Dehydrocoupling of dimethylamine-borane promoted by manganese(II) m-terphenyl complexes

Sharpe, Helen R.; Geer, Ana M.; Blundell, Toby J.; Hastings, Fiona R.; Fay, Michael W.; Rance, Graham A.; Lewis, William; Blake, Alexander J.; Kays, Deborah L.

Abstract

Two- and three-coordinate manganese m-terphenyl complexes are precatalysts for the dehydrogenation of dimethylamine-borane (Me2NH·BH3) affording one equivalent of molecular hydrogen and half an equivalent of [Me2N–BH2]2. Experimental studies into the nature of the catalyst indicate that small changes in the coordination environment give rise to significant differences in the reaction mechanism, occurring through a homogeneous mechanism for two-coordinate precatalysts, whilst for the three-coordinate species a heterogeneous mechanism takes place where nanoparticles are responsible for the catalysis.

Citation

Sharpe, H. R., Geer, A. M., Blundell, T. J., Hastings, F. R., Fay, M. W., Rance, G. A., …Kays, D. L. (in press). Dehydrocoupling of dimethylamine-borane promoted by manganese(II) m-terphenyl complexes. Catalysis Science and Technology, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CY02086D

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 20, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Nov 20, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 5, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 21, 2018
• Journal: Catalysis Science and Technology
• Print ISSN: 2044-4753
• Electronic ISSN: 2044-4753
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CY02086D
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/895952
• Publisher URL: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cy/c7cy02086d#!divAbstract