Bite-angle bending as a key for understanding group-10 metal reactivity of d10-[M(NHC)2] complexes with sterically modest NHC ligands

Florian Hering; Jörn Nitsch; Ursula Paul; Andreas Steffen; F. Matthias Bickelhaupt; Udo Radius

doi:10.1039/c4sc02998d

Bite-angle bending as a key for understanding group-10 metal reactivity of d¹⁰-[M(NHC)₂] complexes with sterically modest NHC ligands

Florian Hering, Jörn Nitsch, Ursula Paul, Andreas Steffen, F. Matthias Bickelhaupt, Udo Radius

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Synthesis, characterization and investigations on the reactivity of the novel metal basic, yet isolable 14 VE NHC-complexes [M⁰(iPr₂Im)₂] (M = Pd 3, Pt 4; iPr₂Im = 1,3-di-isopropyl-imidazolin-2-ylidene; VE = valence electron; NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) is reported and compared to the chemistry of the corresponding nickel complex. Quantum chemical analyses reveal that differences in the reactivity of group 10 NHC complexes are caused by differences in the rigidity and thus activation strain associated with bending the corresponding d¹⁰-[M(NHC)₂] fragments during reaction. These results should have implications for the understanding of the fundamental steps in catalytic cycles, in which such complex fragments are employed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1426-1432
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chemical Science
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sc02998d
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Bite-angle bending as a key for understanding group-10 metal reactivity of d¹⁰-[M(NHC)₂] complexes with sterically modest NHC ligands

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