Simple ligand modifications as a key to playing with the stability of Cu(I), Cu(II), and Cu(III) organometallic complexes.
Elusive Cu(III) organometallic complexes are extremely attractive intermediates in catalysis. Using a computational approach, we show that C-X activation by some Cu(I) complexes to yield Cu(III) intermediates is actually feasible, although ligands of appropriate structure must be used.
Poater
Albert
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Modeling Laboratory for Nanostructures and Catalysis (MoLNaC), Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Salerno, via Ponte don Melillo, Fisciano (SA) 84084, Italy.
Cavallo
Luigi
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