@article{BraunschweigKrummenacherMailaenderetal.2016, author = {Braunschweig, Holger and Krummenacher, Ivo and Mail{\"a}nder, Lisa and Pentecost, Leanne and Vargas, Alfredo}, title = {Formation of a stable radical by oxidation of a tetraorganoborate}, series = {Chemical Communications}, volume = {52}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, number = {43}, doi = {10.1039/c6cc02916g}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-191321}, pages = {7005-7008}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Herein, we describe the selective formation of a stable neutral spiroborate radical by one-electron oxidation of the corresponding tetraorganoborate salt Li[B(C\(_4\)Ph\(_4\))\(_2\)], formally containing a tetrahedral borate centre and a s-cis-butadiene radical cation as the spin-bearing site. Spectroscopic and computational methods have been used to determine the spin distribution and the chromism observed in the solid state.}, language = {en} }