Vanadium complexes with N-heterocyclic vinylidene ligands.
Bastiaan KooijZhaowen DongPaul VaravaFarzaneh Fadaei TiraniRosario ScopellitiLaura PiveteauKay SeverinPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
The preparation and the structural characterization of vanadium complexes with terminal and bridging N-heterocyclic vinylidene ligands is reported. The synthesis of the complexes was enabled by utilization of diazoolefins as ligand precursors. Structural data and theoretical results show that N-heterocyclic vinylidenes can act as 6e - donor ligands, leading to strong metal-carbon interactions.