Phenalenyl radical: Smallest polycyclic odd alternant hydrocarbon present in the graphene sheet

J Ahmed, SK Mandal - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Phenalenyl, a zigzag-edged odd alternant hydrocarbon unit can be found in the graphene
nanosheet. Hückel molecular orbital calculations indicate the presence of a nonbonding …

Exploring closed-shell cationic phenalenyl: From catalysis to spin electronics

A Mukherjee, SC Sau, SK Mandal - Accounts of Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The odd alternant hydrocarbon phenalenyl (PLY) can exist in three different
forms, a closed-shell cation, an open-shell radical, and a closed-shell anion, using its …

Transforming Non-innocent Phenalenyl to a Potent Photoreductant: Captivating Reductive Functionalization of Aryl Halides through Visible-Light-Induced Electron …

V Pathania, VJ Roy, SR Roy - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we have established a phenalenyl-based molecular scaffold which serves as a
potent photoreductant utilizing the empty NBMO in the presence of a base to form a radical …

Tuning the redox non-innocence of a phenalenyl ligand toward efficient nickel-assisted catalytic hydrosilylation

G Vijaykumar, A Pariyar, J Ahmed, BK Shaw… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this report, a ligand-redox assisted catalytic hydrosilylation has been investigated. A
phenalenyl ligand coordinated nickel complex has been utilized as an electron reservoir to …

Highly Selective and Immortal Magnesium Calixarene Complexes for the Ring‐Opening Polymerization of rac‐Lactide

MJ Walton, SJ Lancaster, C Redshaw - ChemCatChem, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The lithiation of 1, 3‐dipropoxy‐p‐tert‐butylcalix [4] arene (LH2) followed by
reaction with nBuMgBr in THF resulted in the formation of the hetero‐bimetallic complex [Li …

Zr (iv) complexes containing salan-type ligands: synthesis, structural characterization and role as catalysts towards the polymerization of ε-caprolactone, rac-lactide …

M Mandal, D Chakraborty, V Ramkumar - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Zr (IV) complexes containing salan-type diamine bis (phenolato) ligands were synthesized
and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques and X-ray crystallography. We …

Phenalenyl in a Different Role: Catalytic Activation through the Nonbonding Molecular Orbital

SR Roy, A Nijamudheen, A Pariyar, A Ghosh… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We have demonstrated that the nonbonding molecular orbital (NBMO) of the phenalenyl
(PLY) cation can be used as a Lewis acid catalyst for different organic transformations …

Metallocalixarene catalysts: α-olefin polymerization and ROP of cyclic esters

C Redshaw - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective review discusses metallocalix [n] arene complexes that have been
employed in either α-olefin polymerization or in the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of …

Open-Shell Phenalenyl in Transition Metal-Free Catalytic C–H Functionalization

R Paira, B Singh, PK Hota, J Ahmed… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Open-shell phenalenyl chemistry has widely been explored in the last five decades
demonstrating its potential in various applications including molecular switch, spin memory …

Abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene main group organometallic chemistry: a debut to the homogeneous catalysis

TK Sen, SC Sau, A Mukherjee, PK Hota… - Dalton …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene (aNHC) adducts of zinc (II)(1) and aluminum (III)(2) were
synthesized. The compounds were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and elemental …