Volume 27, Issue 21 p. 6569-6578
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Experimental and Computational Studies on Quadruply Bonded Dimolybdenum Complexes with Terminal and Bridging Hydride Ligands

Marina Pérez-Jiménez

Marina Pérez-Jiménez

Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de, Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and University of Sevilla, Avda. Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Natalia Curado

Dr. Natalia Curado

Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de, Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and University of Sevilla, Avda. Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Celia Maya

Dr. Celia Maya

Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de, Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and University of Sevilla, Avda. Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain

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Dr. Jesús Campos

Dr. Jesús Campos

Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de, Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and University of Sevilla, Avda. Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain

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Prof. Dr. Eliseo Ruiz

Prof. Dr. Eliseo Ruiz

Departament de Quimica Inorgànica and Institut de Quimica Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franquès 1–11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

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Prof. Dr. Santiago Álvarez

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Prof. Dr. Santiago Álvarez

Departament de Quimica Inorgànica and Institut de Quimica Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franquès 1–11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

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Prof. Ernesto Carmona

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Prof. Ernesto Carmona

Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de, Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and University of Sevilla, Avda. Américo Vespucio, 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain

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First published: 20 January 2021
Citations: 6

In memory of Professor Richard Allan Andersen, esteemed colleague and dear friend, in recognition of his leading contributions to Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, in particular to the chemistry of Mo–Mo multiple bonds

Graphical Abstract

Quadruply bonded dimolybdenum complexes: A variety of hydride complexes with a quadruply bonded Mo2 core are presented in his article, focusing on an unusual trans-(H)Mo≣Mo(H) central unit stabilized by amidinate ligands. The structure and thermodynamic stability of the different adducts have been investigated by experimental and computational techniques.

Abstract

This contribution focuses on complex [Mo2(H)2(μ-AdDipp2)2] (1) and tetrahydrofuran and pyridine adducts [Mo2(H)2(μ-AdDipp2)2(L)2] (1⋅thf and 1⋅py), which contain a trans-(H)Mo≣Mo(H) core (AdDipp2=HC(NDipp2)2; Dipp=2,6-iPr2C6H3). Computational studies provide insights into the coordination and electronic characteristics of the central trans-Mo2H2 unit of 1, with four-coordinate, fourteen-electron Mo atoms and ϵ-agostic interactions with Dipp methyl groups. Small size C- and N-donors give rise to related complexes 1⋅L but only one molecule of P-donors, for example, PMe3, can bind to 1, causing one of the hydrides to form a three-centered, two-electron (3c-2e) Mo-H→Mo bond (2⋅PMe3). A DFT analysis of the terminal and bridging hydride coordination to the Mo≣Mo bond is also reported, along with reactivity studies of the Mo−H bonds of these complexes. Reactions investigated include oxidation of 1⋅thf by silver triflimidate, AgNTf2, to afford a monohydride [Mo2(μ-H)(μ-NTf2)(μ-AdDipp2)2] (4), with an O,O’-bridging triflimidate ligand.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.