Our group has been studying C-H activation at the fragment [Tp'Rh(CNneopentyl)] over two decades. This talk will focus on C-H activation of various substituted methane derivatives at the rhodium center. Relative metal-carbon bond energies of those C-H activation products are measured and compared, which leads to a deeper understanding on how a-substitutents control metal-carbon bond strengths. Further clarification will be made on explaining equilibriums between branched and linear isomers in many organometallic reactions.

New insights into thermodynamic origins of C-H bond activation

246th National Meeting (2013)

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