title: Binuclear Aromatic C-H Bond Activation at a Dirhenium Site.
abstract: The electronically unsaturated dirhenium complex [Re2(CO)8(μ-H)(μ-Ph)] (1) has been found to exhibit aromatic C-H activation upon reaction with N,N-diethylaniline, naphthalene, and even [D6]benzene to yield the compounds [Re2(CO)8(μ-H)(μ-η(1)-NEt2C6H4)] (2), [Re2(CO)8(μ-H)(μ-η(2)-1,2-C10H7)] (3), and [D6]-1, respectively, in good yields. The mechanism has been elucidated by using DFT computational analyses, and involves a binuclear C-H bond-activation process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, JM Palms Ctr for GSR, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. ADAMSRD@mailbox.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2596-5100
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, JM Palms Ctr for GSR, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. RASSOLOV@mailbox.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Vitaly
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-8870
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rassolov
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, JM Palms Ctr for GSR, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Yuen Onn
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Wong
keywords: C−H activation; bridging ligands; density-functional calculations; rhenium; structure elucidation