摘要:
Treatment of CpW(CO)3CH2C=CH, 1a (Cp = eta5-C5H5), with Ph3CPF6 (Ph = C6H5) generates a cationic eta2-(triphenylmethyl)allene (tritylallene) complex [CpW(CO)3(eta2-CH2=C=CHCPh3)]PF6, 2a. When reacted with excess Me3NO, complex 2a liberates free tritylallene CH2=C=CHCPh3, 3. In acetonitrile, the tritylallene ligand of 2a undergoes an annulation reaction followed by decomplexation to give a mixture of 1,1-diphenyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalene, 4a, and 1,1-diphenyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalene, 4b. The first step of the cyclization is the intramolecular nucleophilic attack of the phenyl groups on the metal-coordinated allene moiety generating an arenium intermediate. Deprotonation of this intermediate by PPh3 affords a neutral metal-vinyl complex Cp(CO)3W[sigma-(C10H7)(C6H5)2], 7a, which has been isolated. Protonation of complex 7a with HBF4 gives 4a and 4b quantitatively. In the initial stage of this protonation, a pi-complex Cp(CO)3W[eta2-(C10H8)(C6H5)2]BF4, 9b, is observed and a fast workup enables isolation of 9b for spectroscopic characterization. Complex 9b gives 4b exclusively. The mechanism for the cyclization reaction is established by a spectroscopic characterization of 7a especially through 2D NMR techniques. The isomerization pathway that leads to 4b is established by protonation reaction of 7a using CF3COOD. Reactivity of such a cyclization reaction in a number of metal systems is rationalized by the electron donor/acceptor ability of the metal fragment.