Synthesis, characterization, and structures of a persistent aniline radical cation

Authors

Xiaoyu Chen, Nanjing University
Xingyong Wang, Nanjing UniversityFollow
Yunxia Sui, Nanjing University
Yizhi Li, Nanjing University
Jing Ma, Nanjing University
Jing-Lin Zuo, Nanjing University
Xinping Wang, Nanjing University

RIS ID

108767

Publication Details

Chen, X., Wang, X., Sui, Y., Li, Y., Ma, J., Zuo, J. & Wang, X. (2012). Synthesis, characterization, and structures of a persistent aniline radical cation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51 (47), 11878-11881.

Abstract

Feeling the heat: The aniline radical cation TBA.+ (TBA=2,4,6-tBu3C6H2NH2) has been successfully stabilized both in solution and in the solid state. It exists as two isomers in the crystal lattice that interchange with temperature, and features an exceptionally long C-N bond beyond theoretical prediction.