Intramolecular C-H activation in Bi(III) aryloxides

INOR 378

Lihua Liu, l.liu@tcu.edu1, Mauricio Quiroz1, Xiaodi Kou, x.kou@tcu.edu1, Arnold L. Rheingold2, and Tracy A. Hanna, t.hanna@tcu.edu1. (1) Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, 2800 S. University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76129, (2) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
Isolated examples of Bi-C bond formation in Bi(III) complexes have been reported over the past few years, leading to the suspicion that Bi(III) alkoxides can be capable of C-H activation. We have synthesized a series of compounds that cleanly demonstrate intramolecular C-H activation with formation of new Bi-C bonds under mild conditions. We will describe the complete characterization of both starting materials and products, and preliminary kinetic data on the Bi-C bond formation.
 

General Organometallic Chemistry
9:00 AM-12:20 PM, Monday, August 20, 2007 BCEC -- 211, Oral

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007