Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract
Treatment of bis(2-picolyl)amine (bpa) with [{Rh(nbd)(mu-OMe))(2)] leads to unexpected and unique redox asymmetric dinuclear Rh-I, Rh+I complex [{Rh(ndb)}(2)(bpa-2H)] (2) with a pi-coordinating imine bound to a tetrahedral low valent rhodate(-I). Mono-oxygenation of the deprotonated bpa ligand in 2 by O-2 leads to the mononuclear carboamido complex [Rh(nbd)(bpam-H)] (3) (bpam = N-(2-picolyl)picolinamide). The second () atom of O-2 ends up as a hydroxo fragment in [{Rh(nbd)(mu-OH))(2)].
