indeed revealed the nonplanar structure of the radical anion 1•–.
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