Bifunctional activation of amine-boranes by the W/Pd bimetallic analogs of “frustrated Lewis pairs”
Elena S. Osipova, Ekaterina S. Gulyaeva, Evgenii I. Gutsul, Vladislava A. Kirkina, Alexander A. Pavlov, Yulia V. Nelyubina, Andrea Rossin, Maurizio Peruzzini, Lina M. Epstein, Natalia V. Belkova, Oleg A. Filippov, Elena S. Shubina
Abstract
Bimetallic complexes [LW(CO)<sub>2</sub>(μ-CO)⋯Pd(PCP)] cooperatively activate amine-boranes for their dehydrogenation <italic>via</italic> N–H proton tunneling at RDS and H<sub>2</sub> evolution from two neutral hydrides.
Topics & Concepts
Bimetallic stripBoranesBifunctionalFrustrated Lewis pairDehydrogenationChemistryAmine gas treatingCatalysisBoraneMedicinal chemistryLewis acids and basesOrganic chemistryBoronOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryHydrogen Storage and MaterialsAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction