Twisting versus Delocalization in CAAC- and NHC-Stabilized Boron-Based Biradicals: The Roles of Sterics and Electronics

Paul Schmid; Felipe Fantuzzi; Jonas Klopf; Niklas B Schröder; Rian D Dewhurst; Holger Braunschweig; Volker Engel; Bernd Engels

doi:10.1002/chem.202005226

Twisting versus Delocalization in CAAC- and NHC-Stabilized Boron-Based Biradicals: The Roles of Sterics and Electronics

Chemistry. 2021 Mar 17;27(16):5056. doi: 10.1002/chem.202005226. Epub 2021 Jan 22.

Authors

Paul Schmid¹, Felipe Fantuzzi^{1

2

3}, Jonas Klopf¹, Niklas B Schröder¹, Rian D Dewhurst^{2

3}, Holger Braunschweig^{2

3}, Volker Engel¹, Bernd Engels¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 42, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
² Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
³ Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.

PMID: 33480456
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005226

Abstract

Invited for the cover of this issue is Bernd Engels, Holger Braunschweig, Volker Engel and their coworkers at University of Würzburg. The image depicts bridged boron compounds which possess fascinating relationships between their composition and their geometrical and electronic structures, the latter ranging from closed-shell to biradical triplet or singlet ground state. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202004619.