Reversible Binding of Dioxygen by a Non‐Transition‐Metal Complex

G.A. Abakumov, Andrey I. Poddel’sky, E. Grunova, V.K. Cherkasov, Georgy K. Fukin, Yury A. Kurskii, L.G. Abakumova

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2005 · 131 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Dioxygen binds reversibly to the non-transition-metal complex 1 to form the spiroendoperoxide 2 (see scheme). Complexes 1 and 2 were characterized by NMR, IR, and UV/Vis spectroscopies, and their molecular structures were determined by X-ray crystallography.

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