Insertion of a Cationic Metallogermylene into E-H Bonds (E = H, B, Si).
A cationic germylene containing tungsten and N-heterocyclic carbene units reacted with H2 in fluorobenzene at 60 °C, resulting in its insertion into the H-H bond. It also activated the Si-H bond of ethyldimethylsilane and the B-H bond of pinacolborane at ambient temperature to give the insertion products. The latter insertion reactions against hydrosilane and hydroborane were found to be reversible.
Department of Chemistry, Gakushuin University , 1-5-1 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8588, Japan.
Koya
K
Inomata
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University , Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
Takahito
T
Watanabe
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University , Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
Yoshikazu
Y
Miyazaki
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University , Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
Hiromi
H
Tobita