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Kinetic stabilisation of a molecular strontium hydride complex using an extremely bulky amidinate ligand
Caspar N de Bruin-Dickason1, Thomas Sutcliffe, Carlos Alvarez Lamsfus
1School of Chemistry, Monash University, PO Box 23, VIC, 3800, Australia. cameron.jones@monash.edu.
Abstract:
Two extremely bulky amidinate ligands, [RC{N(Dip)}{N(Ar†)}]- (Dip = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl; Ar† = C6H2{C(H)Ph2}2Pri-2,6,4; R = 1-adamantyl (LAd), tert-butyl (LtBu)) have been developed and utilised for the kinetic stabilisation of the strontium and magnesium hydride complexes, [LAdSr(μ-H)]2 and [LRMg(μ-H)]2 (R = Ad or But). The former represents the missing link in the series of dimeric systems, [LAe(μ-H)]2 (Ae = alkaline earth metal). The structure and bonding of the complexes have been studied by crystallographic, spectroscopic and computational techniques.
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