Journal article
Rhodium( ii ) dimers without metal–metal bonds
Abstract
Oxidation of ((Me)BDI)Rh(cyclooctene) ((Me)BDI = [2,6-Me(2)C(6)H(3)NCMe](2)CH) with Br(2) or I(2) produces paramagnetic halide-bridged Rh(II) dimers [((Me)BDI)Rh](2)(μ-X)(2) without a direct Rh-Rh bond. Steric factors are proposed to play a key role in preventing the formation of Rh-Rh bonded alternative structures.
Authors
Zhu D; Sharma AZ; Wiebe CR; Budzelaar PHM
Journal
Dalton Transactions, Vol. 44, No. 30, pp. 13460–13463
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Publication Date
August 14, 2015
DOI
10.1039/c5dt02218e
ISSN
1477-9226