Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structures of Tetranuclear Zincamidinate Complexes
摘要:
Polynuclear amidinate zinc halide complexes of the general type{C[C(Ni-Pr)(2)ZnX](4)} [X = Cl, 2; Br, 3; 1,4] were prepared in high yields via methyl/halide exchange reaction of IC[C(Ni-Pr)(2)ZnMe](4)} (1a) with AlX3. 2-4 were characterized by elemental analysis, multinuclear NMR, and ER spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Computational calculations of halide-substituted complexes IC[C(Ni-Pr)2ZnX]41 [X = F-1] were performed to clarify the influence of the halide atom on the structural parameters of the complexes and to elucidate their electronic structure and bonding situation. The capability of these halide-substituted complexes to serve as suitable starting reagents for further salt elimination reactions was proven by reaction of 2 with LiR (R = Me, n-Bu) and EtMgBr, which yielded the corresponding Zn-alkyl species {C[C(Ni-Pr)(2)ZnR](4)} [R = Me, 1a; n-Bu, 5; Et, 6].
Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structures of Tetranuclear Zincamidinate Complexes
摘要:
Polynuclear amidinate zinc halide complexes of the general type{C[C(Ni-Pr)(2)ZnX](4)} [X = Cl, 2; Br, 3; 1,4] were prepared in high yields via methyl/halide exchange reaction of IC[C(Ni-Pr)(2)ZnMe](4)} (1a) with AlX3. 2-4 were characterized by elemental analysis, multinuclear NMR, and ER spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Computational calculations of halide-substituted complexes IC[C(Ni-Pr)2ZnX]41 [X = F-1] were performed to clarify the influence of the halide atom on the structural parameters of the complexes and to elucidate their electronic structure and bonding situation. The capability of these halide-substituted complexes to serve as suitable starting reagents for further salt elimination reactions was proven by reaction of 2 with LiR (R = Me, n-Bu) and EtMgBr, which yielded the corresponding Zn-alkyl species {C[C(Ni-Pr)(2)ZnR](4)} [R = Me, 1a; n-Bu, 5; Et, 6].
The tetranuclear amidinato zinc hydride complex C[C(Ni-Pr)(2)ZnH)(4)} (3) was synthesized by reaction of the Cl-substituted complex (C[C(Ni-Pr)(2)ZnCl](4)} with CaH2. 3 was found to react with phenylacetylene and acetylene at ambient temperature with elimination of H-2 and subsequent formation of C[C(Ni-Pr)(2)ZnC CPh](4) (4) and (C[C(Ni-Pr)(2)-ZnC CH](4) (5), respectively. 3-5 have been characterized by multinuclear NMR (H-1, C-13) and IR spectroscopy, elemental analyses, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction.