Fac-to-mer isomerization triggers hydride transfer from Mn(i) complex fac-[(dppm)Mn(CO)3H]†
Abstract
Low-temperature IR and NMR studies combined with DFT calculations revealed the mechanistic complexity of apparently simple reactions between Mn(I) complex fac-[(dppm)Mn(CO)3H] and Lewis acids (LA = Ph3C+, B(C6F5)3) involving the formation of so-far elusive meridional hydride species mer-[(dppm)Mn(CO)3H⋯LA] and unusual dearomatization of the Ph3C+ cation upon hydride transfer.