Heterolytic cleavage of H2 by bifunctional manganese(i) complexes: impact of ligand dynamics, electrophilicity, and base positioning

Journal Article
Chem. Sci., vol. 5, iss. 12, pp. 4729-4741, 2014
Authors
Elliott B. Hulley, Monte L. Helm, R. Morris Bullock
Abstract

A balance of metal electrophilicity and ligand steric influences is required for facile, reversible H–H heterolytic cleavage in Mn complexes with pendant amines.

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