Weak Te,Te interactions through the looking glass of NMR spin-spin coupling

Michael Bühl; Fergus R Knight; Anezka Křístková; Irina Malkin Ondík; Olga L Malkina; Rebecca A M Randall; Alexandra M Z Slawin; J Derek Woollins

doi:10.1002/anie.201205998

Weak Te,Te interactions through the looking glass of NMR spin-spin coupling

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Feb 25;52(9):2495-8. doi: 10.1002/anie.201205998. Epub 2013 Jan 23.

Authors

Michael Bühl¹, Fergus R Knight, Anezka Křístková, Irina Malkin Ondík, Olga L Malkina, Rebecca A M Randall, Alexandra M Z Slawin, J Derek Woollins

Affiliation

¹ EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK. buehl@st-andrews.ac.uk

Abstract

Across the bay: J((125)Te, (125)Te) spin-spin coupling is a highly sensitive probe into the electronic and geometric structure of 1,8-peri-substituted naphthalene tellurium derivatives. The coupling is related to the onset of multicenter bonding in these systems.