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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Trispyrazolylborate and Tetramethylcyclopentadienyl Osmium Chemistry: Toward Methane Coordination Complexes

Abstract

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Treatment of H2OsBr6 with 4 equiv. of tetramethylcyclopentadiene (C5Me4H2) in tert-butanol affords [(C 5Me4H)2OsBr]2[Os2Br 8]. The brown color of the salt suggests that the anion adopts an eclipsed conformation (D4h symmetry) and this conclusion has been confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiment. Treatment of [(C5Me 4H)2OsBr]2[Os2Br8] with excess 1,5-cyclooctadiene (cod) in refluxing ethanol gives (C5Me 4H)2Os and [(C5Me4H)2OsBr][Os 2HBr4(cod)2]. An X-ray crystallographic study of the latter compound indicates that the anion adopts a confacial bioctahedral structure in which the hydride ligand and two bromides bridge between the two osmium centers. This anion is the first example of an anionic diosmium complex containing a bridging hydride.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Chemistry
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Dickinson, Paul W.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Girolami, G.S.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3223579
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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84219

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2026-07-22
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citation

Dickinson, Paul W.. Trispyrazolylborate and Tetramethylcyclopentadienyl Osmium Chemistry: Toward Methane Coordination Complexes. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/84219