Issue 1, 2015

Diaryldichalcogenide radical cations

Abstract

One-electron oxidation of two series of diaryldichalcogenides (C6F5E)2 (13a–c) and (2,6-Mes2C6H3E)2 (16a–c) was studied (E = S, Se, Te). The reaction of 13a and 13b with AsF5 and SbF5 gave rise to the formation of thermally unstable radical cations [(C6F5S)2+ (14a) and [(C6F5Se)2+ (14b) that were isolated as [Sb2F11] and [As2F11] salts, respectively. The reaction of 13c with AsF5 afforded only the product of a Te–C bond cleavage, namely the previously known dication [Te4]2+ that was isolated as [AsF6] salt. The reaction of (2,6-Mes2C6H3E)2 (16a–c) with [NO][SbF6] provided the corresponding radical cations [(2,6-Mes2C6H3E)2+ (17a–c; E = S, Se, Te) in the form of thermally stable [SbF6] salts in nearly quantitative yields. The electronic and structural properties of these radical cations were probed by X-ray diffraction analysis, EPR spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations and other methods.

Graphical abstract: Diaryldichalcogenide radical cations

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
25 9 2014
Accepted
21 10 2014
First published
21 10 2014
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 497-504

Diaryldichalcogenide radical cations

O. Mallow, M. A. Khanfar, M. Malischewski, P. Finke, M. Hesse, E. Lork, T. Augenstein, F. Breher, J. R. Harmer, N. V. Vasilieva, A. Zibarev, A. S. Bogomyakov, K. Seppelt and J. Beckmann, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 497 DOI: 10.1039/C4SC02964J

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