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Taimisto, M., Poropudas, M. J., Rautiainen, J. M., Oilunkaniemi, R., Laitinen, R. S., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 26, e202200772, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202200772

Ruthenium-assisted tellurium abstraction in bis(thiophen-2-yl) ditelluride

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Author: Taimisto, Marjaana1; Poropudas, Merja J.1; Rautiainen, J. Mikko2;
Organizations: 1Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
2Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Version: published version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 4.9 MB)
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe20231003138477
Language: English
Published: John Wiley & Sons, 2023
Publish Date: 2023-10-03
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Abstract

The reaction of [RuCl₂(CO)₃]₂ and Te₂Tpn₂ (Tpn=thiophen-2-yl, C₄H₃S) in the absence of light resulted in the formation of cct-[RuCl₂(CO)₂(TeTpn₂)₂] (1) [cis(Cl)-cis(CO)-trans(TeTpn₂)] and TeTpn₂ (2) together with the precipitation of tellurium. The complex 1 and the monotelluride 2 were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The decomposition of Te₂Tpn₂ to TeTpn₂ has been monitored by ¹²⁵Te NMR spectroscopy and seemed to be faster than the ligand substitution in [RuCl₂(CO)₃]₂ by TeTpn₂. A catalytic cycle is proposed for the decomposition of Te₂Tpn₂ to TeTpn₂ based on the PBE0-D3/def2-TZVP calculations.

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Series: European journal of inorganic chemistry
ISSN: 1434-1948
ISSN-E: 1099-0682
ISSN-L: 1434-1948
Volume: 26
Issue: 14
Article number: e202200772
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200772
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1002/ejic.202200772
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 116 Chemical sciences
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Funding: The Alfred Kordelin Foundation (Grant no. 210317) and Tauno Tönning Research Foundation (M. T.), and provision of computational resources by Prof. Heikki Tuononen (University of Jyväskylä) (J. M. R.) are gratefully acknowledged.
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