Chem. Eur. J.

Abstract:

A combined experimental/theoretical study of Ni pincer complexes with a bridgehead pyrimidine-based NHC and arylphosphino side arms revealed unique features about stepwise C−H activation, ethylene insertion into the Ni−H bond of an isolated complex followed by ethyl migration with C−CNHCcoupling, and an unprecedented C−P bond activation affording through PPh2 migration a NiII complex with a terminal phosphanido ligand and a new C−CNHC−P pincer ligand.

 

Reference :

Dr. Fengkai He, Dr. Christophe Gourlaouen, Prof. Dr. Huan Pang, Prof. Dr. Pierre Braunstein

Influence of the Flexibility of Nickel PCP‐Pincer Complexes on C−H and P−C Bond Activation and Ethylene Reactivity: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation

Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28 – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202104234

Contact :

Pierre Braunstein (braunstein@unistra.fr), Institut de Chimie (UMR 7177).