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Investigating The Effects Of Tethered, Axial Lewis Base Coordination On Rhodium(Ii) Paddlewheel Complexes, William A. Sheffield
Investigating The Effects Of Tethered, Axial Lewis Base Coordination On Rhodium(Ii) Paddlewheel Complexes, William A. Sheffield
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Dirhodium(II) paddlewheel complexes are highly renowned for their use in diazo decomposition to form a metallic-carbenoid species. This species has been used for a diverse range of chemical transformations including cyclopropanation, cycloproprenation, C-H functionalization, and X-H (Si, S, O, N) insertion reactions. Modulation of these catalysts traditionally involve the exchange of bridging ligands which have profound effects on the catalyst’s reactivity, chemo, and enantioselectivity. Recent interest has turned towards to modifying the axial sites present in the complex as an additional means of modulating catalytic activity. These sites normally serve as the active site of the catalyst, but coordination of …