摘要:
A series of new agostic (CH3 center dot center dot center dot Rh) (pi-allyl)-closo-rhodacarboranes (pi-allyl = 1,1-dimethylallyl, 1,2-dimethylallyl, 1,1,2-trimethylallyl, 1,2,3-trimethylallyl), stable in the solid state, have been synthesized via one-pot reactions between the K+ salts of the [7-R-8-R'-7,8-nido-C2B9H10](-) monoanions (1a, R = R' = Me; 1b, R,R' = p-(o-xylylene); 1c, R,R' = p-(CH2)(3)) and the di-mu-chloro cyclooctene rhodium dimer [(eta(2)-C8H14)(4)Rh-2(mu-Cl)(2)] (2) in the presence of a 3-fold excess of the conjugated 1,3-dienes 2-methylbuta-1,3-diene (isoprene, 3), 2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene (4), and 3-methylpenta-1,3-diene (5). The agostic structures of [3-{(1-3-eta(3))-1,1-dimethylallyl}-1,2-(CH3)(2)-3,1,2-closo-RhC2B9H9] (7a) and [3-{(1-3-eta(3))-1,1,2-trimethylallyl}-1,2-(CH3)(2)-3,1,2-closo-RhC2B9H9] (8a) have been unambiguously confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Two of these pi-allyl complexes prepared were evaluated for their efficacy in hydroformylation of the model alkenes under syngas (CO/H-2) using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO(2)) as the solvent, and both display excellent conversion and high regioselectivity in the formation of aldehyde products.