Acceleration of Nucleophilic CH Activation by Strongly Basic Solvents
Brian G. Hashiguchi, Kenneth J. H. Young, Muhammed Yousufuddin, William A. Goddard III, Roy A. Periana
2010J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132(36), 12542-12545109cited
Abstract
(IPI)Ru(II)(OH)_n(H_2O)_m, 2, where IPI is the NNN-pincer ligand, 2,6-diimidizoylpyridine, is shown to catalyze H/D exchange between hydrocarbons and strongly basic solvents at higher rates than in the case of the solvent alone. Significantly, catalysis by 2 is accelerated rather than inhibited by increasing solvent basicity. The evidence is consistent with the reaction proceeding by base modulated nucleophilic CH activation.
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Hashiguchi, B. G., Young, K. J. H., Yousufuddin, M., III, W. A. G., & Periana, R. A. (2010). Acceleration of Nucleophilic CH Activation by Strongly Basic Solvents. *J. Am. Chem. Soc.*, *132*(36), 12542-12545. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja102518m