@misc{10498/25880,
year = {2021},
month = {8},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25880},
abstract = {The dinitrogen complex [{Cp*Ru(L)}(2)(mu-N-2)]-[BPh4](2) (L = bis(3-methylimidazol-2-ylidene) reacts with dichloro-methane at room temperature, furnishing the diene derivative [Ru(eta(4), kappa(1)-Cl-C5Me5CH2Cl)Cl(L)][BPh4] as result of CH2Cl2 oxidative addition and subsequent migration of the chloromethyl group into the Cp* ring. Mechanistic insight provided by DFT computations indicate that while the cleavage of the C-Cl bond is not thermodynamically favored, the subsequent migration step is largely exergonic and thus provides the driving force for the formation of the observed product.},
organization = {This research was supported by Junta de Andalucia (PAIDI FQM188). A.G.A. acknowledges financial support from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion for project PID2019-107006GB-C22. The University of Cadiz is acknowledged for the provision of computing resources. We wish to thank Rocio Gonzalez Moya for efficient assistance in laboratory experiments.},
publisher = {AMER CHEMICAL SOC},
title = {Activation of Dichloromethane by a Bis-NHC Cp*Ru Complex: Formation of a Pentamethyl(chloromethyl)cyclopentadiene Ligand},
doi = {10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00340},
author = {García Algarra, Andrés and García Galindo, Juan Carlos and Puerta, M. Carmen and Valerga Jiménez, Pedro Sixto and Jiménez Tenorio, Manuel},
}