Stereochemistry of the reaction products of the oxidative addition reaction of methyl iodide to [Rh((C4H3S)COCHCOR)(CO)(PPh3)]: A NMR and computational study. R=CF3, C6H5, C4H3S
作者:Marrigje M. Conradie、Jeanet Conradie
DOI:10.1016/j.ica.2008.04.046
日期:2009.1
A NMR study of the reaction mixture of the square planar [Rh((C4H3S) COCHCOR)(CO)(PPh3)] complex and CH3I, where R = CF3, C6H5 or C4H3S, revealed that two types of alkyl and one (R = CF3) or two (R = C6H5 or C4H3S) types of acyl species exist in the system. Two isomers of each species with an unsymmetrical beta-diketonato ligand were observed. H-1-H-1 NOESY NMR unambiguously showed that the PPh3 group is in the apical position in the more stable Rh-III-alkyl product. Theoretical computations of the equilibrium geometry of the possible reaction products, consistent with experimental observations, revealed that the. first alkyl product results from trans addition to Rh-I and that the second thermodynamic alkyl product adopts an octahedral geometry with the PPh3 group and the iodide above and below the square planar plane. Theoretical computations also revealed that the thermodynamic acyl product adopts a square-pyramidal geometry with the COCH3 group in the apical position. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.