Synthesis of parent amido (NH2)-bridged dinuclear complexes of ruthenium and iridium by stepwise transfer hydrogenation of mu-azido complexes

Takashi Kimura; Hiroko Arita; Koji Ishiwata; Shigeki Kuwata; Takao Ikariya

doi:10.1039/b902810m

Synthesis of parent amido (NH2)-bridged dinuclear complexes of ruthenium and iridium by stepwise transfer hydrogenation of mu-azido complexes

Dalton Trans. 2009 Apr 28:(16):2912-4. doi: 10.1039/b902810m. Epub 2009 Feb 26.

Authors

Takashi Kimura¹, Hiroko Arita, Koji Ishiwata, Shigeki Kuwata, Takao Ikariya

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.

PMID: 19352517
DOI: 10.1039/b902810m

Abstract

The azido-bridged diruthenium and diiridium complexes [(LMCl)(2)(micro-N(3))(2)] (LM = CymRu, Cp*Ir; Cym = eta(6)-p-cymene, Cp* = eta(5)-C(5)(CH(3))(5)) are sequentially converted into the amido-bridged complexes [(LMCl)(2)(micro-NH(2))(micro-N(3))] and [(LMCl)(2)(micro-NH(2))(micro-H)] upon treatment with 2-propanol and a base.