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Functional Aspects of the Air-Tolerant Phosphorus Congener of Cyclobutane-1,3-diyl

Date: 
Friday, August 7, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
Speaker: 
Prof. Shigekazu Ito
Affiliation: 
Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Event Category: 
IDG - Inorganic Discussion Group
Location: 
Chemistry D317

Abstract:

Cyclobutane-1,3-diyl of biradical can live only under the cryogenic conditions. However, replacing the skeletal atoms with main group elements has provided a number of isolable congeners of cyclobutane-1,3-diyl. The successful stabilization of 1,3-diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyl in air has prompted to explore functionalities of the open-shell phosphorus heterocycle. This paper demonstrates our recent findings on p-type semiconducting behavior and reversible chemical redox processes together with notable structural aspects.