title: Arrested 1,2-hydrogen migration from silicon to nickel upon oxidation of a three-coordinate Ni(I) silyl complex.
abstract: Reaction of the dimeric Ni(I) chloride complex [(dtbpe)NiCl](2) (1) with dimesitylsilyl potassium affords the three-coordinate Ni(I) silyl complex (dtbpe)Ni(SiHMes(2)) (2). Alternatively, 2 can be prepared by an oxidative-addition reaction of Mes(2)Si(H)OTf (Tf = CF(3)SO(3)) with the nickel(0) complex [(dtbpe)Ni](2)(mu-C(6)H(6)) (3), with (dtbpe)Ni(OTf) (4) formed as an easily separable byproduct. The one-electron oxidation of 2 by ferrocenium affords diamagnetic [(dtbpe)Ni(mu-H)SiMes(2)][BAr(F)(4)] (5), a Ni(II) complex formed by partial 1,2-H migration from silicon to nickel and featuring an unusual 3-center, 2-electron bonding motif between Ni, Si, and the bridging H. Complex 5 was also obtained from Mes(2)SiH(2) activation by the neopentyl complex salt [(dtbpe)Ni(CH(2)CMe(3))][BAr(F)(4)] (6) with elimination of neopentane.
authors.affiliation: Gordon Center for Integrative Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Vlad M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Iluc
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Hillhouse
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D009532:Nickel; D006859:Hydrogen; D012825:Silicon