Soft Interactions with Hard Lewis Acids: Generation of Mono- and Dicationic Alkaline-earth Metal Arene-complexes by Direct Oxidation

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Journal Chem Sci

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2020 Mar 18

PMID 32180929

Citations 9

Authors

Marcel Schorpp

Ingo Krossing

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Abstract

The synthesis of the first unsupported dicationic arene complexes of calcium and strontium [(η-HMB)AE(DFB)] is reported (HMB = hexamethylbenzene; AE = alkaline earth metal; DFB = -difluorobenzene). They were prepared by direct oxidation of the elemental metals employing the ligand-forming radical cation salt [HMB][WCA] as an oxidant (WCA = [Al(OR)] or [μF-{Al(OR)}]; R = C(CF)). In addition, monocationic η-HMB complexes of calcium, strontium and barium supported by coordination of the monodentate anion [F-Al(OR)] are reported. In all examples, almost undistorted η-HMB coordination is observed with rather short M-arene distances approaching those observed with the isoelectronic but negatively charged pentamethylcyclopentadienyl ligand. The structure and bonding, thermodynamic stability and Lewis acidity (fluoride/hydride ion affinities, FIA/HIA) of the generated complexes were assessed by DFT methods. It followed that the gaseous dications [(η-HMB)AE(DFB)] are extremely hard Lewis acids that retain FIAs close to superacidity in solution.

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