Inside Back Cover: Heterocumulene Sulfinyl Radical OCNSO (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 8/2017). Issue 8 (18th January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wu, Zhuang; Liu, Qifan; Xu, Jian; Sun, Hailong; Li, Dingqing; Song, Chao; Andrada, Diego M.; Frenking, Gernot; Trabelsi, Tarek; Francisco, Joseph S.; Zeng, Xiaoqing
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 56:Issue 8(2017)
• Page Start: 2217
• Page End: 2217
• Publication Date: 2017-01-18
• Subjects: cumulenes -- IR spectroscopy -- matrix isolation -- pseudohalogens -- sulfur–nitrogen compounds; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700220
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : A fleeting exotic heterocumulene radical, OCNSO, is generated in the gas phase at ca. 1200 K, and its conformational ( syn and anti ) interconversion occurs in cryogenic matrices (2.8–15.0 K) upon either irradiation or annealing. As shown by G. Frenking, J. S. Francisco, X. Q. Zeng et al. in their Communication onpage 2140 ff., neutral species formally consisting of two pseudohalogens (OCN and NSO) by sharing the nitrogen atom can be stable enough to be isolated, which enriches the interpseudohalogen family.