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Formation and Structure of a Sterically Protected Molybdenum Hydride Complex with a 15‐Electron Configuration: [(1,2,4‐C 5 H 2 t Bu 3 )Mo(PMe 3 ) 2 H] +
Author(s) -
Baya Miguel,
Houghton Jennifer,
Daran JeanClaude,
Poli Rinaldo
Publication year - 2007
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.200603628
Subject(s) - molybdenum , steric effects , hydride , chemistry , crystallography , electron , stereochemistry , inorganic chemistry , metal , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Got to get up to get down : Oxidation of [(1,2,4‐C 5 H 2 t Bu 3 )Mo(PMe 3 ) 2 H 3 ] induces H 2 reductive elimination and yields the first stable 15‐electron molybdenum hydride complex, [(1,2,4‐C 5 H 2 t Bu 3 )Mo(PMe 3 ) 2 H] + (see picture). The stability of this complex can be attributed to steric protection, as no additional electron density is available on the ligands for a π‐stabilization mechanism.