Abstract
Addition of H2 gas to the aryl-substituted pyridine(diimine) molybdenum nitride (iPrPDI)Mo(N)(C2H4) ([1-(N)(η2-C2H4)]; iPrPDI = 2,6-(2,6-iPr2-C6H3N═CMe)2C5H3N) in the presence of the rhodium hydride precatalyst (η5-C5Me5)(py-Ph)Rh(H) ([Rh–H]; py-Ph = 2-phenylpyridine) resulted in partial hydrogenation of the central pyridine of the iPrPDI chelate to yield (iPrTHPDI)Mo(N)(C2H4) ([2-(N)(η2-C2H4)]; iPrTHPDI = 2,6-(2,6-iPr2-C6H3N═CMe)2C5H6N). The product, [2-(N)(η2-C2H4)], was structurally and spectroscopically characterized, and its electronic structure was examined by density functional theory (DFT). The stepwise addition of H atoms from [Rh–H] to [1-(N)(η2-C2H4)] was computed to be thermodynamically viable by DFT.
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