Abnormal binding in a carbene complex formed from an imidazolium salt and a metal hydride complex

S Gründemann; A Kovacevic; M Albrecht; J W Faller; R H Crabtree

doi:10.1039/b107881j

Abnormal binding in a carbene complex formed from an imidazolium salt and a metal hydride complex

Chem Commun (Camb). 2001 Nov 7:(21):2274-5. doi: 10.1039/b107881j.

Authors

S Gründemann¹, A Kovacevic, M Albrecht, J W Faller, R H Crabtree

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, 225 Prospect Street, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA.

PMID: 12240147
DOI: 10.1039/b107881j

Abstract

2-Pyridylmethylimidazolium salts and IrH5(PPh3)2 give an [(N-C)IrH2(PPh3)2]+ species with the imidazole ring bound in the 'wrong way': at C-5, not at the expected C-2.