Issue 36, 2016

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.

Graphical abstract: Insights into metal–ligand hydrogen transfer: a square-planar ruthenate complex supported by a tetradentate amino–amido-diolefin ligand

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Jan 2016
Accepted
31 Mar 2016
First published
01 Apr 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 6138-6141

Insights into metal–ligand hydrogen transfer: a square-planar ruthenate complex supported by a tetradentate amino–amido-diolefin ligand

D. E. Prokopchuk, A. J. Lough, R. E. Rodriguez-Lugo, R. H. Morris and H. Grützmacher, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 6138 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00041J

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