A resorcinarene-based tetrabenzoimidazolylidene complex of rhodium

Autor: Pietro Vidossich, Sheila Ruiz-Botella, Eduardo Peris, Gregori Ujaque
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Dalton Transactions. 49:3181-3186
ISSN: 1477-9234
1477-9226
DOI: 10.1039/d0dt00060d
Popis: A tetrabenzoimidazolium-resorcinarene cavitand was used for the preparation of a tetra-benzoimidazolylidene of rhodium, which is unprecedented in the field of poly-NHC metal complexes. Both, the experimental and computational analysis of the molecule reveal a distorted vase conformation as the most stable one, although several non-interconverting conformational isomers due to the restricted rotation about the Rh-C(carbene) bond coexist in the product. There is a fluxional behaviour involving the vase-kite interconversion. The main interactions between the arms of the cavitand are mostly concentrated on the terminal organometallic fragments attached to the NHC, along with those between -CH3 and N-heterocyclic carbene ring from benzoimidazoles.
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