Cooperative Dihydrogen Activation at a Na(I)2/Mg(I)2 Ensemble

Han-Ying Dennis Liu; Samuel E. Neale; Michael S. Hill; Mary F. Mahon; Claire L. McMullin; Benjamin L. Morrison

doi:10.1039/d3cc00710c

Cooperative Dihydrogen Activation at a Na(I)₂/Mg(I)₂ Ensemble

Han-Ying Dennis Liu, Samuel E. Neale, Michael S. Hill, Mary F. Mahon, Claire L. McMullin, Benjamin L. Morrison

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[{SiNDipp}MgNa]2 ({SiNDipp} = {CH2SiMe2N(Dipp)}2; Dipp = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3) reacts directly with H2 to provide a heterobimetallic hydride. Although the transformation is complicated by the simultaneous disproportionation of magnesium, computational density functional theory (DFT) studies suggest that this reactivity is initiated by orbitally-constrained σMg–Mg → σ*H–H and σH–H → n*Na(3s) interactions between the frontier MOs of both H2 and the tetrametallic core of [{SiNDipp}MgNa]2.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3846-3849
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Volume	59
Issue number	26
Early online date	28 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc00710c
Publication status	Published - 4 Apr 2023

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