Reactions of SnMe<sub>2</sub>-Bridged Bis(cyclopentadienes) with Iron Pentacarbonyl: Migration of the SnMe<sub>2</sub> Group
作者:Bolin Zhu、Yuan Li、Yunfei Chen、Wei Shi
DOI:10.1021/om201151c
日期:2012.4.23
In reactions of the singly bridged bis(cyclopentadiene) (SnMe2)((BuC5H4)-Bu-i)(2) (1) or the doubly bridged bis(cyclopentadienes) (SiMe2)(SnMe2)(RC5H3)(2) (R = H (2), R = Bu-t (3)) with Fe(CO)(5) in refluxing xylene, the bridging SnMe2 group migrates from the ligand to the iron atoms to give compounds (5, 7, 9a,b) containing the Fe-Sn-Fe units, together with the corresponding destannylated products (6, 8, 10a,b); the bridging SiMe2 group (in 2 and 3) does not migrate. However, in the reaction of the doubly bridged ligand (GeMe2)(SnMe2)(C5H4)(2) (4) with Fe(CO)(5), the SnMe2 group undergoes a similar migration to produce the complex GeMe2[(eta(5)-C5H4)Fe(CO)(2)](2)SnMe2 (12), containing the Fe-Sn-Fe unit, both SnMe2 and GeMe2 groups migrate from the ligand to the iron atoms to yield the product [(GeMe2)(eta(5)-C5H4)Fe(CO)(2)][(SnMe2)(eta(5)-C5H4)Fe(CO)(2)] (11), containing one Fe-Ge bond and one Fe-Sn bond, or the SnMe2 group is cleaved to afford the destannylation product GeMe2[(eta(5)-C5H4)Fe(CO)](2)(mu-CO)(2) (13). The stability of complexes 5, 7, and 12 containing the Fe-Sn-Fe unit toward heat and light was also studied. The molecular structures of 9a,b, 11, and 12 were determined by X-ray diffraction.