Issue 7, 2015

A crystallographically characterized salt of self-generated N-protonated tetraethylurea

Abstract

The reaction of 1,1,3,3-tetraethylurea (teu) with WCl6 in dichloromethane afforded [teuH][WCl6], 1, in 50–60% yield. The X-ray structure determined for 1 includes the first example of crystallographic characterization of a N-protonated urea. According to spectroscopic and DFT outcomes, the formation of 1 is the result of an electron transfer/C–H activation process.

Graphical abstract: A crystallographically characterized salt of self-generated N-protonated tetraethylurea

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Nov 2014
Accepted
27 Nov 2014
First published
08 Dec 2014

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 1323-1325

Author version available

A crystallographically characterized salt of self-generated N-protonated tetraethylurea

M. Bortoluzzi, F. Marchetti, G. Pampaloni and S. Zacchini, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 1323 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC08801H

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