Late-transition-metal complexes as tunable Lewis bases.
Syntheses of the first heteroleptic N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-phosphane platinum(0) complexes and formation of the corresponding Lewis acid-base adducts with aluminum chloride is reported. The influence of N-heterocyclic carbenes on tuning the Lewis basic properties of the metal complexes was judged from spectroscopic, structural, and computational data. Conclusive experimental evidence for the enhanced Lewis basicity of NHC-containing complexes was provided by a transfer reaction.
Bauer
Jürgen
J
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Braunschweig
Holger
H
Brenner
Peter
P
Kraft
Katharina
K
Radacki
Krzysztof
K
Schwab
Katrin
K