Abstract
ABSTRACT: Well-defined single-site silica-supported haf-niaaziridine complex [(≡Si-O-)Hf(η2-MeNCH2)(η1-NMe2)(η1-HNMe2)] was prepared using surface organometallic chemistry. Upon thermal treatment under high vacuum, the grafted spe-cies was converted into an unprecedented hafnium imido, bis-amido, complex [(≡Si-O-)Hf(=NMe)(η1-NMe2)]. The surface complexes were characterized by elemental analysis and the following spectroscopic techniques: infrared, solid-state single and multiple quantum NMR, advanced DNP-SENS, and ex-tended X-ray absorption fine structure. [(≡Si-O-)Hf(=NMe)(η1-NMe2)] catalyzed imine metathesis under mild conditions, and characterization of the reactivity showed that the imido ex-change with N-(4-phenylbenzylidene)benzylamine yielded [(≡Si-O-)Hf (η2-NMeNCH2ArCH2) (η1-NMe2)], demonstrating a kind of 2+2 mechanism involving the imine and the imido, proposed reaction mechanism is also supported by DFT calculations.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 9440-9446 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | ACS Catalysis |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 4 2018 |