Activation of SO2 by [Zn(Cp*)2] and [(Cp*)ZnI-ZnI(Cp*)]

Rory P Kelly; Neda Kazeminejad; Carlos A Lamsfus; Laurent Maron; Peter W Roesky

doi:10.1039/c6cc05638e

Activation of SO₂ by [Zn(Cp)₂] and [(Cp)Zn^I-Zn^I(Cp*)]

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Nov 18;52(89):13090-13093. doi: 10.1039/c6cc05638e. Epub 2016 Sep 26.

Authors

Rory P Kelly¹, Neda Kazeminejad, Carlos A Lamsfus, Laurent Maron, Peter W Roesky

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstraße 15, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. roesky@kit.edu.

PMID: 27709182
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc05638e

Abstract

Interesting reactivity was observed in reactions of SO₂ with [Zn(Cp*)₂] and [(Cp*)Zn^I-Zn^I(Cp*)]. These reactions proceeded with insertion of SO₂ into the Zn-C bonds. Spectacularly, the lability of the C-S bond in the O₂SCp* ligands led to the thermal decomposition of [Zn(O₂SCp*)₂(tmeda)] to afford [Zn₂(μ-SO₃)(μ-S₂O₄)(tmeda)₂].