Electrophilic RhI catalysts for arene H/D exchange in acidic media: Evidence for an electrophilic aromatic substitution mechanism

Autor: Robert J. Nielsen, Bradley A. McKeown, Ross Fu, T. Brent Gunnoe, Michael S. Webster-Gardiner, Paige E. Piszel, William A. Goddard
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical. 426:381-388
ISSN: 1381-1169
Popis: A series of new rhodium (I) complexes supported by bidentate nitrogen-donor ligands with varying electronic and steric properties were synthesized in situ and evaluated for catalytic arene C−H/D activation. In trifluoroacetic acid (HTFA), these complexes are proposed to mediate H/D exchange of arene C−H/D bonds by an electrophilic aromatic substitution mechanism that involves Rh-mediated activation of HTFA (or DTFA). DFT calculations support the proposed pathway for the H/D exchange reactions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE