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Dehydrogenative Double C-H Bond Activation in a Germylene-Rhodium Complex*.


ABSTRACT: Transition metal tetrylene complexes offer great opportunities for molecular cooperation due to the ambiphilic character of the group 14 element. Here we focus on the coordination of germylene [(ArMes2 )2 Ge :] (ArMes =C6 H3 -2,6-(C6 H2 -2,4,6-Me3 )2 ) to [RhCl(COD)]2 (COD=1,5-cyclooctadiene), which yields a neutral germyl complex in which the rhodium center exhibits both η6 - and η2 -coordination to two mesityl rings in an unusual pincer-type structure. Chloride abstraction from this species triggers a singular dehydrogenative double C-H bond activation across the Ge/Rh motif. We have isolated and fully characterized three rhodium-germyl species associated to three C-H cleavage events along this process. The reaction mechanism has been further investigated by computational means, supporting the key cooperative action of rhodium and germanium centers.

SUBMITTER: Bajo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9297988 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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