First example of the anti-Markownikoff addition of tellurium tetrachloride to terminal acetylene, trimethyl ethynyl silane
摘要:
(mu(2)-Oxo)-bis[dichloro(Z-2-chloro-1-trimethylsilylethenyl)tellurium(IV)] (III) was prepared by electrophilic addition of TeCl4 to trimethylethynylsilane in CHCl3 at room temperature. The reaction is the first example of the anti-Markownikoff type addition of TeCl4 to terminal acetylenes affording as an intermediate the 1:1 adduct [Z-1-(trimethylsilyl)-2-chlorovinyl]tellurium trichloride (II). The latter is converted into III by a sequence of successive reactions of hydrolysis and dehydration. The structure of compound III was proved by the of multinuclear (H-1, C-13, Si-29, Te-125) NMR spectroscopy and XRD analysis. Compound III is the first example of structurally characterized C-TeCl2-O fragment.
An investigation of the TeCl4 interaction with trimethyl ethynyl silane 1 in CHCl3 has shown that anti-Markovnikov adduct [Z-1-(trimethylsilyl)-2-chlorovinyl] tellurium trichloride is formed as the only product. In time, it is hydrolyzed to give [Z-1-(trimethylsilyl)-2-chlorovinyl] tellurium (hydroxy) dichloride which, in turn, is dehydrated to afford bis[(2-chloro-1-trimethyl-silylvinyl) dichlorotellurium] oxide. These data revealed that the reaction studied was the first example of anti-Markovnikov syn-addition of TeCl4 to terminal acetylenes. A computed simulation of the TeCl4 interaction with ethynyl silane 1 in a gas state using PES method did not reveal dominating orientation of the addition but showed the conditions at which anti-Markovnikov addition can occur and which were probably met in carrying out the reaction in CHCl3. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.