title: The first stable mononuclear silyl palladium hydrides.
abstract: The reaction of tertiary silanes with the low valent palladium complex [(mu-dcpe)Pd]2 affords equilibrium mixtures with mononuclear silyl palladium hydrides. These complexes have been characterized by NMR spectroscopy and, in one case, by X-ray crystallography. The silyl palladium hydride complexes rapidly interchange silicon and hydride coordination environments in solution which give rise to extraordinary temperature-dependent kinetic isotope effects for the fluxional process. An intermediate 2eta-Si-H complex is proposed for the interchange.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Joel T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mague
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fink