Dioxygen Activation by Siloxide Complexes of Chromium(II) and Chromium(IV)
The reaction of a tripodal trisilanol with n‐butyllithium and CrCl2 results in a dinuclear CrII complex (1), which is capable of cleaving O2 to yield in a unique complex (2) with an asymmetric diamond core composed of two CrIVO units. Magnetic susceptibility data reveal significant exchange couplin...
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Published in | Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) Vol. 53; no. 47; pp. 12741 - 12745 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Weinheim
WILEY-VCH Verlag
17.11.2014
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Summary: | The reaction of a tripodal trisilanol with n‐butyllithium and CrCl2 results in a dinuclear CrII complex (1), which is capable of cleaving O2 to yield in a unique complex (2) with an asymmetric diamond core composed of two CrIVO units. Magnetic susceptibility data reveal significant exchange coupling of CrII (S=2) in 1 and large zero‐field splitting for CrIV (S=1) in 2 owing to strong spin–orbit coupling of the ground state. The CrIVO compound can also be generated using PhIO, and evidence was gathered that although it is the stable product isolated after excessive O2 treatment, it further activates O2 to yield an intermediate species that oxidizes THF or Me‐THF. By extensive 18O labeling studies we were able to show, that in the course of this process 18O2 exchanges its label with siloxide O atoms of the ligand via terminal oxido ligands.
A dinuclear CrII siloxide complex was synthesized that cleaves O2 to yield a unique CrIV complex with an asymmetric core composed of two CrIVO units. Although it is the stable product isolated after excess O2 treatment, it further activates O2 to yield an intermediate species that oxidizes THF or Me‐THF. 18O labeling studies show that 18O2 and PhI18O thereby exchange with siloxide O atoms of the ligand. |
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Bibliography: | We are grateful to the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as well as the Cluster of excellence "Unifying concepts in catalysis" for financial support. We are grateful to C. Matlachowski for measuring GC samples, to S. Beck for measuring MALDI spectra, and B. Braun for her help in solving the crystal structures. ark:/67375/WNG-CPK3ZFHQ-4 ArticleID:ANIE201406313 istex:7AB2757A180B4D0A23255E1EA7EF28AE21107061 We are grateful to the Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin as well as the Cluster of excellence “Unifying concepts in catalysis” for financial support. We are grateful to C. Matlachowski for measuring GC samples, to S. Beck for measuring MALDI spectra, and B. Braun for her help in solving the crystal structures. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1433-7851 1521-3773 |
DOI: | 10.1002/anie.201406313 |