Formation of [Ru(NHC)4(eta(2)-O2)H]+: an unusual, high frequency hydride chemical shift and facile, reversible coordination of O2.

Autor: Häller LJ; School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK., Mas-Marzá E, Moreno A, Lowe JP, Macgregor SA, Mahon MF, Pregosin PS, Whittlesey MK
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society [J Am Chem Soc] 2009 Jul 22; Vol. 131 (28), pp. 9618-9.
DOI: 10.1021/ja9039345
Abstrakt: Reaction of the purple tetrakiscarbene ruthenium cation [Ru(I(i)Pr(2)Me(2))(4)H](+) (1, I(i)Pr(2)Me(2) = 1,3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene) with oxygen affords the pink eta(2)-O(2) hydride species [Ru(I(i)Pr(2)Me(2))(4)(eta(2)-O(2))H](+) (2). 2 displays (i) a very facile, reversible O(2) coordination and (ii) an unexpectedly positive hydride chemical shift, and both these features can be predicted and explained by density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
Databáze: MEDLINE