Facile reductive cleavage of the C=O bond of acyl halides and the C identical with N bond of nitriles by hydrogen in the presence of sulfido-bridged molybdenum complexes

Journal Article · Tue Jan 06 23:00:00 EST 1987 · J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00235a049· OSTI ID:6874388

Coons, D E; Laurie, J C.V.; Haltiwanger, R C; DuBois, M R

The authors have recently reported that cationic dinuclear molybdenum complexes of the type ((CpMo)/sub 2/(S/sub 2/CH/sub 2/)(..mu..-S)(..mu..-SR))/sup +/ undergo unusual reactions with molecular hydrogen to form protons and types of molybdenum and organic products which vary depending on the nature of R. They report here extensions of this reactivity which result in the reductive cleavage of the C=O and C identical with N bonds in acyl halides and nitriles, respectively, under mild homogeneous conditions.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
• OSTI ID: 6874388
• Journal Information: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 109:1; ISSN JACSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400201* -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
CATIONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHEMICAL BONDS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMPLEXES
DATA
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN
INFORMATION
IONS
MOLYBDENUM COMPLEXES
NITRILES
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
SULFUR COMPLEXES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPLEXES