Structural transformations in dinuclear zinc complexes involving Zn-Zn bonds

Yi-Chou Tsai; Duan-Yen Lu; Yang-Miin Lin; Jenn-Kang Hwang; Jen-Shiang K Yu

doi:10.1039/b707396h

Structural transformations in dinuclear zinc complexes involving Zn-Zn bonds

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Oct 28:(40):4125-7. doi: 10.1039/b707396h. Epub 2007 Aug 6.

Authors

Yi-Chou Tsai¹, Duan-Yen Lu, Yang-Miin Lin, Jenn-Kang Hwang, Jen-Shiang K Yu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C. yictsai@mx.nthu.edu.tw

PMID: 17925950
DOI: 10.1039/b707396h

Abstract

Reduction of Zn(2)(mu-eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))(2) with 4 equiv. of KC(8) resulted in a dramatic structural transformation into [(eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))ZnZn(eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))](2-) featuring a Zn-Zn bond instead of [Zn(2)(micro-eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))(2)](2-); the mechanism of the observed structural transformations arising from the Zn-Zn bond formation involving the intermediate of [Zn(2)(mu-eta(2)-Me(2)Si(NDipp)(2))(2)](-) was elucidated by elaborate computations.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Crystallography, X-Ray
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Temperature
Zinc / chemistry*

Substances

Zinc