Open-shell phenalenyl chemistry started more than half a century back, and the first solid-state phenalenyl radical was realized only 15 years ago highlighting the synthetic challenges associated in stabilizing carbon-based radical chemistry, though it has great promise as building blocks for molecular electronics and multifunctional materials. Alternatively, stable closed-shell phenalenyl has tremendous potential as it can be utilized to create an in situ open-shell state by external spin injection. In the present study, we have designed a closed-shell phenalenyl-based iron(III) complex, Fe(III)(PLY)3 (PLY-H = 9-hydroxyphenalenone) displaying an excellent electrocatalytic property as cathode material for one compartment membraneless H2O2 fuel cell. The power density output of Fe(III)(PLY)3 is nearly 15-fold higher than the structurally related model compound Fe(III)(acac)3 (acac = acetylacetonate) and nearly 140-fold higher than an earlier reported mononuclear Fe(III) complex, Fe(III)(Pc)Cl (Pc = pthalocyaninate), highlighting the role of switchable closed-shell phenalenyl moiety for electron-transfer process in designing electroactive materials.
VII. Optimisation study for the reduction of4-methyl-N-(1-phenylethylidene)aniline....S14 VIII. General procedure for catalytic hydrosilylation of ketimines to secondary amines and characterization data.
An abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene (aNHC) based potassium complex was used as a transition metal-free catalyst for reduction of primary amides to corresponding primary amines under ambient conditions.
cAAC)Fe(CO) 4 ] (1) catalyzed head-to-head dimerization of terminal arylalkynes toward conjugated enynes in very high yield and high E selectivity (up to 84:16 E:Z). The protocol can be performed under extremely low catalyst loading down to 0.01 mol %, resulting in a high TON of 6500. A mechanistic pathway for arylalkyne dimerization has been proposed on the basis of a well-defined catalyst, an isolable intermediate, and quantum chemical calculations.
Catalytic hydroboration of alkenes is reported using the redox active phenalenyl ligand assisted nickel complex Ni(PLY)2(THF)2 in the presence of pinacolborane under ambient conditions.
Herein we report the synthesis of two complexes of potassium employing strongly nucleophilic carbenes, such as cyclic "(alkyl)(amino)carbene (cAAC) and abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene (aNHC). Both complexes are dimeric in the solid state and the two potassium centers are bridged by trimethylsilylamide. In these complexes, the carbene- - -K interaction is predominantly electrostatic in character, which has been probed thoroughly by NBO and AIM analyses. Indeed, the delocalization energy of the cAAC lone pair calculated from the second-order perturbation theory was only 5.21 kcal mol, supporting a very weak interaction. The solution-state behavior of these molecules, as inferred from NOESY spectra, hints that the weak carbene- - -K interaction is retained in nonpolar solvents, and the bond is not dissociated at least on the NMR time scale. We took advantage of such a weak interaction to develop highly effective ring-opening polymerization catalysts for ε-caprolactone and rac-lactide. The efficacy of these catalysts is prominent from a very high substrate/metal-initiator ratio as well as very low dispersity index of the obtained polymer chains, reflecting significant control over polymerization.
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