A diarsene radical anion.
Grégoire SiegMalte FischerFabian DankertJan-Erik SiewertChristian Hering-JunghansC Gunnar WernckePublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
The isolation of the first diarsene radical anion by reduction of a neutral diarsene is presented. Comprehensive characterisation in conjunction with DFT calculations reveals unpaired spin density residing in the antibonding π*-orbital with involvement of the terphenyl ligands. First reactivity studies reveal no pronounced radical, but rather reducing properties.