Unusually weak metal-hydrogen bonds in HV(CO)4(P-P) and their effectiveness as H(*) donors

Jongwook Choi; Mary E Pulling; Deborah M Smith; Jack R Norton

doi:10.1021/ja710455c

Unusually weak metal-hydrogen bonds in HV(CO)4(P-P) and their effectiveness as H(*) donors

J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Apr 2;130(13):4250-2. doi: 10.1021/ja710455c. Epub 2008 Mar 12.

Authors

Jongwook Choi¹, Mary E Pulling, Deborah M Smith, Jack R Norton

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, 3000 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, USA.

PMID: 18335937
DOI: 10.1021/ja710455c

Abstract

The V-H bonds in HV(CO)4(P-P) are unusually weak (55 to 58 kcal/mol). They transfer H* to styrene more rapidly than CpCr(CO)3H does and are effective stoichiometric reagents for the cyclization of appropriate 1,6-dienes.