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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 27, Issue 52, Pages 13144-13148Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102428
Keywords
multielectron reduction; naphthalene; polyaromatic hydrocarbons; ytterbium hydrides; 1; 3; 5; 7-cyclooctatetraene
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- Victoria University of Wellington
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The dimeric beta-diketiminato ytterbium(II) hydride can act as a powerful two-electron reductant at room temperature, affecting the reactions of polyaromatic hydrocarbons such as naphthalene without the need for external electron involvement.
A dimeric beta-diketiminato ytterbium(II) hydride affects both the two-electron aromatization of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene (COT) and the more challenging two-electron reduction of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, including naphthalene (E-0=-2.60 V). Confirmed by Density Functional Theory calculations, these reactions proceed via consecutive polarized Yb-H/C=C insertion and deprotonation steps to provide the respective ytterbium (II) inverse sandwich complexes and hydrogen gas. These observations highlight the ability of a simple ytterbium(II) hydride to act as a powerful two-electron reductant at room temperature without the necessity of an external electron to initiate the reaction and avoiding radicaloid intermediates.
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