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Accessing Zinc Monohydride Cations through Coordinative Interactions
Author(s) -
Lummis Paul A.,
Momeni Mohammad R.,
Lui Melanie W.,
McDonald Robert,
Ferguson Michael J.,
Miskolzie Mark,
Brown Alex,
Rivard Eric
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201404611
Subject(s) - chemistry , electrophile , carbene , nucleophile , hydrosilylation , hydride , zinc , catalysis , combinatorial chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , hydrogen
We present isolable examples of formal zinc hydride cations supported by N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) donors, and investigate the dual electrophilic and nucleophilic (hydridic) character of the encapsulated [ZnH] + units by computational methods and preliminary hydrosilylation catalysis.