Metal-only Lewis Pairs of Rhodium with s, p and d-Block Metals.

ABSTRACT: Metal-only Lewis pairs (MOLPs) in which the two metal fragments are solely connected by a dative M→M bond represent privileged architectures to acquire fundamental understanding of bimetallic bonding. This has important implications in many catalytic processes or supramolecular systems that rely on synergistic effects between two metals. However, a systematic experimental/computational approach on a well-defined class of compounds is lacking. Here we report a family of MOLPs constructed around the Rh^I precursor [(η⁵ -C₅ Me₅ )Rh(PMe₃ )₂ ] (1) with a series of s, p and d-block metals, mostly from the main group elements, and investigate their bonding by computational means. Among the new MOLPs, we have structurally characteriz

SUBMITTER: Bajo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756578 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature