Double single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation and small-molecule activation in rhodium NHC complexes

Olena V Zenkina; Eric C Keske; Ruiyao Wang; Cathleen M Crudden

doi:10.1002/anie.201103316

Double single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation and small-molecule activation in rhodium NHC complexes

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Aug 22;50(35):8100-4. doi: 10.1002/anie.201103316. Epub 2011 Jul 8.

Authors

Olena V Zenkina¹, Eric C Keske, Ruiyao Wang, Cathleen M Crudden

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 21744453
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103316

Abstract

Three gases, one crystal: rhodium NHC complexes undergo back-to-back single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformations by selective nonreversible ligand exchange reactions. Slow diffusion of O(2) converts a dinitrogen complex into a dioxygen complex, and CO subsequently replaces O(2).