Activation of multiple C-H bonds promoted by gold in AuNbO(3)(+) clusters

Xiao-Nan Wu; Xiao-Na Li; Xun-Lei Ding; Sheng-Gui He

doi:10.1002/anie.201207016

Activation of multiple C-H bonds promoted by gold in AuNbO(3)(+) clusters

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Feb 25;52(9):2444-8. doi: 10.1002/anie.201207016. Epub 2013 Jan 25.

Authors

Xiao-Nan Wu¹, Xiao-Na Li, Xun-Lei Ding, Sheng-Gui He

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.

PMID: 23355501
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201207016

Abstract

Single, double, triple: Highly selective double H atom abstraction (HAA) from ethane and triple HAA from n-butane by AuNbO(3)(+) clusters have been characterized by mass spectrometry and DFT calculations. The multiple HAAs are initiated by oxygen-centered radicals and promoted by gold. The gold atoms act as electron acceptors during the triple HAAs and help to store a pair of valence electrons between Au and Nb atoms.