Reactions of a P-N Stabilised Aluminium Dihydride with Ruthenium Hydride Complexes

Anne-Frédérique Pecharman, Rosalyn Falconer, Esme Owen, Michael Cowley, John Lowe, Claire McMullin, Mary Mahon, Michael Whittlesey

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Abstract

Treatment of [Ru(L)(PPh 3) 2(CO)H 2] (L = PPh 3, IMes; IMes = 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) with an N-mesityl amidophosphine aluminium dihydride complex (Al(P–N)H 2) gives [Ru(PPh 3) 2(CO)H 3{Al(P–N)H}] (2) and [Ru(IMes)(PPh 3)(CO)H 3{Al(P–N)H}] (4), which are present in solution as mixtures of diastereomers. Crystal structure determinations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest both 2 and 4 can be formulated as [Ru(L)(PPh 3)(CO)H 3][Al(P–N)H] complexes with bridging hydride ligands.

Original languageEnglish
Article number116531
JournalPolyhedron
Volume243
Early online date25 Jun 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The work was supported by the EPSRC (grant EP/T019743/1 ), European Research Council (EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program; grant ERC-2016-STG-716315) and Royal Society of Chemistry (grant E21-8355738114). The computational studies made use of the Anatra High Performance Computing (HPC) Services at the University of Bath (University of Bath, Research Computing Group, DOI: 10.15125/b6cd-s854). We thank Dr David Liptrot for access to an IR spectrometer.

Funding Information:
The work was supported by the EPSRC (grant EP/T019743/1), European Research Council (EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program; grant ERC-2016-STG-716315) and Royal Society of Chemistry (grant E21-8355738114). The computational studies made use of the Anatra High Performance Computing (HPC) Services at the University of Bath (University of Bath, Research Computing Group, DOI: 10.15125/b6cd-s854). We thank Dr David Liptrot for access to an IR spectrometer.

Keywords

  • Aluminium
  • Density functional theory
  • Heterobimetallic
  • Hydride
  • Ruthenium

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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