Radical−Ligand-Derived C−N Coupling, Ga(III)−Radical vs Low-Spin Co(III)−Radical Reactivity

Phalguni Chaudhuri, Eckhard Bill, Rita Wagner, Ulrich Pieper, Biplab Biswas, Thomas Weyhermüller

Inorganic Chemistry · 2008 · 24 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

The redox-active ligand 2-(3,5-dimethoxyanilino)-4,6-di- tert-butylphenol, H 2L (OCH3), results in, as expected, a trisradical complex with a low-spin Co(III) center, [Co (III)(L (OCH3) (*)) 3] ( 1), whereas the Ga(III) center yields a coordinated new hexadentate monoradical ligand, [Ga (III)L (*) 1] ( 2), presumably due to the ligand-derived redox activity involving C-H activation.

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