Double C-H activation in a Rh-NHC complex leading to the isolation of a 14-electron Rh(III) complex

Reto Dorta; Edwin D Stevens; Steven P Nolan

doi:10.1021/ja049545+

Double C-H activation in a Rh-NHC complex leading to the isolation of a 14-electron Rh(III) complex

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Apr 28;126(16):5054-5. doi: 10.1021/ja049545+.

Authors

Reto Dorta¹, Edwin D Stevens, Steven P Nolan

Affiliation

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

PMID: 15099073
DOI: 10.1021/ja049545+

Abstract

The solvent-dependent interaction of ItBu with a Rh(I)-olefin complex leads to the isolation of two precursors en route to a unique double cyclometalation process. Abstraction of the chloride ligand from the resulting complex enables the isolation of a "bare" 14-electron Rh(III) complex.