Li Hao, He Yuhao, Liu Chunmeng, Tan Gengwen
College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Center for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Dalton Trans. 2021 Sep 21;50(36):12674-12680. doi: 10.1039/d1dt02209a.
The first bis(imino)carbazolate pincer ligand supported mononuclear Ga(I) compound LGa: (3) was synthesized and fully characterized. Oxidation of 3 with elemental selenium afforded the dinuclear Ga(III) compound [LGa(μ-Se)] (4) bearing two bridging Se atoms. Ligand substitution of Cr(CO) with 3 under UV light irradiation afforded the gallylene-chromium complex LGa: → Cr(CO) (5). In addition, the attempted synthesis of the aluminium analogue LAl: through reduction of LAlI (7) only led to isolation of the dinuclear Al(III) compound (LAlI) (8), most probably formed through the C-C coupling of two imino radicals.