Insights into metal-ligand hydrogen transfer: A square-planar ruthenate complex supported by a tetradentate amino-amido-diolefin ligand
Abstract
A four-coordinate, sixteen-electron Ru(0) complex containing the tetradentate diamino-diolefin ligand (±)-trans-N,N-bis(5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-yl)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane (trop2dach) has been synthesised. Deprotonation of one amino N–H functional group generates an unprecedented four-coordinate ruthenate species which has been characterised in solution and in the solid state. The newly formed ruthenate complex undergoes intramolecular metal–ligand N–H addition/elimination in solution to generate a transient diamido ruthenium hydride species, as supported by NMR spectroscopy and density functional theory. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000116546Publication status
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Chemical CommunicationsVolume
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Royal Society of ChemistryOrganisational unit
03447 - Grützmacher, Hansjörg (emeritus) / Grützmacher, Hansjörg (emeritus)
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