Snapshots of the "breaking" of the H–H bond in the oxidative addition of $H_2$ to a metal centre

Dutta, Saikat and Jagirdar, Balaji R (2006) Snapshots of the "breaking" of the H–H bond in the oxidative addition of $H_2$ to a metal centre. In: Journal of Chemical Sciences, 118 (6). pp. 579-582.

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Abstract

Three new monocationic molecular hydrogen complexes of ruthenium of the type trans- $[RuC1(\eta2-H_2)(PP)_2][BF_4]$ (PP = bis-1,2(diarylphosphino)ethane, aryl = p-fluorobenzyl, benzyl, p-methylbenzyl) have been prepared by protonating the precursor hydride complexes trans-$[RuC1(H)(PP)_2]$ using $HBF_4.Et_2O$. These three dihydrogen complexes are quite stable and have been isolated in the solid state. The intact nature of the H–H bond in these derivatives has been established from the short spin-lattice relaxation times ($T_1$, ms) and the observation of substantial H, D couplings in the HD isotopomers. The H–H bond distances $(d_{HH}$, \AA) increase from 0.97 to 1.01 \AA as the electron donor ability of the diphosphine ligand increases from the p-fluorobenzyl to the benzyl to the p-methylbenzyl moiety. These dihydrogen complexes constitute the initial stages of elongation of the H–H bond enroute to its cleavage along the reaction coordinate for the oxidative addition of $H_2$ to a metal centre.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Chemical Sciences
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords:	Dihydrogen; Hydride complexes; NMR spectroscopy; Ruthenium.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	18 Dec 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:34
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/9678

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