Issue 94, 2017

An acyclic zincagermylene: rapid activation of dihydrogen at sub-ambient temperature

Abstract

The first example of a stable zincagermylene, :Ge(TBoN)(ZnL*) (TBoN = N(SiMe3){B(DipNCH)2}, Dip = C6H3Pri2-2,6; L* = –N{C6H2[C(H)Ph2]2Me-2,6,4}(SiPri3)) is prepared and shown to have unprecedented reactivity for a germylene, with respect to the activation of dihydrogen. Computational analyses point towards this being partially derived from the electron releasing nature of the amido–zinc fragment, which leads to a narrowing of the HOMO–LUMO gap in the compound.

Graphical abstract: An acyclic zincagermylene: rapid activation of dihydrogen at sub-ambient temperature

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Nov 2017
Accepted
06 Nov 2017
First published
07 Nov 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 12692-12695

An acyclic zincagermylene: rapid activation of dihydrogen at sub-ambient temperature

M. M. Juckel, J. Hicks, D. Jiang, L. Zhao, G. Frenking and C. Jones, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 12692 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08430G

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