Small molecule activation with bimetallic systems: a landscape of cooperative reactivity

M Navarro, JJ Moreno, M Pérez-Jiménez… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
There is growing interest in the design of bimetallic cooperative complexes, which have
emerged due to their potential for bond activation and catalysis, a feature widely exploited …

Cooperative activation of carbon–hydrogen bonds by heterobimetallic systems

A Lachguar, AV Pichugov, T Neumann… - Dalton …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The direct activation of C–H bonds has been a rich and active field of organometallic
chemistry for many years. Recently, incredible progress has been made and important …

Strongly Polarized Iridiumδ−–Aluminumδ+ Pairs: Unconventional Reactivity Patterns Including CO2 Cooperative Reductive Cleavage

L Escomel, I Del Rosal, L Maron… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The iridium tetrahydride complex Cp* IrH4 reacts with a range of isobutylaluminum
derivatives of general formula Al (i Bu) x (OAr) 3–x (x= 1, 2) to give the unusual iridium …

π-Bonding of Group 11 Metals to a Tantalum Alkylidyne Alkyl Complex Promotes Unusual Tautomerism to Bis-alkylidene and CO2 to Ketenyl Transformation

A Lachguar, I Del Rosal, L Maron… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A salt metathesis synthetic strategy is used to access rare tantalum/coinage metal (Cu, Ag,
Au) heterobimetallic complexes. Specifically, complex [Li (THF) 2][Ta (C t Bu)(CH2 t Bu) 3] …

A versatile strategy for the formation of hydride-bridged actinide–iridium multimetallics

ZY Christopher, I Del Rosal, MA Boreen… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Reaction of the potassium pentamethylcyclopentadienyl iridate tris-hydride K [IrCp* H3] with
UCl4 and ThCl4 (DME) 2 led to the complete replacement of the halide ligands to generate …

CO 2 cleavage by tantalum/M (M= iridium, osmium) heterobimetallic complexes

A Lachguar, ZY Christopher, SN Kelly… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel Ta/Os heterobimetallic complex,[Ta (CH2tBu) 3 (μ-H) 3OsCp*], 2, is prepared by
protonolysis of Ta (CHtBu)(CH2tBu) 3 with Cp* OsH5. Treatment of 2 and its iridium …

Rational Preparation of Well-Defined Multinuclear Iridium–Aluminum Polyhydride Clusters and Comparative Reactivity

L Escomel, N Soulé, E Robin, I Del Rosal… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report an original alkane elimination approach, entailing the protonolysis of
triisobutylaluminum by the acidic hydrides from Cp* IrH4. This strategy allows access to a …

Highly Selective and Efficient Perdeuteration of n‐Pentane via H/D Exchange Catalyzed by a Silica‐Supported Hafnium‐Iridium Bimetallic Complex

AV Pichugov, L Escomel, S Lassalle… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A Surface OrganoMetallic Chemistry (SOMC) approach is used to prepare a novel
hafnium‐iridium catalyst immobilized on silica, HfIr/SiO2, featuring well‐defined [≡ SiOHf …

A family of rhodium (i) NHC chelates featuring O-containing tethers for catalytic tandem alkene isomerization–hydrosilylation

R Srivastava, M Jakoobi, C Thieuleux… - Dalton …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The rhodium complex Rh (HL)(COD) Cl, 1, L being a functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene
(NHC) ligand with an oxygen-containing pendant arm, has been used as the entry point to …

Reactivity of Tantalum/Iridium and Hafnium/Iridium Alkyl Hydrides with Alkyl Lithium Reagents: Nucleophilic Addition, Alpha-H Abstraction, or Hydride Deprotonation?

S Lassalle, J Petit, RL Falconer, V Hérault… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cp* IrH4 reacts with Hf (Np) 4 (Np= CH2C (CH3) 3) to yield the heterobimetallic complex [Hf
(Np) 3 (μ-H) 3IrCp*], 2. Treatment of 2 with neopentyl lithium (NpLi) results in the …