Synthesis and Characterization of a Cu14 Hydride Cluster Supported by Neutral Donor Ligands |
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| Authors: | Thuy‐Ai D Nguyen Bryan R Goldsmith Homaira T Zaman Dr Guang Wu Prof?Dr Baron Peters Prof?Dr Trevor W Hayton |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (USA);2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (USA) |
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| Abstract: | The copper hydride clusters Cu14H12(phen)6(PPh3)4]X]2 (X=Cl or OTf; OTf=trifluoromethanesulfonate, phen=1,10‐phenanthroline) are obtained in good yields by the reaction of (Ph3P)CuH]6 with phen, in the presence of a halide or pseudohalide source. The complex Cu14H12(phen)6(PPh3)4]Cl]2 reacts with CO2 in CH2Cl2, in the presence of excess Ph3P, to form the formate complex (Ph3P)2Cu(κ2‐O2CH)], along with (phen)(Ph3P)CuCl]. |
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| Keywords: | cluster compounds CO2 insertion copper density functional calculations hydrides |
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