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Binuclear Aromatic C−H Bond Activation at a Dirhenium Site
Author(s) -
Adams Richard D.,
Rassolov Vitaly,
Wong Yuen Onn
Publication year - 2016
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.201508540
Subject(s) - naphthalene , benzene , chemistry , yield (engineering) , medicinal chemistry , rhenium , catalysis , stereochemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , metallurgy
The electronically unsaturated dirhenium complex [Re 2 (CO) 8 (μ‐H)(μ‐Ph)] ( 1 ) has been found to exhibit aromatic C−H activation upon reaction with N , N ‐diethylaniline, naphthalene, and even [D 6 ]benzene to yield the compounds [Re 2 (CO) 8 (μ‐H)(μ‐η 1 ‐NEt 2 C 6 H 4 )] ( 2 ), [Re 2 (CO) 8 (μ‐H)(μ‐η 2 ‐1,2‐C 10 H 7 )] ( 3 ), and [D 6 ]‐ 1 , respectively, in good yields. The mechanism has been elucidated by using DFT computational analyses, and involves a binuclear C−H bond‐activation process.