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Unexpected C(carbene)-X (X: I, Br, Cl) Reductive Elimination From N-Heterocyclic Carbene Copper Halide Complexes Under Oxidative Conditions.


ABSTRACT: The non-innocent behaviors of NHC ligands have attracted wide attention due to their important implications for catalyst designs and reaction mechanisms. Herein, we report facile C(carbene)-halogen reductive eliminations from NHC copper halide complexes at RT under oxidative conditions. Density functional calculations on a simplified model system suggest that the reactions occur through oxidation of Cu(I) to Cu(III) species followed by C(carbene)-halogen reductive eliminations from NHC Cu(III) halide complexes. Remarkably short C(carbene)-chloride contacts and rare interactions between the chloride lone pair electrons and the C(carbene)p(?) orbital were found for the calculated NHC Cu(III) chlorides. The facile C(carbene)-X reductive elimination reported here warrants consideration as a potential decomposition pathway in reactions involving NHC-supported high-valent metal complexes, especially with late transition metals.

SUBMITTER: Lin BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2992331 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Unexpected C(carbene)-X (X: I, Br, Cl) Reductive Elimination From N-Heterocyclic Carbene Copper Halide Complexes Under Oxidative Conditions.

Lin Bo-Lin BL   Kang Peng P   Stack T Daniel P TD  

Organometallics 20100901 17


The non-innocent behaviors of NHC ligands have attracted wide attention due to their important implications for catalyst designs and reaction mechanisms. Herein, we report facile C(carbene)-halogen reductive eliminations from NHC copper halide complexes at RT under oxidative conditions. Density functional calculations on a simplified model system suggest that the reactions occur through oxidation of Cu(I) to Cu(III) species followed by C(carbene)-halogen reductive eliminations from NHC Cu(III) h  ...[more]

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