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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 54(38): 11236-9, 2015 Sep 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26213345

ABSTRACT

A new ground-state organic electron donor has been prepared that features four strongly π-donating iminophosphorano substituents on a bispyridinylidene skeleton. Cyclic voltammetry reveals a record redox potential of -1.70 V vs. saturated calomel electrode (SCE) for the couple involving the neutral organic donor and its dication. This highly reducing organic compound can be isolated (44 %) or more conveniently generated in situ by a deprotonation reaction involving its readily prepared pyridinium ion precursor. This donor is able to reduce a variety of aryl halides, and, owing to its redox potential, was found to be the first organic donor to be effective in the thermally induced reductive SN bond cleavage of N,N-dialkylsulfonamides, and reductive hydrodecyanation of malonitriles.

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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 48(20): 2597-9, 2012 Mar 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22288073

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The solid-state structure of ammonia borane is held together by an intricate N-H···H-B proton-hydride bonding network. These intermolecular interactions have long been considered to mediate the release of hydrogen from this material. Here we reveal the silent but important role played by B-H···H-B interactions in the thermal decomposition of this leading hydrogen storage candidate.

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J Am Chem Soc ; 133(41): 16598-604, 2011 Oct 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21859070

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The solid-state structures of LiNH(2)BH(3) and NaNH(2)BH(3) have been shown recently to exhibit intricate M(δ+)···(δ-)H-B and N-H(δ+)···(δ-)H-B interactions. However, closer inspection of these structures reveals additional homopolar H···H interactions, viz., B-H(δ-)···(δ-)H-B and N-H(δ+)···(δ+)H-N, which contribute to the relative stability of the extended structures of these crystalline materials. In addition, an NMR study of the isotopomer LiND(2)BH(3) shows that a significant quantity of H(2) is desorbed thermally along with HD, which can only arise from hydride-hydride interactions, either directly from B-H(δ-)···(δ-)H-B moieties or indirectly through the participation of Li-H intermediates.


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Energy-Generating Resources , Metals, Alkali/chemistry , Hydrogen Bonding
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