title: A crystallographically characterized salt of self-generated N-protonated tetraethylurea.
abstract: The reaction of 1,1,3,3-tetraethylurea (teu) with WCl6 in dichloromethane afforded [teuH][WCl6], 1, in 50-60% yield. The X-ray structure determined for includes the first example of crystallographic characterization of a N-protonated urea. According to spectroscopic and DFT outcomes, the formation of 1 is the result of an electron transfer/C-H activation process.
authors.affiliation: Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari e Nanosistemi, Dorsoduro 2137, I-30123 Venezia, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bortoluzzi
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pampaloni
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zacchini