Reversible Hydride Migration from C5Me5 to Rh(I) revealed by a Cooperative Bimetallic Approach

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 methy...

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Autores: Alférez, Macarena G., Moreno, Juan J., Hidalgo, Nereida, Campos, Jesús
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2020
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/219852
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/219852
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Cyclopentadienyl
Non-innocent
Metal-ligand cooperation
Hydride migration
Transition metal FLP
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Resumo: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.