Self-association of the N-methyl benzotellurodiazolylium cation: implications for the generation of super-heavy atom radicals

Maarit Risto; Robert W Reed; Craig M Robertson; Raija Oilunkaniemi; Risto S Laitinen; Richard T Oakley

doi:10.1039/b803159b

Self-association of the N-methyl benzotellurodiazolylium cation: implications for the generation of super-heavy atom radicals

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Jul 28:(28):3278-80. doi: 10.1039/b803159b. Epub 2008 May 15.

Authors

Maarit Risto¹, Robert W Reed, Craig M Robertson, Raija Oilunkaniemi, Risto S Laitinen, Richard T Oakley

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1.

PMID: 18622443
DOI: 10.1039/b803159b

Abstract

The N-methyl benzotellurodiazolylium cation self-associates in the solid state via short (2.471(3) A) 4-center TeN' intermolecular contacts; electrochemical data and the results of DFT calculations suggest that the dimers persist in solution.