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Room‐Temperature CC Bond Cleavage of an Arene by a Metallacarborane
Author(s) -
Ellis David,
McKay David,
Macgregor Stuart A.,
Rosair Georgina M.,
Welch Alan J.
Publication year - 2010
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.201001555
Subject(s) - cleavage (geology) , carborane , chemistry , bond cleavage , ligand (biochemistry) , on the fly , stereochemistry , medicinal chemistry , materials science , computer science , organic chemistry , catalysis , fracture (geology) , composite material , operating system , biochemistry , receptor
On the fly : Reduction of 1,1′‐bis( o ‐carborane) and subsequent reaction with a source of {Ru( p ‐cymene)} 2+ fragments yields a fly‐over bridge species resulting from room‐temperature CC bond cleavage of a p ‐cymene ligand. DFT calculations suggest that the arene is sandwiched between two Ru atoms as part of a metallacarborane (see picture; C gray, B yellow, Ru red) and reduced by the second, pendant, carborane.