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Alejandro Recuenco

One-dimensional organization of free radicals via halogen bonding

Halogen bonds have been applied for the supramolecular organization of organic free radicals in the solid state and their role in the propagation of the magnetic exchange has been studied.

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Single-molecule magnetic behavior in a neutral terbium(III) complex of a picolinate-based nitronyl nitroxide free radical

The terdentate anionic picolinate-based nitronyl nitroxide (picNN) free radical forms neutral and robust homoleptic complexes with rare earth-metal ions. The nonacoordinated Tb3+ complex Tb(picNN)3• 6H2O is a single-molecule magnet with an activation energy barrier Δ = 22.8 ± 0.5 K and preexponential factor τ0 = (5.5 ± 1.1) × 10-9 s. It shows magnetic hysteresis below 1 K. © 2011 American Chemical Society.

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Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols through a Zirconium-Catalized Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Pyrroles with alpha-Ketoesters

Chiral complexes of 1,10-bi-2-naphthol-based ligands with zirconium tert-butoxide catalyze the Friedel Crafts alkylation of pyrroles with R-ketoesters to afford tertiary alcohols in good yields and ee up to 98%. The reaction is also of application to 4,7-dihydroindole to give C2-alkylated indoles after oxidation with p-benzoquinone.

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ChemInform Abstract: Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols Through a Zirconium-Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Pyrroles with α-Ketoesters.

Chiral complexes of 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol-based ligands with zirconium tert-butoxide catalyze the Friedel–Crafts alkylation of pyrroles with α-ketoesters to afford tertiary alcohols in good yields and ee up to 98%. The reaction is also of application to 4,7-dihydroindole to give C2-alkylated indoles after oxidation with p-benzoquinone.

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