Activation of aromatic C−C bonds of 2,2’-bipyridine ligands

4,4’-Disubstituted-2,2′-bipyridine ligands coordinated to Mo and Re cationic fragments become dearomatized by an intramolecular nucleophilic attack from a deprotonated N-alkylimidazole ligand in cis disposition. The subsequent protonation of these neutral complexes takes place on a pyridine carbon a...

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Autores: Fombona, Sergio, Espinal Viguri, Maialen, Huertos, Miguel A., Díaz, Jesús, López, Ramón, Menéndez, M. Isabel, Pérez, Julio, Riera, Lucía
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/141419
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/141419
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Rhenium
Molybdenum
Pyridine activation
C−C coupling
Density functional calculations
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Sumario:4,4’-Disubstituted-2,2′-bipyridine ligands coordinated to Mo and Re cationic fragments become dearomatized by an intramolecular nucleophilic attack from a deprotonated N-alkylimidazole ligand in cis disposition. The subsequent protonation of these neutral complexes takes place on a pyridine carbon atom rather than at nitrogen, weakening an aromatic C−C bond and affording a dihydropyridyl moiety. Computational calculations allowed for the rationalization of the formation of the experimentally obtained products over other plausible alternatives.