Reversible Photoisomerization in a Ru cis -Dihydride Catalyst Accessed through Atypical Metal–Ligand Cooperative H 2 Activation: Photoenhanced Acceptorless Alcohol Dehydrogenation
Reversible Photoisomerization in a Ru cis -Dihydride Catalyst Accessed through Atypical Metal–Ligand Cooperative H 2 Activation: Photoenhanced Acceptorless Alcohol Dehydrogenation
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通过非典型金属配体协同 H 2 活化实现 Ru 顺式二氢化物催化剂中的可逆光异构化:光增强无受体醇脱氢
DOI:
10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00648
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发表时间:
2022
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Lacy, David C.
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作者:
Fanara, Paul M.;Vigneswaran, Vipulan;Gunasekera, Parami S.;MacMillan, Samantha N.;Lacy, David C.
Dehydrohalogenation of pyridine-derived pincer ruthenium complexes often leads to dearomatized moieties, such as in Milstein’s PNN-Ru(CO)(Cl)(H) (1Py) catalyst. Thus, we were surprised to find an aromatized κ3-N,C,Pbinding mode in the lutidine-derived bidentate analogue [{LutP′}Ru(CO)(H)(PPh3)] (2), instead of a dearomatized compound, upon dehydrohalogenation of [{LutP}Ru(CO)(Cl)(H)(PPh3)] (1). The reaction of2with H2results in the formation of thecis-dihydride [{LutP}Ru(CO)(H)2(PPh3)] (3), and labeling studies confirm cooperative metal–ligand activation.3exhibits reversible photoisomerization, forming anothercis-dihydride isomer (4) upon irradiation. The lability of4toward ligand substitution was leveraged to demonstrate photoenhanced H2production via acceptorless alcohol dehydrogenation. Labeling studies implicate metal–ligand cooperative (MLC) processes during the photocatalytic reaction, but they appear to be off-path processes on the basis of our mechanistic study of the system. The latter emphasizes that aromatization/dearomatization may not be necessary for acceptorless transformations, which is generally consistent with several contemporary studies on analogous Ru catalysts.