Shubham Deolka, Naziha Tarannam, Robert R. Fayzullin, Sebastian Kozuch and Eugene Khaskin
Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 11350-11353
DOI:
10.1039/C9CC06024C,
Communication
‘Hangman-type’ PNP pincer ligands and their associated Ru complexes undergo sp2–sp3 C–C bond cleavage and subsequent C–C formation processes to form a new, one carbon unit longer backbone motif. DFT and mechanistic studies suggest a mechanism dependent upon arm pyridine coordination and ligand sterics.