Reversible Hydride Migration from C5Me5 to RhI Revealed by a Cooperative Bimetallic Approach |
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Authors: | Macarena G. Alférez Dr. Juan J. Moreno Nereida Hidalgo Dr. Jesús Campos |
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Affiliation: | Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), University of Sevilla, Avenida Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain |
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Abstract: | The use of cyclopentadienyl ligands in organometallic chemistry and catalysis is ubiquitous, mostly due to their robust spectator role. Nonetheless, increasing examples of non-innocent behaviour are being documented. Here, we provide evidence for reversible intramolecular C−H activation at one methyl terminus of C5Me5 in [(η-C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)2] to form a new Rh−H bond, a process so far restricted to early transition metals. Experimental evidence was acquired from bimetallic rhodium/gold structures in which the gold center binds either to the rhodium atom or to the activated Cp* ring. Reversibility of the C−H activation event regenerates the RhI and AuI monometallic precursors, whose cooperative reactivity towards polar E−H bonds (E=O, N), including the N−H bonds in ammonia, can be understood in terms of bimetallic frustration. |
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Keywords: | cyclopentadienyl ligands hydride migration metal–ligand cooperation non-innocent ligands transition metals |
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