Victor G Young Jr

A pentadentate [N5] ligand (N2Py2Pz) based on the classic N4Py (-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)--bis(2-pyridyl)methylamine) framework has been synthesized by replacing the two pyridylmethyl arms with corresponding (-methyl)pyrazolylmethyl units to form [bis(1-methyl-2-pyrazolyl)methyl--(-2-pyridylmethyl)amine] (L1). The...

Nonheme iron enzymes utilize = 2 iron(IV)-oxo intermediates as oxidants in biological oxygenations. In contrast, corresponding synthetic nonheme Fe═O complexes characterized to date favor the = 1 ground state that...

The incorporation of cationic groups onto electron-poor compounds is a viable strategy for achieving potent electron acceptors, as evidenced by reports of air-stable radical forms of large aromatic diimides such...

Reactions of (tricyclohexylphosphane)copper(I) chloride with two equivalents of potassium anthracene (KAn) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) at 200 K provides air-sensitive but thermally stable (at 293 K) solutions from which yellow crystalline...

Two new compounds, 1,1,1-tri(thioacetyl)ethane and 1,1-di(thioacetyl)ethene, arose during reactions of acetyl methoxy(thiocarbonyl) sulfide with potassium methyl xanthate. Relevant mechanisms were elucidated, which in turn suggested novel streamlined routes to these...

The importance of electron deficient Tp ligands motivates the introduction of electron-withdrawing substituents into the scorpionate framework. Since perfluorophenyltris(pyrazol-1-yl)borate affects significant anodic shifts in half-cell potentials in their metal complexes...

Four series of isostructural derivatives of 3-ring liquid crystalline derivatives containing p-carboranes (12-vertex A, and 10-vertex B), bicyclo[2.2.2]octane (C), or benzene (D) as the variable structural element were investigated for...

Odd-electron bonds have unique electronic structures and are often encountered as transiently stable, homonuclear species. In this study, a pair of copper complexes supported by Group 13 metalloligands, M[N((-CH)NCHPPr)] (M...

Reduction of bis(naphthalene)vanadium(0) by potassium naphthalene (KNp) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) provides a highly reactive, thermolabile, and so far unisolable brown substance, which affords the first reported derivatives of bis(naphthalene)vanadates. From...

Spin-vibronic coupling leads to spin relaxation in paramagnetic molecules, and an understanding of factors that contribute to this phenomenon is essential for designing next-generation spintronics technology, including single-molecule magnets and...