Preparation of Phosphorescent Osmium(IV) Complexes with N,N′,C- and C,N,C′-Pincer Ligands
作者:Roberto G. Alabau、Miguel A. Esteruelas、Montserrat Oliván、Enrique Oñate
DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00193
日期:2017.5.8
Four different pincer ligands, which prove that the disposition of the donor atoms in pincer ligands allows them to develop a marked ability to form less common coordination polyhedra and to favor unusual metal oxidation states, have been generated starting from OsH6((PPr3)-Pr-i)(2) and 2-phenyl-6-(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine (Hpz-py-Ph) in order to stabilize 1 phosphorescent, pentagonal-bipyramidal osmium(IV) emitters. Complex 1 reacts with the disubstituted heterocycle to give OsH2kappa(3)-N,N',C-(pz-py-C6H4)}((PPr3)-Pr-i)(2) (2), as a result of the activation of a phenyl o-CH bond and the pyrazolyl N-H of the pyridine substituents. The addition of methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (MeOTf) to 2 produces the methylation of the free N atom of the pz group and the formation of the salt [OsH2kappa(3)-N,N',C-(Mepz-py-C6H4)}((PPr3)-Pr-i)(2)]OTf (3), which undergoes deprotonation of the metal center in the presence of (KOBu)-Bu-t. The resulting monohydride OsHkappa(3)-N,N',C-(Mepz-py-C6H4)}((PPr3)-Pr-i)(2) (4) is unstable and evolves into OsH2kappa(3)-C,N,C'-(Mepz-py-C6H4)}((PPr3)-Pr-i)(2) (5) as a consequence of the oxidative addition of the C-H bond at position 4 of the Mepz group to the osmium atom of 4. The addition of MeOTf to 5 produces the methylation of the free N atom of the Mepz group, which is converted into a remote N-heterocyclic carbene, to form [OsH2kappa(3)-C,N,C'-(Me(2)pz-py-C6H4)}((PPr3)-Pr-i)OTf (6). Complex 1 also reacts with 2-(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine(Hpz-py). The reaction gives rise to the trihydride derivative OsH3kappa(2)-N,N-(pz-py)}((PPr3)-Pr-i)(2) (7), which leads to the salt [OsH3kappa(2)-N,N-(Mepz-py)}((PPr3)-Pr-i)(2)]OTf (8) by addition of MeOTf. The deprotonation of 8 affords the osmium(II) dihydride OsH2kappa(2)-N,N-(Mepz-py)}((PPr3)-Pr-i)(2) (9), which is stable, in contrast to 4. Complexes 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8 are emissive in the green to red region upon photoexcitation.