Issue 26, 2019

Rhodium(i) complexes with carborane-substituted P,N ligands: investigations of electronic structure and dynamic behaviour

Abstract

Two distorted square-planar RhI complexes (1 and 2) were obtained from [{RhCl(η4-cod)}2] and the respective P,N ligands. The metal–ligand interaction was probed with density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio (CASSCF-NEVPT2) calculations. NMR spectroscopy proved dynamic binding behaviour of the ligands in solution. The tetradenticity of the ligands also affects the electrochemical behaviour of complexes 1 and 2 significantly. Finally, preliminary catalytic studies, namely the dehydrocoupling of dimethylamine-borane, are presented.

Graphical abstract: Rhodium(i) complexes with carborane-substituted P,N ligands: investigations of electronic structure and dynamic behaviour

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Feb 2019
Accepted
04 Mar 2019
First published
04 Mar 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 9625-9630

Rhodium(I) complexes with carborane-substituted P,N ligands: investigations of electronic structure and dynamic behaviour

P. Coburger, G. Kahraman, A. Straube and E. Hey-Hawkins, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 9625 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00628A

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