The osmium-silicon triple bond: synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of an osmium silylyne complex. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The first silylyne complex of a metal beyond group 6, [Cp*((i)Pr3P)(H)OsSi(Trip)][HB(C6F5)3], was prepared by a new synthetic route involving hydride abstraction from silicon. NMR and DFT computations support the presence of a silylyne ligand, and NBO and ETS-NOCV analysis revealed the nature of this Os-Si interaction as a triple bond consisting of a covalent bond and two strong back-donations. The discovery of this complex allowed observations of the first cycloadditions involving a silylyne complex, and terminal alkynes are shown to react via C-H bond additions across the OsSi bond.

published proceedings

  • J Am Chem Soc

altmetric score

  • 1.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Hayes, P. G., Xu, Z., Beddie, C., Keith, J. M., Hall, M. B., & Tilley, T. D.

citation count

  • 45

complete list of authors

  • Hayes, Paul G||Xu, Zhenggang||Beddie, Chad||Keith, Jason M||Hall, Michael B||Tilley, T Don

publication date

  • August 2013