title: Examining the role of Rh/Si cooperation in alkene hydrogenation by a pincer-type [P2Si]Rh complex.
abstract: A bis(phosphine)/triflatosilyl pincer-type Rh(i) complex can reversibly store one equivalent of H2 across the Si-Rh bond upon triflate migration from silicon to rhodium. The triflatosilyl complex serves as an effective precatalyst for norbornene hydrogenation, but Si-OTf bond cleavage is not implicated in the major catalytic pathway. The combined findings suggest possible strategies for M/Si cooperation in catalytic processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA. mwhited@carleton.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Whited
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA. mwhited@carleton.edu.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Deetz
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA. mwhited@carleton.edu.
authors.forename: Theodore M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Donnell
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN 55105, USA.
authors.forename: Daron E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Janzen