Tuning the Reactivity of an Actor Ligand for Tandem CO2and C–H Activations: From Spectator Metals to Metal-Free
摘要:
The 4,5-diazafluorenide ligand (L-) serves as an actor ligand in the formal insertion of CO2 into a C-H bond remote from the metal center. With the Ru(II) complex of L- as the starting point, Rh(III), Rh(I), and Cu(I) were used as spectator metal centers to tune the reactivity of the actor ligand toward CO2. In the case of Rh(III)-diazafluorenide a room temperature reversible activation of CO2 was observed, similar to the isoelectronic Ru(II) analogue. In the case of Rh(I)- and Cu(I)-diazafluorenide CO2 is trapped by the formation of dinuclear carboxylate complexes and diazafluorene (LH). The spectator metal center could even be replaced entirely with an organic group allowing for the first metal-free reversible tandem CO2 and C-H activation.
Reaction of Dinuclear Rhodium 4,5-Diazafluorenyl-9-Carboxylate Complexes with H<sub>2</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub>
作者:Vincent T. Annibale、Datong Song
DOI:10.1021/om500278a
日期:2014.6.9
The reactivity of the dinuclear Rh(I) 4,5-diazafluorenyl-9-carboxylate complex 4 with H-2 was explored in an attempt to reduce the trapped CO2-derived moiety. After overnight reaction with H2 the only observed species at room temperature by NMR spectroscopy was the decarboxylated 4,5-diazafluorenyl (L-) Rh(III) complex 1. A series of stepwise stoichiometric reactions with H2, NMR experiments at low temperatures, trapping experiments with added PPh3 or CO2, and C-13-labeling experiments were conducted in an attempt to identify the fates of the CO2-derived portion of 4 and the second Rh center.