Alkyl dehydrogenation in a Rh(I) complex via an isolated agostic intermediate

Adrian B. Chaplin; Amalia I. Poblador-Bahamonde; Hazel A. Sparkes; Judith A.K. Howard; Stuart A. Macgregor; Andrew S. Weller

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Alkyl dehydrogenation in a Rh(I) complex via an isolated agostic intermediate

Adrian B. Chaplin, Amalia I. Poblador-Bahamonde, Hazel A. Sparkes, Judith A.K. Howard, Stuart A. Macgregor, Andrew S. Weller

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Abstract

A well-characterised 14-electron rhodium phosphine complex, [Rh(P ⁱPr₃)₃][BAr^F₄], which contains a β-CH agostic interaction, is observed to undergo spontaneous dehydrogenation to afford [Rh(PⁱPr₃)₂(P ⁱPr₂(C₃H₅))][BAr^F ₄]; calculations on a model system show that while C-H activation is equally accessible from the β-CH agostic species or an alternative γ-CH agostic isomer, subsequent β-H-transfer can only be achieved along pathways originating from the β-CH agostic form.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	244-246
Number of pages	3
Journal	Chemical Communications
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b816739g
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Alkyl dehydrogenation in a Rh(I) complex via an isolated agostic intermediate

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