Issue 83, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Metal coordination, and metal–ligand redox non-innocence, modulates allosteric C–N bond homolysis in an N-benzyl tetrazine†

Cooper W. Johnston,a   Travis R. Schwantje,a   Michael J. Ferguson,b   Robert McDonaldb  and  Robin G. Hicks*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, PO Box 3065 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W3V6, Canada
E-mail: rhicks@uvic.ca

b Crystallography Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 11227 Saskatchewan Dr. NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Abstract

Remote coordination of a Ru(hfac)2 moiety to a chelating N-benzyl tetrazine lowers the C–N homolytic bond dissociation enthalpy by approximately 20 kJ mol−1. The significant bond strength perturbation is believed to arise as a consequence of metal–ligand redox non-innocence.

Graphical abstract: Metal coordination, and metal–ligand redox non-innocence, modulates allosteric C–N bond homolysis in an N-benzyl tetrazine

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC06235C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Aug 2014
Accepted
02 Sep 2014
First published
02 Sep 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 12542-12544

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Metal coordination, and metal–ligand redox non-innocence, modulates allosteric C–N bond homolysis in an N-benzyl tetrazine

C. W. Johnston, T. R. Schwantje, M. J. Ferguson, R. McDonald and R. G. Hicks, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12542 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06235C

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