Issue 10, 2015

Addition of aluminium, zinc and magnesium hydrides to rhodium(iii)

Abstract

We report the addition of M–H bonds (M = Al, Zn, Mg) to a Rh(III) intermediate generated from the reductive elimination of triethylsilane from [Cp*Rh(H)2(SiEt3)2]. A series of new heterobimetallic complexes possessing Rh–M bonds have been isolated and characterised by a number of spectroscopic (1H, 29Si, 13C, 103Rh NMR, infrared, and X-ray diffraction) and computational techniques (NBO and QTAIM analysis). Experimental and computational data are consistent with cleavage of the M–H bond upon addition to rhodium with formation of new Rh–M and Rh–H bonds. Upon photolysis the Al analogue of this series undergoes a further elimination reaction producing triethylsilane and a highly unusual Rh2Al2H4 containing cluster proposed to contain an Al(I) bridging ligand.

Graphical abstract: Addition of aluminium, zinc and magnesium hydrides to rhodium(iii)

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
11 Eph 2015
Accepted
03 Jul 2015
First published
03 Jul 2015
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 5617-5622

Addition of aluminium, zinc and magnesium hydrides to rhodium(III)

O. Ekkert, A. J. P. White, H. Toms and M. R. Crimmin, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 5617 DOI: 10.1039/C5SC01309G

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