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A redox-active Mn(0) dicarbene metalloradical.

Ageliki KaragiannisAlexei M TyryshkinRoger A LalancetteDenis M SpasyukAsmaa WashingtonDemyan E Prokopchuk
Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
We report a rare redox-active Mn 0 metalloradical [Mn(CO) 3 (Ph 2 B( t Bu NHC) 2 )] - (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) with countercations [K(2.2.2)crypt] + , [Na(2.2.2)crypt] + , or [Li(DME)(12-crown-4)] + (DME = 1,2-dimethoxyethane), all characterized via single crystal X-ray diffraction. Cyclic voltammograms reveal solvation-dependent Mn I/0 redox potentials that are modeled using the Born equation.
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