Insertion of alkynes into the heterocycle of (η5-pentaalkyl-2,3-dihydro-1,3-diborolyl)(η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium: Formation and characterization of 4-borataborepine ruthenium complexes
作者:Yong Nie、Hubert Wadepohl、Chunhua Hu、Thomas Oeser、Walter Siebert
DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2009.01.025
日期:2009.5
The violet ruthenium complex [(eta(5)-C5Me5)Ru(eta(5)-C3B2Me4R1)] (2a, R-1 = Me) reacts with terminal alkynes (RC)-C-2 CH to give yellow 4-borataborepine compounds [(eta(5)-C5Me5)Rueta(7)-(MeC)(3)((RB)-B-1)(2)((RC2H)-C-2)}] (4c, R-1 = Me, R-2 = Ph; 4d, R-1 = Me, R-2 = SiMe3; 4e, R-1 = Me, R-2 = H). The insertion of alkynes into the folded C3B2 heterocycle of 2a causes some steric hindrance, which yields with elimination of the distant boranediyl group the corresponding boratabenzene complexes 5 as byproducts. The analogous reactions with internal alkynes (RC)-C-2=CR2 proceed slowly and afford predominantly the boratabenzene complexes [(eta(5)-C5Me5)Rueta(6)-(MeC)(3)(MeB)((RC)-C-2)(2)}] (5f, R-2 = Et, 5g, R-2 = p-tolyl), respectively. In the latter case, three byproducts are formed: methylboronic acid and 1,2,3,4-tetra-p-tolyl-1,3-butadiene (9) due to hydrolysis of the postulated 2,3,4,5-tetra-p-tolyl-1-methylborole (10) and unexpectedly, the cationic triple-decker complex [(eta(5)-C5Me5)Ru}(2)mu, eta(7)-(MeC)(3)(MeB)(2)(CH)2}]Cl (11) having two separated CH groups. The new compounds were characterized by NMR, MS, and single-crystal X-ray studies of 4c, 5f, 9 and 11. (C) 2009 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.