Four-membered group 13 metal(I) N-heterocyclic carbene analogues: synthesis, characterization, and theoretical studies

Cameron Jones; Peter C Junk; Jamie A Platts; Andreas Stasch

doi:10.1021/ja057967t

Four-membered group 13 metal(I) N-heterocyclic carbene analogues: synthesis, characterization, and theoretical studies

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Feb 22;128(7):2206-7. doi: 10.1021/ja057967t.

Authors

Cameron Jones¹, Peter C Junk, Jamie A Platts, Andreas Stasch

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, Main Building, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom. jonesca6@cardiff.ac.uk

PMID: 16478162
DOI: 10.1021/ja057967t

Abstract

The synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterization of the monomeric, four-membered group 13 metal(I) heterocycles ([:M{eta2-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 sigma-donor ligands.