Accessing zinc monohydride cations through coordinative interactions

Paul A Lummis; Mohammad R Momeni; Melanie W Lui; Robert McDonald; Michael J Ferguson; Mark Miskolzie; Alex Brown; Eric Rivard

doi:10.1002/anie.201404611

Accessing zinc monohydride cations through coordinative interactions

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2014 Aug 25;53(35):9347-51. doi: 10.1002/anie.201404611. Epub 2014 Jul 2.

Authors

Paul A Lummis¹, Mohammad R Momeni, Melanie W Lui, Robert McDonald, Michael J Ferguson, Mark Miskolzie, Alex Brown, Eric Rivard

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2 (Canada) http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/∼erivard/

PMID: 24990250
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404611

Abstract

We present isolable examples of formal zinc hydride cations supported by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) donors, and investigate the dual electrophilic and nucleophilic (hydridic) character of the encapsulated [ZnH](+) units by computational methods and preliminary hydrosilylation catalysis.

Keywords: N-heterocyclic carbene; cations; homogeneous catalysis; hydrides; zinc.