Crucial Role of the Amidine Moiety in Methylenamino Phosphine-Type Ligands for the Synthesis of Tethered η6-Arene-η1-P Ruthenium(II) Complexes: Experimental and Theoretical Studies
摘要:
Methyleneaminophosphine ligands R'C(Ph)=N-PPh2 (R' = H (1), Ph (4)) are unable to form tethered eta(6)-arene-eta(1)-P ruthenium(II) complexes 3 and 6 starting from their corresponding eta(1)-P metallic precursors 2 and 5. In marked contrast, straightforward high-yield synthesis of tethered eta(6)-arene-eta(1)-P ruthenium(II) complexes 9a,b was achieved upon addition of methylenaminophosphine-type ligands i-Pr2N-C(Ph)=N-PR(2)7 (R = Ph (a), i-Pr (b)) on the ruthenium precursor [(p-cymene)RuCl2](2) at 80 degrees C. We have observed by X-ray crystallographic analyses the unprecedented structural adaptive behavior of the N-phosphino amidine ligands 7a,b upon the untethered eta(1)-P 8a,b or tethered eta(6)-arene-eta(1)-P 9a,b coordination mode in ruthenium(II) complexes. The imino nitrogen atom of the amidine moiety in 7a,b behaves as a "universal joint". In order to minimize the steric hindrance in the second coordination sphere of complexes 8a,b, the value of the C1-N1-P1 bond angle of the amidine moiety widened from 119-122 degrees in 7a,b to 133 degrees, which corresponds to a dramatic change in the geometry of the N-phosphino amidine ligands. Moreover, in order to reduce the strain induced by the tethered coordination mode, the value of the C1-N1-P1 bond angle in the amidine moiety in ruthenium(II) complexes 9a,b decreases to 116 degrees. DFT calculations have been carried out in order to gain more insight into the structural and electronic properties of the methylenaminophosphine ligands R'-C(Ph)=N-PPh2 as well as the tethered and untethered ruthenium complexes. Moreover, the reaction feasability has also been theoretically discussed.
Unprecedented rearrangement during the formation of P–P homoatomic N-phosphino formamidine complexes
作者:Thanh D. Le、Damien Arquier、Karinne Miqueu、Jean-Marc Sotiropoulos、Yannick Coppel、Stéphanie Bastin、Alain Igau
DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.10.033
日期:2009.1
A variety of homoatomic P-P donor-acceptor homoleptic (R=R') and heteroleptic (R not equal R') N-phosphino formamidine complexes [iPr(2)N-C(H)=N-PR2-PR'(2)]Cl were synthesized from the addition of N-phosphino formamidine (phosfam) donor reagent iPr(2)N-C(H)=N-PR2 on halogenophosphane compounds R'2PCl which are synthetic sources for the corresponding phosphenium derivatives R2P+. We have demonstrated that the dynamic equilibrium observed between the different species is shifted either completely to the side of the free species or to the side of the donor-acceptor adduct [iPr(2)N-C(H)=N-PPh2-PPh2]Cl by changing the solvent or by varying the temperature. Activation parameters of Delta S-not equal = (-130 +/- 7.2) J mol K-1 (1), Delta H-not equal = (8.4 +/- 0.6) kJ mol (1) and Delta G(not equal) (298.15 K) = (53.6 +/- 2.3) kJ mol (1) were determined by an Eyring analysis over the temperature range of 193-293 K. The negative entropy of activation is consistent with an associative pathway and the low value of Delta H-not equal suggests that the energy barrier for this reaction is entropically controlled. Phosphine-phosphenium adducts is the most appropriate term to describe the dynamic process observed at variable temperature for complexes [iPr(2)N-C(H)=N-PR2 -> PR'(2)](+), but the P-31 NMR chemical shift and the calculated electronic charges are more in favor of a phosphinophosphonium Lewis drawing [iPr(2)N-C(H)=N-PR2-PR'(2)](+). Formation of the homoatomic P - P heteroleptic formamidine complexes [iPr(2)N-C(H)=NPR'2PR2]Cl (R=Ph, R'=Et, iPr) results in the formal insertion of the phosphino group of the corresponding alkyl chlorophosphanes R'2PCl into the N-P bond of the starting phosfam ligand iPr(2)N-C(H)=N-PR2. Computed data are in agreement with the transient formation of a heteroatomic N-P intermediate [iPr(2)N-C(H)=N(PR2)PR'(2)]Cl, which then rearranges to the more thermodynamically favored homoatomic P-P compound [iPr(2)N-C(H)=N-PR2-PR'2] Cl. (C) 2008 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.