Thermal Isomerization of the Buchwald Seven-Membered Zirconacyclocumulene and Its Interaction with Acetylenes. Synthesis and Structures of Novel Seven-Membered Zirconacyclocumulene Complexes
作者:Vladimir V. Burlakov、Vyacheslav S. Bogdanov、Perdita Arndt、Wolfgang Baumann、Anke Spannenberg、Konstantin A. Lyssenko、Ivan V. Ananyev、Uwe Rosenthal、Vladimir B. Shur
DOI:10.1021/om501205s
日期:2015.6.8
On prolonged heating of the Buchwald seven-membered zirconacydocumulene Cp2Zr[eta(4)-Me3SiC4(SiMe3) C(C2SiMe3)=CSiMe3] (1) in toluene at 100 degrees C, the isomerization of 1 takes place with the formation of a seven-membered zirconacydocumulene complex, Cp2Zr[eta(4-)-Me3SiC4(SiMe3)-C(SiMe3)=C(C2SiMe3)] (8), containing the Me3SiC C group in a-position and the SiMe3 group in beta-position with respect to the Zr atom. A remarkable peculiarity of complex 8 is its ability to undergo a rapid degenerate rearrangement at room temperature in toluene solution, as a result of which only two rather than four singlets of the Me3Si groups are observed in the H-1 NMR spectrum of 8 under such conditions. At temperatures below 200 K, the rate of this rearrangement decreases and, as a consequence, the H-1 NMR spectrum of 8 acquires the normal view. If 1 is heated at 100 degrees C in the presence of acetylenes such as 1,4-bis(tert-butyl)butadiyne ((BuC)-Bu-t C-C (CBu)-Bu-t) and tolane, the corresponding seven-membered zirconacyclocumulenes, viz., Cp2Zr[eta(4)-(BuC4)-Bu-t(Bu-t)-C(C2SiMe3)=CSiMe3] (7) and Cp2Zr[eta(4)-Me3SiC4(SiMe3)-C(Ph)=CPh] (14), are formed along with free Me3SiC C-C CSiMe3. The interaction of 1 with 1,4-diphenylbutadiyne (PhC C-C CPh) at 100 degrees C leads to the formation of a mixture of products, from which a zirconacyclopentadiene metallacycle, Cp2Zr[eta(2)-PhC=C(C2Ph)-C(C2Ph)-CPh] (10), as well as seven-membered zirconacyclocumulenes Cp2Zr[eta(4)-PhC4(Ph)-C(C2SiMe3)=CSiMe3] (11), Cp2Zr[eta(4)-Me3SiC4(SiMe3)-C(C2Ph)=CPh] (12), and Cp2Zr[eta(4)-PhC4(Ph)-C(C2Ph)=CPh] (13) were isolated. The structures of 8, 9, 10, 12, and 14 have been established by X-ray crystallography. The mechanism of the reactions found is discussed.