Chemists produce new oxidants as a tool for preparative chemistry
Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 08:11
in Physics & Chemistry
Chemical oxidation, the selective removal of electrons from a substrate, represents one of the most important transformations in chemistry. However, most common oxidants often show disadvantages such as undesired side reactions. The chemist Marcel Schorpp and colleagues from the group of Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing from the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Freiburg have successfully generated a novel and extremely stable perfluorinated radical cation. In cooperation with Stephan Rein from the group of Prof. Dr. Stefan Weber from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, this radical was characterized in detail. The researchers recently published their results in the journal Angewandte Chemie.