Binding and activation of small molecules by a quintuply bonded chromium dimer.
The quintuply bonded [(H)L(iPr)Cr]2 reacts with various small molecules, revealing a pattern of two kinds of transformations. Unsaturated molecules that are neither polar nor oxidizing form binuclear [2+n] cycloaddition products retaining Cr-Cr quadruple bonds. In contrast, polar or oxidizing molecules effect the complete cleavage of the Cr-Cr bond.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. theopold@udel.edu.
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Glenn P A
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Yap
Klaus H
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