Synthesis of cationic oxorhenium salen complexes via mu-oxo abstraction and their activity in catalytic reductions

Elon A Ison; Jeanette E Cessarich; Guodong Du; Phillip E Fanwick; Mahdi M Abu-Omar

doi:10.1021/ic0520768

Synthesis of cationic oxorhenium salen complexes via mu-oxo abstraction and their activity in catalytic reductions

Inorg Chem. 2006 Mar 20;45(6):2385-7. doi: 10.1021/ic0520768.

Authors

Elon A Ison¹, Jeanette E Cessarich, Guodong Du, Phillip E Fanwick, Mahdi M Abu-Omar

Affiliation

¹ Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.

PMID: 16529452
DOI: 10.1021/ic0520768

Abstract

Cationic oxorhenium salen complexes are prepared by the abstraction of bridging oxo ligands with [Et3Si][B(C6F5)4] and [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4]. These complexes catalyze the reduction of 2-butanone with Et3SiH under ambient conditions.