Goncalves, Theo P. published the artcileMetal-Ligand Cooperative Reactivity in the (Pseudo)-Dearomatized PNx(P) Systems: The Influence of the Zwitterionic Form in Dearomatized Pincer Complexes, SDS of cas: 338800-13-8, the publication is Journal of the American Chemical Society (2017), 139(38), 13442-13449, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
The concept of aromaticity in pincer ligands and complexes was discussed in order to provide insights into their metal-ligand cooperative activities. The aromatic PNx(P) and dearomatized PNx(P)* pincer ligands and the corresponding transition metal complexes were studied with the nucleus-independent chem. shift (NICSzz), anisotropy of the current (induced) d. (ACID), isochem. shielding surfaces (ICSSzz), harmonic oscillator model of aromaticity (HOMA), MCBO, Shannon aromaticity, and natural bond order (NBO) analyses. The study on the model systems showed that for the dearomatized species the decrease of the NICS(1)zz value comes with the larger contribution of the aromatic zwitterionic mesomeric form. In all examples, the incorporation of the metal center into the pincer ligand decreases the NICS(1)zz values. The DFT calculations support the dearomatized pyridine ring in PNP* or PNN* ligand indeed being nonaromatic, in contrast to the PN3(P)* ligand which has partial aromatic character due to the larger contribution of the zwitterionic resonance structure. The difference in aromaticity between the rings contributes to the thermodn. balance of the metal ligand cooperative reactions, changing the energetics of the process when different dearomatized pincer ligands are used. This was further exemplified by aromaticity anal. of the heterolytic hydrogen cleavage reaction of ruthenium PNN complexes of Milstein and the PN3 of Huang, with similar geometries but distinctive thermodn. preference.
Journal of the American Chemical Society published new progress about 338800-13-8. 338800-13-8 belongs to pyridine-derivatives, auxiliary class Bis-phosphine Ligands, name is 2,6-Bis((di-tert-butylphosphino)methyl)pyridine, and the molecular formula is C23H43NP2, SDS of cas: 338800-13-8.
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