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AUTHOR
Jose A. Mata
Synthesis, reactivity, crystal structures and catalytic activity of new chelating bisimidazolium-carbene complexes of Rh
A series of new bridging, chelating and pincer N-heterocyclic carbenes of RhI and RhIII have been obtained under mild conditions. The compounds have been fully characterised and their crystal structures determined. The chelate-pincer coordination of the ligands means that the stability of these compounds is significantly greater than other carbene complexes of Rh. The compounds have been tested in catalytic reactions such as hydrogen transfer from alcohols to ketones, and hydrosilylation of terminal olefins and alkynes; they show a high activity for both processes. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)
[Cr(dpa)(ox)2]–: a new bis-oxalato building block for the design of heteropolymetallic systems. Crystal structures and magnetic properties of PPh4[Cr(dpa)(ox)2], AsPh4[Cr(dpa)(ox)2], Hdpa[Cr(dpa)(ox)2]·4H2O, Rad[Cr(dpa)(ox)2]·H2O and Sr[Cr(dpa)(ox)2]2·8H2O (dpa = 2,2′-dipyridylamine)
[EN] The new complexes of formulae PPh4[Cr(dpa)(ox)(2)] (1), AsPh4[Cr(dpa)(OX)(2)] (2), Hdpa[Cr(dpa)(ox)(2)]-4H(2)O (3), Rad[Cr(dpa)(ox)(2)] . H2O (4) and Sr[Cr(dpa)(ox)(2)](2) . 8H(2)O (5) [PPh4 = tetraphenylphosphonium cation; AsPh4 = tetraphenylarsoniurn cation; dpa = 2,T-dipyridylamine; ox = oxalate dianion; Rad = 2-(4-N-methylpyridinium)4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-a-oxyl-3-N-oxide] have been prepared and characterised by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structures of 1-4 consist of discrete [Cr(dpa)(ox)(2)](-) anions, tetraphenylphosphonium. (1), tetraphenylarsonium (2), monoprotonated Hdpa (3) and univalent radical (4) cations and uncoordinated water molecules (2-…
An Experimental and Computational Study on the Effect of Al(OiPr)3 on Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization and on the Catalyst-Dormant Chain Halogen Exchange
International audience; Compound Al(OiPr)3 is shown to catalyze the halide-exchange process leading from [Mo(Cp)Cl2(iPrN=CH-CH=NiPr)] and CH3CH(X)COOEt (X=Br, I) to the mixed-halide complexes [Mo(Cp)ClX(iPrN=CH-CH=NiPr)]. On the other hand, no significant acceleration is observed for the related exchange between [MoX3(PMe3)3] (X=Cl, I) and PhCH(Br)CH3, by analogy to a previous report dealing with the RuII complex [RuCl2(PPh3)3]. A DFT computation study, carried out on the model complexes [Mo(Cp)Cl2(PH3)2], [MoCl3(PH3)3], and [RuCl2(PH3)3], and on the model initiators CH3CH(Cl)COOCH3, CH3Cl, and CH3Br, reveals that the 16-electron RuII complex is able to coordinate the organic halide RX in a…
The Radical Trap in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Need Not Be Thermodynamically Stable. A Study of the MoX3(PMe3)3 Catalysts
The molybdenum(III) coordination complexes MoX(3)(PMe(3))(3) (X = Cl, Br, and I) are capable of controlling styrene polymerization under typical atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) conditions, in conjunction with 2-bromoethylbenzene (BEB) as an initiator. The process is accelerated by the presence of Al(OPr(i))(3) as a cocatalyst. Electrochemical and synthetic studies aimed at identifying the nature of the spin trap have been carried out. The cyclic voltammogram of MoX(3)(PMe(3))(3) (X = Cl, Br, I) shows partial reversibility (increasing in the order ClBrI) for the one-electron oxidation wave. Addition of X(-) changes the voltammogram, indicating the formation of MoX(4)(PMe(3))(3) f…
High yield synthesis of trinuclear [M3S4X3(diphos)3]+ (M=Mo, W; X=Cl, Br and diphos=dmpe, dppe) molecular clusters from solid state materials. Synthesis and structure of [W3S4H3(dppe)3](BPh4)
The excision of polymeric {M 3 S 7 X 4 } x (M=Mo, W; X=Cl, Br) cluster phases with diphosphines (dmpe, dppe) in acetonitrile affords a one step general synthetic route for the preparation of trinuclear molecular clusters with formula [M 3 S 4 X 3 (diphos) 3 ] + (M=Mo, W; X=Cl, Br and diphos=dmpe, dppe) in high yields. Following this strategy, the cluster cations [Mo 3 S 4 Br 3 (dmpe) 3 ] + and [W 3 S 4 Br 3 (dppe) 3 ] + have been prepared for the first time. This last tungsten cluster has proved to be a useful synthon for the synthesis of the hydride derivative [W 3 S 4 H 3 (dppe) 3 ] + in moderate yields. The crystal structure of [W 3 S 4 H 3 (dppe) 3 ](BPh 4 ) consists of a equilateral tu…
Design of single cyanide-bridged tetranuclear bimetallic rectangles exhibiting ferromagnetic coupling
Abstract The cyanide-bridged tetranuclear bimetallic rectangles ( XPh 4 ) 4 [ Fe 2 III Cu 2 II ( μ - CN ) 4 ( CN ) 8 ( L ) 2 ] · n H 2 O [X = P (1) and As (2); L = bpcam (1) and bpca (2); n = 4 (1) and 0 (2)] have been prepared and their crystal structures were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction; 1 exhibits intramolecular ferromagnetic interactions (J1 = +3.7 cm−1 and J2 = +7.0 cm−1, H = - J 1 [ S Fe ( 1 ) · S Cu ( 1 ) + S Fe ( 1 a ) · S Cu ( 1 a ) ] − J 2 [ S Fe ( 1 ) · S Cu ( 1 a ) + S Fe ( 1 a ) · S Cu ( 1 ) ] + D [ S Fe ( 1 ) z 2 + S Fe ( 1 a ) z 2 ] ) leading to a low-lying S = 2 spin state.