Metal-stabilised diynyl radicals: structure and reactivity of [Mo(C[triple bond]C-C[triple bond]CSiMe3)L2(eta-C7H7)]*+ (L2 = 2,2'-bipyridine or dppe).
The unprecedented spectroscopic and structural characterisation of a series of 17-electron, monometallic diynyl radicals, [Mo(C[triple bond]C-C[triple bond]CR)L(2)(eta-C(7)H(7))]*(+) (L(2) = bipy, R = SiMe(3); L(2) = dppe, R = SiMe(3) or H), are reported; the (L(2) = dppe, R = SiMe(3)) derivative is reactive to chain-centred C(beta)-C(beta') dimerisation.
Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, UK DH1 3LE.
Neil J
NJ
Brown
David
D
Collison
Ruth
R
Edge
Emma C
EC
Fitzgerald
Paul J
PJ
Low
Madeleine
M
Helliwell
Yien T
YT
Ta
Mark W
MW
Whiteley