名称:
Synthesis of (C5Me5)2(C5Me4H)UMe, (C5Me5)2(C5H5)UMe, and (C5Me5)2UMe[CH(SiMe3)2] from Cationic Metallocenes for the Evaluation of Sterically Induced Reduction
摘要:
To probe the correlation of unusual (C5Me5)(1-) reactivity with steric crowding in complexes such as (C5Me5)(3)UMe and (C5Me5)(3)UCl, slightly less crowded (C5Me5)(2)(C5Me4H)UX analogues (X = Me, Cl) were synthesized and their reactivity was evaluated. The utility of the cationic precursors [(C5Me5)(2)UMe](1+), 1, and [(C5Me5)(2)UCl](1+), 2, in the synthesis of (C5Me5)(2)(C5Me4H)UMe, 3, and (C5Me5)(2)(C5Me4H)UCl, 4, was also explored. Since the use of precursor ((C5Me5)(2)UMe][MeBPh3], 1a, is complicated by the equilibrium between la and (C5Me5)(2)UMe2/BPh3, the reactivity of [(C5Me5)(2)UMe(OTf)](2), 1b, (OTf = O3SCF3) prepared from (C5Me5)(2)UMe2 and AgOTf, was also studied. Both 1a and 1b react with KC5Me4H to form 3. Complex 4 readily forms by addition of KC5Me4H to [(C5Me5)(2)UCl][MeBPh3], generated in situ from (C5Me5)(2)UMeCl and BPh3. Complex 1b was preferred to la for the synthesis of (C5Me5)(2)(C5H5)UMe, 5, and (C5Me5)(2)UMe[CH(SiMe3)(2)], 6, from KC5H5 and LiCH(SiMe3)(2), respectively. Complex 6 is the first example of a mixed alkyl uranium metallocene complex. Sterically induced reduction (SIR) reactivity was not observed with 3-6 although the methyl displacements from the (C5Me5)(1-) ring plane for 3 are the closest observed to date to those of SIR-active complexes. The H-1 NMR spectra of 3 and 4 are unusual in that all of the (C5Me4H)(1-) methyl groups are inequivalent. This structural rigidity is consistent with density-functional theory calculations.