Heterobimetallic Ruthenium-Zinc Complexes with Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Syntheses, Structures and Reactivity

Maialen Espinal-Viguri, Victor Varela-Izquerido, Fedor Miloserdov, Ian Riddlestone, Mary Mahon, Michael Whittlesey

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The ruthenium-zinc heterobimetallic complexes, [Ru(IPr)2(CO)ZnMe][BArF4] (7), [Ru(IBiox6)2(CO)(THF)ZnMe][BArF4] (12) and [Ru(IMes)(PPh3)(CO)ZnMe] (15), have been prepared by reaction of ZnMe2 with the ruthenium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes [Ru(IPr)2(CO)H][BArF4] (1), [Ru(IBiox6)2(CO)(THF)H][BArF4] (11) and [Ru(IMes)(PPh3)(CO)HCl] respectively. 7 shows clean reactivity towards H2, yielding [Ru(IPr)2(CO)(eta2-H2)(H)2ZnMe][BArF4] (8), which undergoes loss of the co-ordinated dihydrogen ligand upon application of vacuum to form [Ru(IPr)2(CO)(H)2ZnMe][BArF4] (9). In contrast, addition of H2 to 12 gave only a mixture of products. The tetramethyl IBiox complex [Ru(IBioxMe4)2(CO)(THF)H][BArF4] (14) failed to give any isolable Ru-Zn containing species upon re-action with ZnMe2. The cyclometallated NHC complex [Ru(IMes)'(PPh3)(CO)ZnMe] (15) added H2 across the Ru-Zn bond both in solution and in the solid-state to afford [Ru(IMes)'(PPh3)(CO)(H)2ZnMe] (17), with retention of the cyclometallation.
LanguageEnglish
Pages4176-4189
Number of pages14
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume48
Issue number13
Early online date19 Feb 2019
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StatusPublished - 26 Mar 2019

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Heterobimetallic Ruthenium-Zinc Complexes with Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Syntheses, Structures and Reactivity. / Espinal-Viguri, Maialen; Varela-Izquerido, Victor; Miloserdov, Fedor; Riddlestone, Ian; Mahon, Mary; Whittlesey, Michael.

In: Dalton Transactions , Vol. 48, No. 13, 26.03.2019, p. 4176-4189.

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Espinal-Viguri, M, Varela-Izquerido, V, Miloserdov, F, Riddlestone, I, Mahon, M & Whittlesey, M 2019, 'Heterobimetallic Ruthenium-Zinc Complexes with Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Syntheses, Structures and Reactivity', Dalton Transactions , vol. 48, no. 13, pp. 4176-4189. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8DT05023F
Espinal-Viguri M, Varela-Izquerido V, Miloserdov F, Riddlestone I, Mahon M, Whittlesey M. Heterobimetallic Ruthenium-Zinc Complexes with Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Syntheses, Structures and Reactivity. Dalton Transactions . 2019 Mar 26;48(13):4176-4189. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8DT05023F
Espinal-Viguri, Maialen ; Varela-Izquerido, Victor ; Miloserdov, Fedor ; Riddlestone, Ian ; Mahon, Mary ; Whittlesey, Michael. / Heterobimetallic Ruthenium-Zinc Complexes with Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Syntheses, Structures and Reactivity. In: Dalton Transactions . 2019 ; Vol. 48, No. 13. pp. 4176-4189.
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