A Mesoionic Diselenolene Anion and the Corresponding Radical Dianion
Dichalcogenolenes are archetypal redox non-innocent ligands with numerous applications. Herein, we describe a diselenolene ligand with fundamentally different electronic properties. By selenation of a C2-protected imidazolium salt, we have prepared a mesoionic diselenolene. This ligand is diamagnetic, which is in contrast to the paramagnetic nature of standard dichalcogenolene monoanions. The new ligand is also redox-active, as demonstrated by isolation of a stable diselenolene radical dianion. The unique electronic properties of the new ligand give rise to unusual coordination chemistry. Thus, we were able to prepare a hexa-coordinate aluminum tris(diselenolene) complex, and a Lewis acidic aluminate complex with two ligand-centered unpaired electrons.
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