Reactivity of the Iridium(I) Alkene/Alkyne Complex Tp<sup>Me2</sup>Ir(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>)(MeO<sub>2</sub>CC⋮CCO<sub>2</sub>Me)
作者:Margarita Paneque、Cristina M. Posadas、Manuel L. Poveda、Nuria Rendón、Kurt Mereiter
DOI:10.1021/om061056q
日期:2007.6.1
Tp(Me2)Ir(C2H4)(2) ( 1; Tp(Me2)) hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl) borate) reacts with 1 equiv of MeO2CC=CCO2Me (DMAD) at 25 degrees C, via the intermediacy of the known Ir(I) adduct Tp(Me2)Ir(C2H4)( DMAD) ( 2), with formation of the bis( alkenyl) derivative Tp(Me2)Ir(cis-C( R) =C( R) H)(CH= CH2)(C2H4) ( 3; R = CO2Me) in ca. 50% yield. Complex 3 slowly evolves to another alkenyl species, Tp(Me2)Ir(cis-C( R)=C( R) H)(CH2CH2CH=CH2) ( 4), which exists as a mixture of two stereoisomers. Interestingly, complex 2 reacts with the hard Lewis base NCMe at - 20 degrees C, giving the Ir( I) adduct Tp(Me2)Ir( DMAD)( NCMe) ( 5) the first Ir( I) compound of the Tp(Me2)Ir system with a hard ligand. The Ir- NCMe bond in 5 is labile, and the acetonitrile is easily interchanged by CO, C2H4, and the alkynes HC=CCO2Me ( MP) and DMAD. While with CO the reaction stops at the substitution stage with formation of Tp(Me2)Ir(DMAD)( CO) ( 8), with C2H4 it gives complex 4 or the bis(alkenyl) species Tp(Me2)Ir(cis-C(R)= C(R) H)(CH=CH2)(NCMe) ( 9), depending on the concentration of NCMe in the reaction medium. With MP the known iridacyclopentadiene Tp(Me2)Ir(C(R)=C(H) C( R)=C( R))(NCMe) ( 10) and the symmetrical iridacycloheptatriene Tp(Me2)Ir(C( R)=C( H) C( R)=C( R) C( H)=C( R)( NCMe) (11) can be obtained, while related iridacycles are formed with DMAD. Finally an iridapyrrole with the composition Tp(Me2)Ir(Cl)(C(R)=C(R) C(Me)=NH) ( 6) is the unexpected result of heating complex 5 in a CH2Cl2NCMe mixture at 120 degrees C. All of the new compounds reported have been characterized by microanalysis and IR and NMR spectroscopy and, in addition, complexes 4 and 6 have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray studies.