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A compartmental ligand scaffold HL with two β-diketiminato binding sites spanned by a pyrazolate bridge gave a series of dinuclear nickel(II) dihydride complexes M[LNi 2 (H) 2 ], M = Na (Na·2) and K (K·2), which were isolated after reacting the precursor complex [LNi 2 (μ-Br)] (1) with MHBEt 3 (M = Na and K). Crystallographic characterization showed the two hydride ligands to be directed into the bimetallic pocket, closely interacting with the alkali metal cation. Treatment of K·2 with dibenzo(18-crown-6) led to the separated ion pair [LNi 2 (H) 2 ][K(DB18C6)] (2[K(DB18C6)]). Reaction of Na·2 or K·2 with D 2 was investigated by a suite of 1 H and 2 H NMR experiments, revealing an unusual pairwise H 2 /D 2 exchange process that synchronously involves both Ni-H moieties without H/D scrambling. A mechanistic picture was provided by DFT calculations which suggested facile recombination of the two terminal hydrides within the bimetallic cleft, with a moderate enthalpic barrier of ∼62 kJ/mol, to give H 2 and an antiferromagnetically coupled [LNi I  2 ] - species. This was confirmed by SQUID monitoring during H 2 release from solid 2[K(DB18C6)]. Interaction with the Lewis acid cation (Na + or K + ) significantly stabilizes the dihydride core. Kinetic data for the M[L(Ni-H) 2 ] → H 2 transition derived from 2D 1 H EXSY spectra confirmed first-order dependence of H 2 release on M·2 concentration and a strong effect of the alkali metal cation M + . Treating [LNi 2 (D) 2 ] - with phenylacetylene led to D 2 and dinickel(II) complex 3 - with a twice reduced styrene-1,2-diyl bridging unit in the bimetallic pocket. Complexes [LNi II  2 (H) 2 ] - having two adjacent terminal hydrides thus represent a masked version of a highly reactive dinickel(I) core. Storing two reducing equivalents in adjacent metal hydrides that evolve H 2 upon substrate binding is reminiscent of the proposed N 2 binding step at the FeMo cofactor of nitrogenase, suggesting the use of the present bimetallic scaffold for reductive bioinspired activation of a range of inert small molecules.

Pairwise H2/D2 Exchange and H2 Substitution at a Bimetallic Dinickel(II) Complex Featuring Two Terminal Hydrides

Pairwise H₂/D₂ Exchange and H₂ Substitution at a Bimetallic Dinickel(II) Complex Featuring Two Terminal Hydrides