Electrophile-Functionalized Metallocene Intermediates. Application in the Diastereoselective Synthesis of a Tetramethyldisiloxane-Bridged C2-Symmetric ansa-Zirconocene Dibromide
摘要:
The reactivity of group 4 zirconocene dichlorides incorporating (1-trimethylsilyl)-eta(5)-indenyl (Me(3)SiInd) and eta(5)-1-(trimethylsilyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro (Me3SiTHI) ligands toward boron tribromide was investigated. Whereas the reaction of (Me(3)SiInd)CpZrCl2 (1) with BBr3 in CH2Cl2 immediately cleaved the indenyl ligand from the metal, (Me3SiTHI)CpZrCl2 (3) reacted with BBr3 in CH2Cl2 at 70 degrees C for 2 days to obtain [1-(BrSiMe2)THI]CpZrBr2 (6) in 49% yield. The reaction of (Me(3)SiInd)Li (2 equiv) with ZrCl4(THF)(2) afforded pure rac-(Me(3)SiInd)(2)ZrCl2 (2) in 60% yield. Hydrogenation of (2) (50 bar, PtO2 catalyst) afforded rac-(Me3SiTHI)(2)ZrCl2 (4) in 81% yield. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of 4 showed that the Zr atom Lies on a crystallographic C-2 axis with the C4H8 annelated rings projecting into the ZrCl2 hemisphere of the pseudotetrahedral coordination environment. The reaction of 4 with MeLi in toluene afforded rac-(Me3SiTHI)(2)ZrMe2 (5) in 62% yield. H-1 NMR and C-13 NMR analysis confirmed the rac assignment for 5. Treatment of 4 with BBr3 in CH2Cl2 at 70 degrees C for 2 days afforded rac-[1-(BrMe2Si)THI](2)ZrBr2 (7) in 78% yield. The reaction of 7 with moisture in ambient air gave the ansa-metallocene rac-[mu-O-(1-Me2SiTKI)(2)]ZrBr2 (8) in 97% yield. In solution, 8 showed time-averaged C-2 symmetry (H-1 NMR); however, single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis showed that 8 adopts an asymmetric conformation in which only one of the C4H8 annelated rings projects into the ZrCl2 coordination hemisphere. Neither 4 nor 8 served as a precatalyst for alumoxane-cocatalyzed, homogeneous propylene polymerization.