- Heterolysis of Dihydrogen by Silver Alkoxides and Fluorides.
Heterolysis of Dihydrogen by Silver Alkoxides and Fluorides.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2015-06-11)
Brandon K Tate, Jenna T Nguyen, John Bacsa, Joseph P Sadighi
PMID26059331
ABSTRACT
Alkoxide-bridged disilver cations react with dihydrogen to form hydride-bridged cations, releasing free alcohol. Hydrogenolysis of neutral silver fluorides affords hydride-bridged disilver cations as their bifluoride salts. These reactions proceed most efficiently when the supporting ligands are expanded N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) derived from 6- and 7-membered cyclic amidinium salts. Kinetics studies show that silver fluoride hydrogenolysis is first-order in both silver and dihydrogen.
MATERIALS
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Product Description
Sigma-Aldrich
Deuterium oxide, 99.9 atom % D, contains 1 % (w/w) 3-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propanesulfonic acid, sodium salt (DSS)
Sigma-Aldrich
Dichloromethane, suitable for HPLC, ≥99.9%, contains 40-150 ppm amylene as stabilizer