摘要:
The effect that a solvent has on reactions of Cp2Zr{(mu-H)(2)BHR}(2) and Cp(2)ZrHj(mu-H)(2)BHR} (R = CH3, Ph) with B(C6F5)(3) has been studied. From the reaction in benzene the metathesis product Cp2Zr{(mu-H)(2)B(C6F5)(2)}(2), 2, was isolated. In the case of diethyl ether, different hydride abstraction products, including [Cp2Zr(OEt2){(mu-H)(2)BHPh}][HB(C6F5)(3)], 3, [Cp2Zr(OEt2) {(mu-H)(2)BHCH3)][HB(C6F5)(3)], 4, [Cp2Zr(OEt2){(mu-H)(2)BH2)][HB(C6F5)(3)], 5, and [Cp2Zr(OEt)(OEt2)][HB(C6F5)(3)], 6, were isolated depending on the starting zirconocene complex. The diethyl ether molecules of 3-6 are weakly coordinated to Zr and displaced in THF solution. Isolation of 3 and 4 is attributed to their fast precipitation from the reaction mixture, which prevented further reactions from occurring. In addition to the hydride abstraction, a hydride metathesis was also involved in the formation of 5. Time-elapsed B-11 NMR studies indicate that 3 and 4 are the intermediates on the pathway to 5 and 6. The molecular structures of 2-6 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.