Oxidation of phenyl and hydride ligands of bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)hafnium derivatives by nitrous oxide via selective oxygen atom transfer reactions: insights from quantum chemistry calculations

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 1152-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hujun Xie ◽  
Chengcheng Liu ◽  
Ying Yuan ◽  
Tao Zhou ◽  
Ting Fan ◽  
...  

Frontier molecular orbital theory analysis indicates that N2O is activated by nucleophilic attack by the phenyl or hydride ligand.

Author(s):  
Leila G. Ranis ◽  
Jacqueline Gianino ◽  
Justin M. Hoffman ◽  
Seth N. Brown

Eight-coordinate MoO2(DOPOQ)2 can donate two oxygen atoms to substrates such as phosphines in a four-electron nonclassical oxygen atom transfer reaction.


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