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Structure of muoniated trimethylsilylvinyl radicals

P-THU-20
1 Sept 2022, 17:20
1h 40m
Science and Technology Campus, University of Parma

Science and Technology Campus, University of Parma

University of Parma, Italy
Poster Molecular chemistry and chemical physics Posters

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Iain McKenzie (TRIUMF)

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Muoniated vinyl radicals can be produced by Mu addition to triple bonds. Rhodes et al. observed a muoniated radical formed by Mu addition to trimethylsilylacetylene but were unable to determine the structure.1 We have performed additional transverse field muon spin rotation measurements on trimethylsilylacetylene at 298 K and observed that two muoniated radicals were formed; a major product with muon hyperfine coupling constant (Aμ) of 587.3(1) MHz and a minor product with Aμ of 570.9(5) MHz. DFT calculations show that Mu addition is preferred to the unsaturated carbon bonded to H and that the resulting radical has a non-linear radical centre. Calculated muon hyperfine coupling constants were used to assign the observed radicals, which are the cis and trans isotopomers with respect to the trimethylsilyl substituent, respectively.
1.C.J. Rhodes et al. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1987, 447

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Prof. Paul Percival (Simon Fraser University)

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