Chain mechanism for exchange of D2 with a ruthenium hydride

Charles P Casey; Jeffrey B Johnson; Xiandong Jiao; Sharon E Beetner; Steven W Singer

doi:10.1039/c0cc02875d

Chain mechanism for exchange of D2 with a ruthenium hydride

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Nov 14;46(42):7915-7. doi: 10.1039/c0cc02875d. Epub 2010 Sep 21.

Authors

Charles P Casey¹, Jeffrey B Johnson, Xiandong Jiao, Sharon E Beetner, Steven W Singer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI, USA. casey@chem.wisc.edu

PMID: 20856982
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02875d

Abstract

The ruthenium hydride of (Ar(4)CpOH)Ru(CO)(2)H exchanges cleanly and rapidly with D(2) at room temperature to generate the ruthenium deuteride. A chain mechanism is proposed to explain the much more rapid exchange of RuH/D(2) than RuCO exchange with (13)CO.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Deuterium / chemistry*
Hydrogen Bonding
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Ruthenium / chemistry*

Substances

Ruthenium
Deuterium

Grants and funding

I S10 RR04981-01/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States