Thermaldecomposition of structurally related amido, alkoxo, and alkyl complexes of type [Ni(Me)(EC(H)RR′)(dippe)] (EC(H)RR′ = cyclo-NC4H8 (pyrrolidino), N(CH2Ph)2, OCH2Ph, OCH(Me)Ph, and CH2CH2Ph) takes place through formally analogous processes involving β-hydrogen elimination and reductive elimination of methane, cleanly affording corresponding Ni(0) imine, aldehyde, ketone, and olefin complexes
Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Hydroesterification of Styrenes Using CO<sub>2</sub> and MeOH
作者:Lucero González-Sebastián、Marcos Flores-Alamo、Juventino J. García
DOI:10.1021/om300819d
日期:2012.12.10
Complexes [(dippe)Ni(mu-H)](2) (A) (dippe = 1,2-bis-di-isopropylphosphino)ethane) and [(dtbpe)Ni(mu-H)](2) (B) (dtbpe = 1,2-bis-di-tert-butylphospino)ethane) catalyze the reductive hydroesterification of styrenes with the use of CO2 and MeOH. The latter acts as a hydrogen source and as an esterificating agent, to yield the corresponding branched and linear esters in moderate to good yields. In all of the studied reactions the linear esters were obtained in higher amounts than the branched ones. When the hydroesterification reaction was carried out using a stoichiometric metal/substrate ratio, the complexes [(P-P)Ni(CO)(2)] and [(P-P)Ni(CO3)] (P-P = dippe or dtbpe) were isolated and characterized by standard spectroscopic methods. Compounds [(dtbpe)Ni(CO)(2)] and [(dtbpe)Ni(CO3)] were also fully characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.