Hydridostannylene Derivatives of Magnesium and Calcium

Dominic B. Kennedy, Kyle G. Pearce, Samuel Neale, Louis Morris, Mary F. Mahon, John P. Lowe, Claire L. McMullin, Cameron Jones, Michael S. Hill

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Abstract

Reactions of a m-terphenylhydridostannylene with β-diketiminato magnesium and calcium hydrides provide bis-μ2-hydrido species, the heterobimetallic constitutions of which are maintained after the addition of THF donor solvent. In both cases, reactions with hex-1-ene result in the formation of tetravalent organostannyl alkaline earth derivatives. Whereas the magnesium reagent undergoes facile twofold addition, the calcium-centered process is arrested after a single alkene reduction event. This contrasting behavior is assessed to result from the heavier alkaline earth element's ability to form a persistent polyhapto interaction with an arene substituent of the m-terphenyl ligand.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202404416
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Early online date2 Dec 2024
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 2 Dec 2024

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available in the supplementary material of this article.

Funding

We thank the EPSRC (EP/X01181X/1) and the University of Bath's Research Computing Group (DOI: 10.15125/b6cd\u2010s854 ) for their support in this work. This work also used the Isambard 2 UK National Tier\u20102 HPC Service ( http://gw4.ac.uk/isambard/ ) operated by GW4 and the UK Met Office, and funded by EPSRC (EP/T022078/1). DBK thanks the joint Bath/Monash PhD program for funding. CJ is grateful to the Australian Research Council and the US Air Force Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (grant FA2386\u201021\u20101\u20104048) for funding this work.

FundersFunder number
Met Office
Australian Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilEP/T022078/1
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
US Air Force Asian Office of Aerospace Research and DevelopmentFA2386‐21‐1‐4048

Keywords

  • Calcium
  • Density functional theory
  • Hydride
  • Magnesium
  • Stannylene

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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