Accessing Zinc Monohydride Cations through Coordinative Interactions

Paul A. Lummis, Mohammad R. Momeni, Melanie W. Lui, Robert McDonald, Michael J. Ferguson, Mark Miskolzie, Alex Brown and Eric Rivard

Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada


Abstract

We present isolable examples of formal zinc hydride cations supported by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) donors, and investigate the dual electrophilic and nucleophilic (hydridic) character of the encapsulated [ZnH]+ units by computational methods and preliminary hydrosilylation catalysis.


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