σ-Aromaticity in polyhydride complexes of Ru, Ir, Os, and Pt
Abstract
Transition-metal hydrides are essential for catalysis, organic synthesis, and hydrogen storage. In this work we study IrH5(PPh3)2, (RuH5(PiPr3)2)−, (OsH5(PiPr3)2)−, and OsH4(PPhMe2)3 polyhydride complexes, where the metal is five-fold coordinated in-plane. The unusual coordination of these compounds can be explained by σ-aromaticity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1039/c5cp04330a
Entities
People
- Anastassia N. Alexandrova
- Elisa Jimenez-Izal
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- California NanoSystems Institute
- National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences
- United States Army
- University of California
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry