Facile haptotropic shifts in organometallic complexes of 4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene via naphthalene-type transition states: synthetic, x-ray crystallographic, NMR spectroscopic, and EHMO studies
摘要:
The tetracyclic system 4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene (cppH) forms the complexes (eta6-cppH)Cr(CO)3 (2) and [(eta5-cppH)Mn(CO)3]PF6 (13); in both cases the metal is bonded to a terminal ring. Molecule 2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca, with a = 13.924(2) angstrom, b = 12.639(2) angstrom, c = 15.666(3) angstrom, and Z = 8. Deprotonation of 2 and 13 at room temperature yields [(eta5-cpp)Cr(CO)3]- (7) and (eta5-cpp)Mn(CO)3 (15), respectively, with no detectable zwitterionic intermediate. 15 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c, with a = 11.274(2) angstrom, b = 8.752(2) angstrom, c = 14.404(3) angstrom, beta = 98.64(3)degrees, and Z = 4. The corresponding 8,9-dihydro-cpp derivatives (eta6-H-2-cppH)Cr(CO)3 (24) and [(eta6-H-2-cPPH)Mn(CO)3]PF6 (17) have also been prepared. 24 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca, with a = 12.662(3) angstrom, b = 14.594(3) angstrom, c = 15.761(3), and Z = 8. Upon deprotonation, 17 yields an intermediate neutral complex (18) which undergoes an eta6-to-eta5-haptotropic shift only upon being heated to 60-degrees-C for 1 h. The whole process can be followed readily by NMR. The corresponding neutral intermediate derived by deprotonation of 13 can be trapped at -40-degrees-C. The relative ease of haptotropic shifts in the cpp complexes relative to the analogous H-2-CPP systems can be rationalized in terms of a transition state in which the migrating organometallic fragment is eta3-bonded to the polycyclic ligand such that a 10pi (naphthalene-like) character is retained.
Facile haptotropic shifts in organometallic complexes of 4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene via naphthalene-type transition states: synthetic, x-ray crystallographic, NMR spectroscopic, and EHMO studies
摘要:
The tetracyclic system 4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene (cppH) forms the complexes (eta6-cppH)Cr(CO)3 (2) and [(eta5-cppH)Mn(CO)3]PF6 (13); in both cases the metal is bonded to a terminal ring. Molecule 2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca, with a = 13.924(2) angstrom, b = 12.639(2) angstrom, c = 15.666(3) angstrom, and Z = 8. Deprotonation of 2 and 13 at room temperature yields [(eta5-cpp)Cr(CO)3]- (7) and (eta5-cpp)Mn(CO)3 (15), respectively, with no detectable zwitterionic intermediate. 15 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c, with a = 11.274(2) angstrom, b = 8.752(2) angstrom, c = 14.404(3) angstrom, beta = 98.64(3)degrees, and Z = 4. The corresponding 8,9-dihydro-cpp derivatives (eta6-H-2-cppH)Cr(CO)3 (24) and [(eta6-H-2-cPPH)Mn(CO)3]PF6 (17) have also been prepared. 24 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca, with a = 12.662(3) angstrom, b = 14.594(3) angstrom, c = 15.761(3), and Z = 8. Upon deprotonation, 17 yields an intermediate neutral complex (18) which undergoes an eta6-to-eta5-haptotropic shift only upon being heated to 60-degrees-C for 1 h. The whole process can be followed readily by NMR. The corresponding neutral intermediate derived by deprotonation of 13 can be trapped at -40-degrees-C. The relative ease of haptotropic shifts in the cpp complexes relative to the analogous H-2-CPP systems can be rationalized in terms of a transition state in which the migrating organometallic fragment is eta3-bonded to the polycyclic ligand such that a 10pi (naphthalene-like) character is retained.