Cooperative activation of X-H (X = H, C, O, N) bonds by a Pt(0)/Ag(i) metal-only Lewis pair

Nereida Hidalgo; Celia Maya; Jesús Campos

doi:10.1039/c9cc03008e

Cooperative activation of X-H (X = H, C, O, N) bonds by a Pt(0)/Ag(i) metal-only Lewis pair

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jul 23;55(60):8812-8815. doi: 10.1039/c9cc03008e.

Authors

Nereida Hidalgo¹, Celia Maya, Jesús Campos

Affiliation

¹ Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), Universidad de Sevilla and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Avenida Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain. jesus.campos@iiq.csic.es.

PMID: 31120065
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc03008e

Abstract

Metal-only Lewis pairs made of Pt(0)/Ag(i) combinations have been previously reported, but their cooperative reactivity remains unexplored. Here we demonstrate that these systems are capable of synergistically activating a wide variety of X-H (X = H, C, O, N) bonds, including those in dihydrogen, alkynes, water and ammonia.