Redox-Active Sulphur Diimide Ligand Anion radicals of R&
minus;N=S=N&
minus;R have never been isolated or structurally characterized. In t
heir Full Paper on
hem.201604340" rel="references:https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201604340">page 1278 ff., N P. Gritsan, R. T. Boeré, P. W. Roesky, A. V. Zibarev, S. N. Konc
henko et al. report t
he first Cp*
2Ln complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Yb; R = N
SiMe
3) of sulphur diimides and demonstrate by exhaustive characterisation (X-ray diffraction, EPR, UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy, SQUID magnetometry and rigorous ab initio computational methods) that t
hese powerful reducing agents transfer an electron to t
he coordinated thiazyl ligand. A brand new world of redox non-innocent ligands has thus emerged on t
he horizon.