Redox-Active Sulphur Diimide Ligand Anion
radicals of R−N=S=N−R ha
ve ne
ve
r been isolated o
r st
ructu
rally cha
racte
rized. In thei
r Full Pape
r on
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v, S. N. Konchenko et al.
repo
rt the fi
rst Cp*
2Ln complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Yb; R = NSiMe
3) of sulphu
r diimides and demonst
rate by exhausti
ve cha
racte
risation (X-
ray diff
raction, EPR, UV-Vis-NIR spect
roscopy, SQUID magnetomet
ry and
rigo
rous ab initio computational methods) that these powe
rful
reducing agents t
ransfe
r an elect
ron to the coo
rdinated thiazyl ligand. A b
rand new wo
rld of
redox non-innocent ligands has thus eme
rged on the ho
rizon.