摘要:
Facile carbon tin bond activation in the reaction of 2-(trimethylstannyl)pyridine (1) with the organolanthanide complexes Cp-2*LaCH(TMS)(2) (2a) and [Cp-2*LaH](2) (2b) yields Cp-2*La(2-pyridyl) (3), as well as Me3SnCH(TMS)(2) and Me3SnH, respectively. At room temperature, ethylene then undergoes insertion into the resulting La C(pyridyl) bond followed by carbostannolysis to catalytically generate 2-(2-(Me3Sn)ethyl)pyridine (4) or, with extended reaction times, 6-ethyl-2-(2(trimethylstannyl)ethyl)pyridine (5). In contrast to 1, 6-methyl-2(trimethylstannyl)pyridine (6) is unreactive, likely reflecting steric constraints. With terminal alkynes, this catalytic heterocycle-SnMe3 activation/carbostannylation process affords tin-functionalized conjugated enynes. Thus, at 60 degrees C 2b catalyzes the conversion 1 + 1-hexyne to yield (E)-2-butyl-1-(Me3Sn)-oct-1-en-3-yne in a 60:1 ratio E:Z isomer ratio. This reaction is available to alpha-monosubstituted and alpha-disubstituted terminal alkynes, while alpha-trisubstituted alkynes are too hindered for reaction. The catalytic cycle is proposed to proceed via a spectroscopically detectable Me3Sn-alkynyl intermediate which undergoes insertion into a Cp-2*La-alkynyl bond to produce the conjugated alkynyl product, which is subsequently protonolyzed from the 2-La center by a new terminal alkyne substrate molecule. NMR spectroscopic and kinetic data support the proposed pathway and indicate turnover-limiting alkyne insertion.