Issue 38, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Agostic Si–H bond coordination assists C–H bond activation at ruthenium in bis(phosphinobenzylsilane) complexes†

Virginia Montiel-Palma,*a   Miguel A. Muñoz-Hernández,a   Tahra Ayed,b   Jean-Claude Barthelat,b   Mary Grellier,c   Laure Vendierc  and  Sylviane Sabo-Etienne*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, Mexico
E-mail: vmontielp@ciq.uaem.mx

b Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, IRSAMC/UMR 5626, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, France

c Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne, France
E-mail: sabo@lcc-toulouse.fr

Abstract

Reaction of a phosphinobenzylsilane compound with ruthenium complexes leads to C–H and/or Si–H activation. The new complex Ru{η2-H–SiMe2CH(o-C6H4)PPh2}2 (5) was isolated and X-ray, NMR and DFT studies reveal that 5 displays two agostic Si–H interactions and two carbon-metallated bonds.

Graphical abstract: Agostic Si–H bond coordination assists C–H bond activation at ruthenium in bis(phosphinobenzylsilane) complexes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B709408F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Jun 2007
Accepted
08 Aug 2007
First published
23 Aug 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 3963-3965

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Agostic Si–H bond coordination assists C–H bond activation at ruthenium in bis(phosphinobenzylsilane) complexes

V. Montiel-Palma, M. A. Muñoz-Hernández, T. Ayed, J. Barthelat, M. Grellier, L. Vendier and S. Sabo-Etienne, Chem. Commun., 2007, 3963 DOI: 10.1039/B709408F

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