Synthesis, structure, and properties of octahedral d6 bis(alkene) complexes of molybdenum
作者:Chen Hsing Lai、Chien Hong Cheng、Wen Ch'ing Chou、Sue Lein Wang
DOI:10.1021/om00028a027
日期:1993.4
Mo(CO)3(CH3CN)(NN) obtained by treating Mo(CO)3(CH3CN)3 with 1 equiv of bidentate nitrogen ligand (NN) reacts with excess DMFU (dimethyl fumarate) to give MO(CO)2(NN)-(DMFU)2 (NN = o-phenylenediamine (1), en (2), phen (3), and bpy (4)). These products are mixtures of diastereomers a and b which resulted from face selection of the two DMFU ligands for coordination to the metal center. The two diastereomers 1a and 1b of 1 were separated by column chromatography. The structure of compound la determined by X-ray crystallography is distorted octahedral with the two DMFU ligands being trans to each other and cis to CO and PDA ligands. The two alkenes are mutually orthogonal and each eclipses a N-M-C vector. In addition, they are bound to the Mo center in a fashion with all four ester groups lying between the carbonyl and the amino groups. The absolute configuration of the olefin carbons of the DMFU ligands in la is RRRR or SSSS. The geometry of lb is similar to that of la except that different faces of the DMFU ligands (RRSS or SSRR) are coordinated to the Mo center. As a result, the four ester groups and four olefin protons are equally distributed in the four regions defined by the two intersected N-Mo-CO vectors. For product 2, only one diastereomer having structure a was observed. Due to internal hydrogen bonding between the amino protons and the keto groups on the DMFU ligands, which restricts the rotation of the coordinated DMFU, 1a, 1b, and 2a are all static in solution at ambient temperature. Similar to product 1, both products 3 and 4 also are mixtures of diastereomers a and b. As indicated by the low-temperature H-1 NMR spectra, 3a and 4a consist of rotational isomers I and II which undergo rapid mutual exchange at ambient temperature. 3b and 4b exhibit fluxional behavior on the NMR time scale due to rotation of the DMFU ligands. The structure of 3b was also determined from X-ray diffraction measurements. The results confirm the general structural features concluded from NMR data of these species. la crystallizes in monoclinic space group C2/c with unit cell parameters a = 12.311(3) angstrom, b = 11.027(3) angstrom, c = 17.000(6) angstrom, beta = 99.32(2)-degrees, and D(c) = 1.599 g cm-3 for Z = 4; least-squares refinement based on 2018 independent observed reflections produced a final R value 0.028. Compound 3b belongs to triclinic space group P1BAR with unit cell parameters a = 9.546(2) angstrom, b = 10.072(2) angstrom, c = 14.886(3) angstrom, beta = 77.76(1)-degrees-, and D(c) = 1.537 g cm-3 for Z = 2; after refinement, the final R value was 0.034 on the basis of 4727 independent observed reflections.