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Dimetallic Dioxygen Activation Leading to a Doubly Oxygen‐Bridged Dirhodium Complex
Author(s) -
Tejel Cristina,
Ciriano Miguel A.,
Sola Eduardo,
del Río M. Pilar,
RíosMoreno Gustavo,
Lahoz Fernando J.,
Oro Luis A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200463073
Subject(s) - chemistry , alkene , catalysis , rhodium , iridium , reactivity (psychology) , photochemistry , oxygen , oxidative addition , reductive elimination , polymer chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Ready cleavage of dioxygen and its selective insertion into Rh–alkene bonds occurs in the presence of [{Rh(PhN 3 Ph)(C 8 H 12 )} n ] ( n =1 and 2). The structure of the resulting dirhodadioxetane complex (see picture) and kinetic measurements support a dimetallic mechanism for this process that occurs with 100 % atom economy.