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Accessing Zinc Monohydride Cations through Coordinative Interactions |
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| Authors: | Paul A. Lummis Mohammad R. Momeni Melanie W. Lui Dr. Robert McDonald Dr. Michael J. Ferguson Mark Miskolzie Prof. Dr. Alex Brown Prof. Dr. Eric Rivard |
| Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2 (Canada) http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/～erivard/ |
| Abstract: | We present isolable examples of formal zinc hydride cations supported by N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) donors, and investigate the dual electrophilic and nucleophilic (hydridic) character of the encapsulated [ZnH]+ units by computational methods and preliminary hydrosilylation catalysis. |
| Keywords: | cations homogeneous catalysis hydrides N‐heterocyclic carbene zinc |