Unsupported Mg-Alkene Bonding.

Chemistry : a European Journal
Katharina ThumSjoerd Harder

Abstract

The first intermolecular early main group metal-alkene complexes were isolated. This was enabled by using highly Lewis acidic Mg centers in the Lewis base-free cations (Me BDI)Mg+ and (tBu BDI)Mg+ with B(C6 F5 )4 - counterions (Me BDI=CH[C(CH3 )N(DIPP)]2 , tBu BDI=CH[C(tBu)N(DIPP)]2 , DIPP=2,6-diisopropylphenyl). Coordination complexes with various mono- and bis-alkene ligands, typically used in transition metal chemistry, were structurally characterized for 1,3-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane, 1,5-cyclooctadiene, cyclooctene, 1,3,5-cycloheptatriene, 2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene, and 2-ethyl-1-butene. In all cases, asymmetric Mg-alkene bonding with a short and a long Mg-C bond is observed. This asymmetry is most extreme for Mg-(H2 C=CEt2 ) bonding. In bromobenzene solution, the Mg-alkene complexes are either dissociated or in a dissociation equilibrium. A DFT study and AIM analysis showed that the C=C bonds hardly change on coordination and there is very little alkene→Mg electron transfer. The Mg-alkene bonds are mainly electrostatic and should be described as Mg2+ ion-induced dipole interactions.

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Mar 30, 2021·Chemistry : a European Journal·Alexander FriedrichSjoerd Harder
May 5, 2021·Chemical Communications : Chem Comm·Katharina ThumSjoerd Harder
May 13, 2021·Angewandte Chemie·Alexander FriedrichSjoerd Harder
Jul 29, 2021·Dalton Transactions : an International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry·Ruth WellerC Gunnar Werncke
Nov 6, 2021·Dalton Transactions : an International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry·Magnus R Buchner, Lewis R Thomas-Hargreaves

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