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Efficient Room-Temperature, Au(+)-Mediated Coupling of a Carbene Ligand with Methane To Generate C2Hx (x = 4, 6).
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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) [Angew Chem Int Ed Engl] 2016 Jan 04; Vol. 55 (1), pp. 441-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Nov 18. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The thermal reactions of the closed-shell, "naked" gold-carbene complex [Au(CH2)](+) with methane have been explored by using FTICR mass spectrometry complemented by quantum chemical (QC) calculations at the CCSD(T)//BMK level of theory. Mechanistic aspects for this unprecedentedly efficient carbene insertion in the C-H bond of methane have been addressed and the origin of the counterintuitive high reactivity of [Au(CH2)](+) towards this most inert hydrocarbon is discussed.<br /> (© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1521-3773
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26577495
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201509320