Mechanism-based design of labile precursors for chromium(I) chemistry.
Dinitrogen complexes of the type Tp(R,R)Cr-N2-CrTp(R,R) are not the most labile precursors for Cr(i) chemistry, as they are sterically protected from obligatory associative ligand substitution. A mononuclear alkyne complex - Tp(tBu,Me)Cr(η(2)-C2(SiMe3)2) - proved to be much more reactive.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. theopold@udel.educ.
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D000480:Alkynes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002857:Chromium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
D000480:Alkynes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D002857:Chromium