摘要:
Electronic structure calculations on previously synthesized [mer-(kappa-C,N,C-(2-C6H4)CH=N(1,2-C6H4) C(Pr-i)=Fe(PMe3)(3)][BAr4F] (1) and mer,trans-(kappa-C,N,C-(2-C6H4)CH(Bn)N(1,2-C6H4)C(Pr-i)=}Fe(PMe3)(2)N-2 (4-Bn) reveal that 1 is best interpreted as Fe(II) bound to a carbenium ion, while 4-Bn has an imino-vinyl unit bound to a ferrous center. Attempts to prepare LnFe=CHR species capable of olefin metathesis or carbene transfer were obviated by alternative reactivity, although precursors mer,trans-{kappa(3)-N,N,C-(2-py) CH=NCH2CH=CH}Fe(PMe3)(2)CH3 (6), [mer,trans-{kappa(3)-N,N,C-2-py-CH=NCH2CH=CH}Fe(PMe3)(2)CH3] [PF6-] (8), mer,trans-{kappa(3)-N,N,C-2-py-CH=NCH2CH=CH}Fe(PMe3)(2)I (9), mer-{kappa(3)-N,N,C-(2-pyridyl) CHNCHCHCH} Fe(PMe3)(3) (11), and mer-{kappa(3)-C,N,C-(2-C6H4)CH=NCH2CH=CH}Fe(PMe3)(3) (12) were prepared. Related phenyl derivatives, mer,trans-{kappa(3)-N,N,C-(2-py)CH=NC(Me)(2)CH=CH}Fe(PMe3)(2)CH3 (13) and [mer,trans-kappa(3)-N, N,C-(2-py)CH=NC(Me)(2)CH=CH}Fe(PMe3)(2)N-2][BAr4F] (15) were prepared to test additional stability issues. Compounds 9 and 11 were structurally characterized, and metrical parameters of the latter, in addition to electronic structure calculations, suggest that it is not an alkylidene, but an Fe(II) center coordinated by a conjugated vinyl ligand with extensive delocalization in its pi-system. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.