title: Facile oxidative addition of N-C and N-H bonds to monovalent rhodium and iridium.
abstract: An investigation of room-temperature oxidative addition of N-C and N-H bonds to RhI and IrI in solution and in the solid state is presented. The rigid, product-adapted framework of the pincer bis(ortho-phosphinoaryl)amine (PNP) ligand may contribute to the ease of the N-C and N-H cleavage. The migration of Me from N of the coordinated amine moiety to Rh proceeds with near-zero entropy of activation in solution. In the solid state, this transformation is a crystal-to-crystal reaction, transforming only one of the two independent molecules of (PN(Me)P)RhCl into (PNP)Rh(Me)Cl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, MS015, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA. ozerov@brandeis.edu
authors.forename: Oleg V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Ozerov
authors.forename: Chengyun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Vyacheslav A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Papkov
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Foxman