Issue 5, 2018

Carbodiimides as catalysts for the reduction of a cadmium hydride complex

Abstract

A rare terminal cadmium hydride complex [(BDI)CdH] (BDI = [{N(2,6-iPr2C6H3)C(Me)}2CH]) has been synthesised from [(BDI)CdCl] and LiEt3BH. The hydride can be reduced to the cadmium(I) dimer, [(BDI)CdCd(BDI)] upon treatment with a catalytic amount of diisopropyl- or dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.

Graphical abstract: Carbodiimides as catalysts for the reduction of a cadmium hydride complex

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Nov. 2017
Accepted
04 Dec. 2017
First published
04 Dec. 2017

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 460-462

Carbodiimides as catalysts for the reduction of a cadmium hydride complex

D. J. Webb, C. M. Fitchett, M. Lein and J. R. Fulton, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 460 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08393A

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