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Bonding and Reactivity of a μ‐Hydrido Dicopper Cation
Author(s) -
Wyss Chelsea M.,
Tate Brandon K.,
Bacsa John,
Gray Thomas G.,
Sadighi Joseph P.
Publication year - 2013
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.201306736
Subject(s) - phenylacetylene , reactivity (psychology) , hydride , bent molecular geometry , carbene , chemistry , methanol , ligand (biochemistry) , density functional theory , metal , hydrogen bond , crystallography , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , polymer chemistry , molecule , computational chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , medicine , pathology , biochemistry , alternative medicine , receptor
A bent dicopper –hydride cation that has an N‐heterocyclic carbene supporting ligand has a Cu‐H‐Cu angle of 122° in the solid state. Density functional theory suggests an open three‐centered metal–hydrogen interaction. The hydride reacts readily with methanol and with carbon dioxide; insertion of phenylacetylene affords a gem ‐dicopper vinyl complex.