title: Acceleration of nucleophilic CH activation by strongly basic solvents.
abstract: (IPI)Ru(II)(OH)(n)(H(2)O)(m), 2, where IPI is the NNN-pincer ligand, 2,6-diimidizoylpyridine, is shown to catalyze H/D exchange between hydrocarbons and strongly basic solvents at higher rates than in the case of the solvent alone. Significantly, catalysis by 2 is accelerated rather than inhibited by increasing solvent basicity. The evidence is consistent with the reaction proceeding by base modulated nucleophilic CH activation.
authors.affiliation: The Scripps Energy Laboratories, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida 33458, USA.
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Hashiguchi
authors.forename: Kenneth J H
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Muhammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yousufuddin
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Goddard
authors.forename: Roy A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Periana
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012997:Solvents; D012428:Ruthenium