JACS: Four-Membered Group 13 Metal(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogues: Synthesis, Characterization, and Theoretical Studies

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J. Am. Chem. Soc., ASAP Article 10.1021/ja057967t S0002-7863(05)07967-9

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Four-Membered Group 13 Metal(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogues: Synthesis, Characterization, and Theoretical Studies

Cameron Jones,* Peter C. Junk, Jamie A. Platts, and Andreas Stasch

School of Chemistry, Main Building, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT United Kingdom, and School of Chemistry, Monash University, PO Box 23, Victoria 3800, Australia

Abstract:

The synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterization of the monomeric, four-membered group 13 metal(I) heterocycles ([:M{2-N,N'-(Ar)NC(NCy2)N(Ar)}], M = Ga or In, Ar = C6H3Pri2-2,6) and an isomeric thallium complex are reported. Theoretical studies on these complexes, which are analogues of four-membered N-heterocyclic carbenes, suggest they should act as good -donor ligands.