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Chen Wang1, Jiliang Zhou1, Xuefei Zhao2
1State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China.
Abstract:
The first non-pincer-type mononuclear scandium alkylidene complexes were synthesized and structurally characterized. These complexes exhibited short Sc-C bond lengths and even one of the shortest reported to date (2.1134(18) Å). The multiple character of the Sc-C bond was highlighted by a DFT calculation. This was confirmed by experimental reactivity study where the complex underwent [2+1] cycloaddition with elemental selenium and [2+2] cycloaddition with imine. DFT calculation also revealed a strong nucleophilic behavior of the alkylidene complex that was experimentally demonstrated by the C-H bond activation of phenylacetylene.
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