Hypervalent zinc(I) complexes with an NNNN-macrocycle: C-H bond activation across the zinc(I)-zinc(I) bond

Pritam Mahawar; Thayalan Rajeshkumar; Thomas P Spaniol; Laurent Maron; Jun Okuda

doi:10.1039/d4cc04266b

Hypervalent zinc(I) complexes with an NNNN-macrocycle: C-H bond activation across the zinc(I)-zinc(I) bond

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Oct 3;60(80):11359-11362. doi: 10.1039/d4cc04266b.

Authors

Pritam Mahawar¹, Thayalan Rajeshkumar², Thomas P Spaniol¹, Laurent Maron², Jun Okuda¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany. [email protected].
² CNRS, INSA, UPS, UMR 5215, LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France. [email protected].

PMID: 39308123
DOI: 10.1039/d4cc04266b

Abstract

Hetero- and homoleptic dinuclear zinc(I) complexes containing the macrocycle Me₄TACD (N,N',N'',N'''-1,4,7,10-tetramethylcyclododecane) were prepared; the heteroleptic complex [(Me₄TACD)Zn-ZnCp*]⁺ reacted with activated hydrocarbons R-H (R = CH₂CN, CCPh) to give the corresponding hydrocarbyl zinc(II) complexes [(Me₄TACD)ZnR]⁺.