Reactivity of the Y<sup>3+</sup> Tuck-Over Hydride Complex, (C<sub>5</sub>Me<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Y(μ-H)(μ-CH<sub>2</sub>C<sub>5</sub>Me<sub>4</sub>)Y(C<sub>5</sub>Me<sub>5</sub>)
作者:Benjamin M. Schmiege、Megan E. Fieser、Joseph W. Ziller、William J. Evans
DOI:10.1021/om300546t
日期:2012.8.13
The trivalent yttrium tuck-over hydride complex, (C5Me5)(2)Y(mu-H)(mu-eta(1):eta(5)-CH2C5Me4)Y(C5Me5), 1, acts as a reductant in reactions in which the (mu-H)(-) hydride ligand and the bridging Y-C alkyl anion linkage in the mu-eta(1):eta(5)-CH2C5Me4)(2-) ligand combine to form a C-H bond in (C5Me5)(-) and deliver two electrons to a substrate. Complex 1 reacts with PhSSPh, AgOTf (OTf = OSO2CF3), and Et3NHBPh4 to form [(C5Me5)(2)Y(mu-SPh)](2), [(C5Me5)(2)Y(mu-OTf)](2), and (C5Me5)(2)Y(mu-Ph)(2)BPh2, respectively. The reactivity of the Y-H and Y-CH2C5Me4 linkages in 1 was probed via carbodiimide insertion reactions. (PrN)-Pr-i=C=(NPr)-Pr-i inserts into both Y-H and Y-C bonds to yield (C5Me5)[(PrNC)-Pr-i(H)(NPr)-Pr-i]Ymu-eta(5)-C5Me4CH2[(PrNCNPr)-Pr-i-Pr-i]}Y(C5Me5)(2). Carbodiimide insertion with [(C5Me5)(2)YH](2), 2, was also examined for comparison, and (C5Me5)(2)Y[(PrNC)-Pr-i(H)(NPr)-Pr-i-kappa N-2,N'] was isolated and structurally characterized. To examine the possibility of selective reactivity of the bridging ligands, mu-H versus mu-CH2C5Me4, trimethylsilylchloride was reacted with 1, and the tuck-over chloride complex, (C5Me5)(2)Y(mu-Cl)(mu-eta(1):eta(5)-CH2C5Me4)Y(C5Me5), was isolated.