Nitrogen is essential to reaction of (PNP)OsI (PNP is N(SiMe2CH2PtBu2)2) and Mg powder in THF, to give equimolar (PNP)OsH(N2) and hydrido carbene [(tBu2PCH2SiMe2)N(SiMe2CH2PtBu(CMe2CH)]OsH. This reaction is attributed to H2 evolution from solid magnesium, rather than high energy H atom transfer between molecules, but relies also on the strong π-basicity of Os in favoring α-H migration from the metallated tBu group on Os to form the second product, the hydrido carbene species. The path to two different products begins because the simple N2 adduct of (PNP)OsI undergoes spontaneous heterolytic H–C splitting of the tBu methyl group, to produce a secondary amine intermediate [(tBu2PCH2SiMe2)N(H)(SiMe2CH2PtBu(CMe2CH2)]OsI(N2) which can then be dehydrohalogenated by Mg. The analogous reaction for (PNP)RuCl shows production of only (PNP)RuH(N2), with none of the hydride carbene dehydrogenation product. Comparative (Ruvs. Os) DFT calculations reveal the reaction steps where the Os analog is much more exothermic, accounting for certain reaction selectivities.
氮是 (
PNP)OsI (
PNP 为 N(SiMe2CH2PtBu2)2)和
镁粉在
四氢呋喃中发生反应的必要条件,反应生成等摩尔 (
PNP)OsH(N2) 和碳
氢化物 [(tBu2PCH2SiMe2)N(SiMe2CH2PtBu(CMe2CH)]OsH。这一反应归因于从固体
镁中演化出的 H2,而不是分子间的高能 H 原子转移,但也依赖于 Os 的强π碱性,有利于 α-H 从 Os 上的
金属化 tBu 基团迁移,形成第二种产物,即碳化氢。通向两种不同产物的路径开始于 (
PNP)OsI 的简单 N2 加合物自发地发生 tBu 甲基的异解 H-C 分裂,生成仲胺中间体[(tBu2PCH2SiMe2)N(H)(SiMe2CH2PtBu(CMe2CH2)]OsI(N2),然后可由 Mg 进行脱氢卤化。(
PNP)RuCl 的类似反应只生成 (
PNP)RuH(N2),没有碳氢化合物脱氢产物。比较(Ruvs. Os)DFT 计算揭示了 Os 类似物放热更多的反应步骤,从而解释了某些反应的选择性。