Stable, three-coordinate Ni(CO)(2)(NHC) (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes enabling the determination of Ni-NHC bond energies

Reto Dorta; Edwin D Stevens; Carl D Hoff; Steven P Nolan

doi:10.1021/ja0362151

Stable, three-coordinate Ni(CO)(2)(NHC) (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes enabling the determination of Ni-NHC bond energies

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Sep 3;125(35):10490-1. doi: 10.1021/ja0362151.

Authors

Reto Dorta¹, Edwin D Stevens, Carl D Hoff, Steven P Nolan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA.

PMID: 12940710
DOI: 10.1021/ja0362151

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of three- and four-coordinate Ni(CO)n(NHC) (n = 2, 3; NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes are reported. Reactions with CO of the Ni(CO)2(NHC) complexes lead to the quantitative formation of Ni(CO)4. Investigation of this reaction under equilibrium conditions allows for the determination of Ni-NHC bond dissociation energies.