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Title: Ligand-Based Control of Single-Site vs. Multi-Site Reactivity by a Trichromium Cluster

Abstract

The trichromium cluster (tbsL)Cr3(thf) ([tbsL]6–=[1,3,5-C6H9(NC6H4-o-NSitBuMe2)3]6–) exhibits steric- and solvation-controlled reactivity with organic azides to form three distinct products: reaction of (tbsL)Cr3(thf) with benzyl azide forms a symmetrized bridging imido complex (tbsL)Cr3(μ3-NBn); reaction with mesityl azide in benzene affords a terminally bound imido complex (tbsL)Cr3(μ1-NMes); whereas the reaction with mesityl azide in THF leads to terminal N-atom excision from the azide to yield the nitride complex (tbsL)Cr3(μ3-N). We report the reactivity of this complex demonstrates the ability of the cluster-templating ligand to produce a well-defined polynuclear transition metal cluster that can access distinct single-site and cooperative reactivity controlled by either substrate steric demands or reaction media.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [4];  [4]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
  2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Institutes of Health (NIH); USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1524646
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1503715
Grant/Contract Number:  
GM 098395; SC0008313; NSF/CHE-1834750; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition); Journal Volume: 58; Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; azides; bridging ligands; chromium complexes; cluster compounds; multi-electron reactivity

Citation Formats

Bartholomew, Amymarie K., Juda, Cristin E., Nessralla, Jonathon N., Lin, Benjamin, Wang, SuYin Grass, Chen, Yu‐Sheng, and Betley, Theodore A. Ligand-Based Control of Single-Site vs. Multi-Site Reactivity by a Trichromium Cluster. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/anie.201901599.
Bartholomew, Amymarie K., Juda, Cristin E., Nessralla, Jonathon N., Lin, Benjamin, Wang, SuYin Grass, Chen, Yu‐Sheng, & Betley, Theodore A. Ligand-Based Control of Single-Site vs. Multi-Site Reactivity by a Trichromium Cluster. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201901599
Bartholomew, Amymarie K., Juda, Cristin E., Nessralla, Jonathon N., Lin, Benjamin, Wang, SuYin Grass, Chen, Yu‐Sheng, and Betley, Theodore A. Sun . "Ligand-Based Control of Single-Site vs. Multi-Site Reactivity by a Trichromium Cluster". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201901599. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1524646.
@article{osti_1524646,
title = {Ligand-Based Control of Single-Site vs. Multi-Site Reactivity by a Trichromium Cluster},
author = {Bartholomew, Amymarie K. and Juda, Cristin E. and Nessralla, Jonathon N. and Lin, Benjamin and Wang, SuYin Grass and Chen, Yu‐Sheng and Betley, Theodore A.},
abstractNote = {The trichromium cluster (tbsL)Cr3(thf) ([tbsL]6–=[1,3,5-C6H9(NC6H4-o-NSitBuMe2)3]6–) exhibits steric- and solvation-controlled reactivity with organic azides to form three distinct products: reaction of (tbsL)Cr3(thf) with benzyl azide forms a symmetrized bridging imido complex (tbsL)Cr3(μ3-NBn); reaction with mesityl azide in benzene affords a terminally bound imido complex (tbsL)Cr3(μ1-NMes); whereas the reaction with mesityl azide in THF leads to terminal N-atom excision from the azide to yield the nitride complex (tbsL)Cr3(μ3-N). We report the reactivity of this complex demonstrates the ability of the cluster-templating ligand to produce a well-defined polynuclear transition metal cluster that can access distinct single-site and cooperative reactivity controlled by either substrate steric demands or reaction media.},
doi = {10.1002/anie.201901599},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)},
number = 17,
volume = 58,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Sun Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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