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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 62, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213670
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Density Functional Theory; Magnesium; Main Group Chemistry; Redox Chemistry; Sodium
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Ionic compounds containing sodium cations are known for their stability and resistance to redox reactivity. However, when treated with non-reducible organic bases, a low oxidation state {Mg2Na2} species undergoes selective extrusion of sodium metal and oxidation of the Mg-I centers. Quantum chemical studies indicate that intramolecular electron transfer is facilitated by the molecular orbitals of the {Mg2Na2} ensemble.
Ionic compounds containing sodium cations are notable for their stability and resistance to redox reactivity unless highly reducing electrical potentials are applied. Here we report that treatment of a low oxidation state {Mg2Na2} species with non-reducible organic bases induces the spontaneous and completely selective extrusion of sodium metal and oxidation of the Mg-I centers to the more conventional Mg-II state. Although these processes are also characterized by a structural reorganisation of the initially chelated diamide spectator ligand, computational quantum chemical studies indicate that intramolecular electron transfer is abetted by the frontier molecular orbitals (HOMO/LUMO) of the {Mg2Na2} ensemble, which arise exclusively from the 3s valence atomic orbitals of the constituent sodium and magnesium atoms.
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