Rapid Access to Derivatized, Dimeric, Ring-Substituted Dichloro(cyclopentadienyl)rhodium(III) and Iridium(III) Complexes
作者:Loren C. Brown、Emily Ressegue、Joseph S. Merola
DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00580
日期:2016.12.27
The present work describes the design and synthesis of a series of rhodium and iridium dimers [(eta(5)-ring)MCl](2)(mu(2)-Cl)(2) (where (eta(5)-ring)MCl = (eta(5)-Me4C5R)Rh(III)Cl or (eta(5)-Me4C5R)Ir(III)Cl) using a new and efficient 1 h procedure. Rhodium and iridium dimeric complexes were synthesized via a microwave reaction. The modified HMe4C5R (R = isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl, n-heptyl, n-octyl, phenyl, benzyl, phenethyl, cyclohexyl, and cyclopentyl) type ligands were synthesized by reaction of 2,3,4,S-tetramethylcyclopent-2-en-1-one with the respective Grignard reagent (RMgX), followed by elimination of water under acidic conditions to produce the tetramethyl(alkyl or aryl)cyclopentadienes in moderate to excellent yields (40-98%). Reaction of the HMe4C5R ligands with [M(COD)](mu(2)-Cl)(2) (M = Rh, Ir; COD = 1,S-cyclooctadiene) gave the dimeric complexes [(eta(5)-Me4C5R)MCl](2)(mu(2)-Cl)(2) in yields ranging from 47% to 96%. The derivatized dimers were tested for antimicrobial activity, showing activity against Mycobacterium smegmatis and improved activity with derivatized R groups against Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA 43300. The characterization of these complexes was completed by NMR spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis.