Hafnium halide compounds of methyl substituted allyl ligands. Synthesis, crystal structure and dynamics of (η5-C5Me5)(η3-1,2,3-Me3allyl)HfBr2 and (η5-C5Me5)(η3-1,1,2-Me3allyl)HfBr2
作者:Bryan E. Hauger、Peter J. Vance、Thomas J. Prins、Michael E. Wemple、David A. Kort、Michael E. Silver、John C. Huffman
DOI:10.1016/s0020-1693(00)82981-3
日期:1991.9
The reaction of Cp*HfCl3 with (1,2,3-Me3allyl)MgBr or (1,1,2-Me3allyl)MgBr and excess MgBr2 yields Cp*(1,2,3-Me3allyl)HfBr2 and Cp*(1,1,2-Me3allyl)HfBr2. X-ray crystallography of these compounds shows a bent-metallocene-type geometry, with steric congestion in the asymmetrically methylated compound causing the greatest distortion yet observed of an eta-3-allyl ligand towards an eta-1-binding mode for an early-transition metal complex. For Cp*(1,2,3-Me3allyl)HfBr2: cell constants a = 14.581(7), b = 14.725(8), c = 8.291(3) angstrom; space group Pcmn; R = 0.0425, R(w) = 0.0397. For Cp*(1,1,2-Me3allyl)HfBr2: cell constants a = 9.158(2), b = 13.141(4), c = 14.575(3) angstrom, beta = 101.06(2)-degrees; space group P2(1)/n; R = 0.0383, R(w) = 0.0401. A variable temperature H-1 NMR study indicates that the allyl ligand in (1,1,2-Me3allyl)HfBr2 undergoes eta-3-eta-1 isomerization (DELTA-G double-ended dagger(-53-degrees-C) = 40.9 +/- 1 kJ/mol).