title: A new dirhodium catalyst with hemilabile tropolonato ligands for C-H bond functionalization.
abstract: Don't hold on too tightly! In a new dirhodium catalyst for C-H functionalization reactions, two tropolonato ligands are introduced as hemilabile chelating ligands (see scheme). Only two bridges hold the Rh-Rh core together. The tropolonato ligands can liberate a binding site in the equatorial coordination sphere of the catalyst. This opens a doorway to new mechanistic channels in C-H functionalization.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Chemie, TU Berlin-Berlin University of Technology, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Frauke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thrun
authors.forename: Burkhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Butschke
authors.forename: Timm
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Graening