Catalyst poisoning in catalyzed imine hydrogenation: A novel zwitterionic Rh(I)/o-hydroxy-substituted imine complex
摘要:
During investigation of the homogeneous H-2-hydrogenation of the ketimine (o-HOC6H4)C(Me)=NCH2Ph catalyzed by the [Rh(COD)(PPh3)(2)]PF6 precursor in MeOH at ambient conditions, we have isolated [Rh{eta(4)-(C6H4O)C(-)(Me)=N(+)(H)CHPh}(PPh3)(2)]PF6 (3), an unusual zwitterionic Rh complex in which the imine is coordinated via the C-4 part of the o-hydroxy-arene moiety in a quinoid form; this tautomer is generated via proton transfer from the O-atom to the N-atom within the molecular, benzenoid form. Precipitation of 3 from the MeOH solution, even under H-2, causes sequestration of the Rh and complete suppression of the catalytic activity. (In a previously studied system with the corresponding, non-hydroxy-substituted ketimine, PhC(Me) = NCH2Ph, the Rh was sequestered as an inactive o-metalated species). The solid state structure of 3 is retained in CH2Cl2 solution, but in MeOH and Me2CO reversible loss of the ketimine generates the cis-[Rh(PPh3)(2)(solvent)(2)]PF6 species. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Imine Hydrolysis and Role of a Rhodium(I)−Imine−Amine Complex in Homogeneous H<sub>2</sub>-Hydrogenation of the Imine and a Rare Example of Inequivalent NH<sub>2</sub> Protons
作者:Paolo Marcazzan、Chalil Abu-Gnim、Kapila N. Seneviratne、Brian R. James
DOI:10.1021/ic040037a
日期:2004.8.1
A Rh-catalyzed, homogeneous hydrogenation of the imine, PhCH2N=CHPh, is shown to involve a Rh-imine-amine species that subsequently activates H-2, the amine (benzylamine) being formed via a Rh-catalyzed hydrolysis of the imine by adventitious water. The imine-amine complex, cis-Rh[P(p-tolyl)(3)](2)(PhCH2N=CHPh)(NH2CH2Ph)}PF6 (2b), is structurally characterized, and the solution H-1 NMR data reveal inequivalent NH2 protons.