Amidine Production by the Addition of NH3 to Nitrile(s) Bound to and Activated by the Lewis Acidic [Re6(μ3-Se)8]2+ Cluster Core

William C. Corbin; Gary S. Nichol; Zhiping Zheng

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01643

Amidine Production by the Addition of NH₃ to Nitrile(s) Bound to and Activated by the Lewis Acidic [Re₆(μ₃-Se)₈]²⁺ Cluster Core

William C. Corbin, Gary S. Nichol, Zhiping Zheng

Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Abstract

Acetonitrile bound to and activated by the Lewis acidic [Re₆(μ₃-Se)₈]²⁺ cluster core was transformed into acetamidine in quantitative yield using NH₃ as the nucleophile at room temperature. The amidine ligand was removed by treating the cluster-acetamidine complexes with trifluoroacetic acid in CH₃CN, affording amidinium trifluoroacetate and the starting acetonitrile complexes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	9505-9508
Number of pages	4
Journal	Inorganic Chemistry
Volume	55
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01643
State	Published - Oct 3 2016

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Amidine Production by the Addition of NH₃ to Nitrile(s) Bound to and Activated by the Lewis Acidic [Re₆(μ₃-Se)₈]²⁺ Cluster Core

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Amidine Production by the Addition of NH₃ to Nitrile(s) Bound to and Activated by the Lewis Acidic [Re₆(μ₃-Se)₈]²⁺ Cluster Core