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Karl W. Klinkhammer

Aminoallenylidene complexes of ruthenium(II) from the regioselective addition of secondary amines to butatrienylidene intermediates: a combined experimental and theoretical study of the hindered rotation around the CN-bond

Aminoallenylidene complexes trans-[Cl(dppm)2RuC3(NRR )(CH3)] are obtained from the regioselective addition of secondary amines to trans-[Cl(dppm)2Ru C C C CH2] . Unsymmetrically substituted amines give rise to Z/E isomeric mixtures. Dynamic 31P NMR spectroscopy gave an energy barrier of about 85 kJ mol 1 for rotation around the CN-bond pointing to a large contribution of the iminium alkynyl resonance form trans-[Cl(dppm)2Ru–C C– C( NRR )(CH3)] . This is also indicated by the pronounced bond length alternation within the RuC3N-chain as is revealed by X-ray structure analysis of the Z isomer of the (benzylmethyl)methylamine derivative 2d. The issue of NR2 rotation was also addressed by DFT ca…

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EPR spectroscopic characterization of persistent germyl-substituted Pb(III)- and Sn(III)-radicals.

In this report we present the synthesis and the detailed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic characterization of novel trivalent lead- and tin-based radicals comprising sterically demanding germyl substituents. The investigated radicals are derived from the recently reported trihypersilyl-substituted tetryl radicals *PbHyp3 and *SnHyp3. The tetryl radicals *Pb(Ge(SiMe3)3)3 (8), *Pb(Ge(SiMe3)3)2Si(SiMe3)3 (9), *PbGe(SiMe3)3(Si(SiMe3)3)2 (10), and *Sn(Ge(SiMe3)3)3 (11) show substitution patterns derived from stepwise (9, 10) or complete (8, 11) substitution of hypersilyl groups (Hyp = Si(SiMe3)3) in *PbHyp3 and *SnHyp3 by homologous hypergermyl groups (Hge = Ge(SiMe3)3). They …

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Stable mononuclear lead(III) compound: a lead-centered radical.

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Anorganische Chemie 2002

In der anorganischen Molekulchemie sind Mehrfachbindungssysteme, Kationen und „stabile” Radikale wieder starker ins Rampenlicht geruckt. Aktivierung kleiner Molekule und Sensorik mit Metallkomplexen sind zwei Forschungsschwerpunkte der Koordinationschemie. Die Suche nach biomimetischen Modellverbindungen geht weiter; Taktgeber des Fortschritts in der Bioanorganischen Chemie ist weiterhin die Proteinkristallographie.

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Gold(I)-vermittelte Si-Si-Bindungsmetathesen bei Raumtemperatur

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Effect of chelate ring expansion on Jahn-Teller distortion and Jahn-Teller dynamics in copper(II) complexes.

The expanded ligand N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-dipyridin-2-yl-pyridin-2,6-diamine (ddpd) coordinates to copper(II) ions in a meridional fashion giving the dicationic complex mer-[Cu(ddpd)(2)](BF(4))(2) (1). In the solid state at temperatures below 100 K the cations of 1 localize in Jahn-Teller elongated CuN(6) polyhedra with the longest Cu-N bond pointing in the molecular x or y directions while the z axis is constrained by the tridentate ddpd ligand. The elongated polyhedra are ordered in an antiferrodistortive way giving an idealized zincblende structure. At higher temperature dynamically averaged (fluxional) polyhedra in the molecular x/y directions are observed by multifrequency variable temper…

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Gold(I)-Mediated Silicon-Silicon Bond Metathesis at Room Temperature

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Five-Membered 2-Methylene-2,3-dihydro Heterocycles from Ruthenium Butatrienylidene Intermediates and 2-(Dimethylamino)methyl-Substituted Furans, Thiophenes, and Selenophenes

Trapping of the primary butatrienylidene intermediate trans-[Cl(dppm) 2 Ru=C=C=C=CH 2 ] + with five-membered 2-(dimethylamino)methyl-substituted heterocycles provides an easy and efficient route to aminoallenylidene complexes with appended 2-methylene-2,3-dihydrofuran, -thiophene, or -selenophene moieties. Upon warming or acid catalysis isomerization to the aromatic 2-methylated isomers is observed.

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Dinitrogen complexation with main group radicals

In this report we present data from hyperfine sublevel correlation spectroscopy (HYSCORE), an electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic technique, that reveals weak but distinct interactions between several main group element radicals and physically dissolved dinitrogen in solution. These interactions are the basis for a well-defined coordination of N2 to the paramagnetic centers. The complexes formed are primarily of the van der Waals-type but also feature a non-negligible orbital overlap between dinitrogen and the radicals' SOMO. Our spectroscopic findings are strongly supported by experiments with isotope-labeled 15N2, spectral simulations and quantum chemical and density funct…

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Homo‐ and Heteroleptic Hypersilylcuprates — Valuable Reagents for the Synthesis of Molecular Compounds with a Cu−Si Bond

Unsolvated hypersilanides MHyp [Hyp = Si(SiMe3)(3)] of the heavier alkali metals (M-I = Na, K, Cs) react with copper tert-butoxide in toluene to yield crystalline heteroleptic cuprates [M-I(toluene)][tBuOCuHyp]. These cuprates proved to be valuable sources for pure hypersilylcopper and other cuprates bearing hypersilyl ligands such as the di(hypersilyl)cuprates M-I[CuHyp(2)]((C) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003).

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Kinetic and thermodynamic stability of the group 13 trihydrides.

The kinetic and thermodynamic stabilities of the group 13 hydrides EH(3) (E = B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, E113) are investigated by relativistic density functional and wave function based theories. The unimolecular decomposition of EH(3) --EH + H(2) becomes energetically more favorable going down the Group 13 elements, with the H(2)-abstraction of InH(3), TlH(3), and (E113)H(3) (E113: element with nuclear charge 113) being exothermic. In accordance with the Hammond-Leffler postulate, the activation barrier for the dissociation process decreases accordingly going down the group 13 elements in the periodic table shifting to an early transition state, with activation energies ranging from 88.4 kcal/mol…

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Persistent radicals of trivalent tin and lead.

In this report we present synthetic, crystallographic, and new electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic work that shows that the synthetic route leading to the recently reported, first persistent plumbyl radical *PbEbt3 (Ebt = ethylbis(trimethylsilyl)silyl), that is, the oxidation of the related PbEbt3-anion, was easily extended to the synthesis of other persistent molecular mononuclear radicals of lead and tin. At first, various novel solvates of homoleptic potassium metallates KSnHyp3 (4a), KPbHyp3 (3a), KSnEbt3 (4b), KPbIbt3 (3c), and KSnIbt3 (4c) (Hyp = tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl, Ibt = isopropylbis(trimethylsilyl)silyl), as well as some heteroleptic metallates, such as [Li(OE…

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Molekulare Bleicluster - von der unerwarteten Entdeckung zur gezielten Synthese

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Molecular Lead Clusters?From Unexpected Discovery to Rational Synthesis

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Eine stabile einkernige Blei(III)-Verbindung – ein bleizentriertes Radikal

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