Methylaluminum-supported rare-earth-metal dihydrides.
Methylaluminum-supported rare-earth-metal dihydrides.
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10.1002/anie.201306783
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2013-12
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通讯作者:
Christoph Schädle;Dorothea Schädle;K. Eichele;R. Anwander
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作者:
Christoph Schädle;Dorothea Schädle;K. Eichele;R. Anwander
Compounds combining the large rare-earth-metal (Ln) centers with the smallest anionic ligand, HÀ (hydrido), continue to pose challenging questions both in fundamental and applied chemistry.[1] The inherent bonding properties in solid-state binary LnHx phases (eg, causing metallic behavior) as well as in ligand-supported molecular counterparts (revealing unique cluster chemistry, see Supporting Information) have been the focus of extensive research. Moreover, heterobimetallic solid-state materials, such as Ni5LaHx, feature approved rechargeable battery components or, such as LnAlH6 (obtained from LnCl3 and NaAlH4 by the release of hydrogen), are discussed as intermediate-temperature hydrogen-storage materials.[2] On the other hand, the quest for soluble molecular hydrides has triggered immense research efforts. In the meantime, mono and dihydrido derivatives “L2LnH” and “LLnH2”(L= monoanionic ligand), respectively, are assigned a crucial role in a variety of stoichiometric and catalytic transformations,[3] whereas complexes of type [LnH3 (Do) x](Do= neutral donor ligand) are still elusive. While mono hydride complexes can exist as monomers, eg,[(C5H2tBu3) 2CeH],[4] dihydrido species “LLnH2”, carrying only one ancillary ligand per lanthanide center, tend to form polynuclear complexes (see Supporting Information) containing as few as two [5] and up to six lanthanide metal centers.[6] Several types of ancillary ligands have been employed in an effort to stabilize complexes of low nuclearity, including sterically demanding cyclopentadienyl derivatives such as C5Me4SiMe3[6] tris (pyrazolyl) borato scorpionates,[7] tetraazacycloamido,[8] bis (phosphinophenyl) amido pincer,[5] and pyridylamido [9] ligands as well as chelating diamido ligands (see Supporting Information).[10] However, the synthesis of a monomeric rare-earth-metal dihydride was not successful to date.The group of Takats used the sterically demanding hydrotris (3-tert-butyl-5-methylpyrazolyl) borato ligand (TptBu, Me) to stabilize Ln2+ centers in species such as alkyls,[11] carbenes,[12] amides,[11b] halides,[11, 13] or hydrides [14] and was also able to obtain lanthanide dihydride complexes using the less-bulky dimethyl, diisopropyl, or unsubstituted derivative of the Tp ligand, but reported the formation of a mixture of products for the more bulky TptBu, Me ligand