Migratory insertion reactions of indenyliridium dialkyls and alkyl and aryl hydrides
摘要:
This paper reports the migratory insertion chemistry of indenyliridium complexes described in the companion paper. Complexes of general formula (eta-5-Ind)(PMe3)Ir(R)(R'), where R = alkyl or aryl and R' = alkyl, aryl, or hydride (4-6) react with dative ligands L such as tert-butylisocyanide and CO. These transformations lead to eta-5 to eta-1 isomerization of the indenyl ligand, giving octahedral iridium complexes of general formula (eta-1-Ind)(PMe3)(L)2Ir(R)(R') (8, 9, 11). Treatment of the methyl aryl and dimethyl eta-1-indenyl complexes 9a, 9d, and 9e with trimethylamine oxide removes CO, allowing the indenyl ligand to reestablish eta-5-coordination by inducing CO migratory insertion to give acyl complexes 10. Reaction of eta-1-indenyl aryl and methyl hydrides 6 (as well as the dihydride (eta-5-Ind)(PMe3)IrH2 (7)) with CO leads to reductive elimination of arene, methane, or H-2 rather than migratory insertion, forming (eta-1-Ind)(CO)3(PMe3)Ir (12) as the organometallic product. In contrast, treatment of methyl and aryl hydrides 6 with alkynes leads to the methyl vinyl complexes (eta-5-Ind)(PMe3)Ir(Me)(CR=C(R')(H)) (13) and reaction of 6a with ethylene gives the methyl ethyl complex (eta-5-Ind)(PMe3)Ir(Me)(Et) (14). Isotope labeling, stereochemical, and kinetic studies have been carried out on the insertion reaction of 6a with 3,3-di-methyl-1-butyne. The results of these experiments are most consistent with a mechanism involving initial reversible coordination of alkyne to the metal center (probably with concurrent eta-5-eta-3 isomerization of the indenyl ligand) followed by irreversible migration of the metal-bound hydrogen to the tert-butyl-substituted carbon of the alkyne and then rapid recoordination of the indenyl group.