TY - JOUR
T1 - Germyliumylidene
T2 - A Versatile Low Valent Group 14 Catalyst
AU - Sarkar, Debotra
AU - Dutta, Sayan
AU - Weetman, Catherine
AU - Schubert, Emeric
AU - Koley, Debasis
AU - Inoue, Shigeyoshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Chemistry - A European Journal published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
PY - 2021/9/9
Y1 - 2021/9/9
N2 - Bis-NHC stabilized germyliumylidenes [RGe(NHC)2]+ are typically Lewis basic (LB) in nature, owing to their lone pair and coordination of two NHCs to the vacant p-orbitals of the germanium center. However, they can also show Lewis acidity (LA) via Ge−CNHC σ* orbital. Utilizing this unique electronic feature, we report the first example of bis-NHC-stabilized germyliumylidene [MesTerGe(NHC)2]Cl (1), (MesTer=2,6-(2,4,6-Me3C6H2)2C6H3; NHC= IMe4=1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene) catalyzed reduction of CO2 with amines and arylsilane, which proceeds via its Lewis basic nature. In contrast, the Lewis acid nature of 1 is utilized in the catalyzed hydroboration and cyanosilylation of carbonyls, thus highlighting the versatile ambiphilic nature of bis-NHC stabilized germyliumylidenes.
AB - Bis-NHC stabilized germyliumylidenes [RGe(NHC)2]+ are typically Lewis basic (LB) in nature, owing to their lone pair and coordination of two NHCs to the vacant p-orbitals of the germanium center. However, they can also show Lewis acidity (LA) via Ge−CNHC σ* orbital. Utilizing this unique electronic feature, we report the first example of bis-NHC-stabilized germyliumylidene [MesTerGe(NHC)2]Cl (1), (MesTer=2,6-(2,4,6-Me3C6H2)2C6H3; NHC= IMe4=1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene) catalyzed reduction of CO2 with amines and arylsilane, which proceeds via its Lewis basic nature. In contrast, the Lewis acid nature of 1 is utilized in the catalyzed hydroboration and cyanosilylation of carbonyls, thus highlighting the versatile ambiphilic nature of bis-NHC stabilized germyliumylidenes.
KW - CO conversion
KW - DFT
KW - N-heterocyclic carbenes
KW - catalysis
KW - cations
KW - germanium
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U2 - 10.1002/chem.202102233
DO - 10.1002/chem.202102233
M3 - Article
C2 - 34171132
AN - SCOPUS:85111832141
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 27
SP - 13072
EP - 13078
JO - Chemistry - A European Journal
JF - Chemistry - A European Journal
IS - 51
ER -