Room temperature reversible C-H activation mediated by a Pt(0) center, and stoichiometric biphenyl formation via solvent activation.

Emmanuel Nicolas (1) , X. F Le Goff (1) , Stéphane Bouchonnet (2) , Nicolas Mézailles (1)

1 DCPH - Laboratoire Hétéroéléments et Coordination
2 DCMR - Laboratoire des mécanismes réactionnels

Room temperature reversible C-H activation mediated by a designed diphosphine platinum complex is presented. These findings are demonstrated through mechanistic studies involving kinetics, isotopic effects, and corroborated by DFT calculations. The coupling between two unactivated aromatic derivatives is also demonstrated.

Domains: Inorganic chemistry

Emmanuel Nicolas, X. F Le Goff, Stéphane Bouchonnet, Nicolas Mézailles. Room temperature reversible C-H activation mediated by a Pt(0) center, and stoichiometric biphenyl formation via solvent activation.. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48 (67), pp.8350-2. ⟨10.1039/c2cc33847e⟩. ⟨hal-00823000⟩