Terminal alkyne insertion into a thiolate-bridged dirhodium hydride complex derived from heterolytic cleavage of H2
Xiangyu Zhao1, Dawei Yang, Yahui Zhang
1State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China. yangdw@dlut.edu.cn qujp@dlut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Thiolate-bridged dirhodium and diiridium complexes can facilely realize heterolytic cleavage of H2 across the metal-sulfur bond to generate the corresponding hydride bridged complexes. Furthermore, terminal alkynes can insert the Rh-H-Rh fragment to afford σ:π alkenyl bridged complexes and then convert to the corresponding alkenes in the presence of a reductant and an acid.
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