2009/11/24 by M.Y. Abraham, Yuzhong Wang, Yaoming Xie +4 · 2 citations
Chemistry · #Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds #N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry #Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
paper · doi:10.1002/chem.200902840
openalex publication_date 2009/11/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
Diarsenic as a Lewis acid: An N-heterocyclic carbene stabilized diarsenic molecule [L:AsAs:L] (L:=:CN(2,6-iPr2C6H3)CH2) (see scheme) has been prepared by potassium/graphite reduction of [L:AsCl3]. The nature of the bonding in this molecule was probed by DFT computations.