[(2-(Trimethylammonium)ethyl)cyclopentadienyl]tricarbonylmetalates: Group VI Metal Zwitterions
摘要:
Zwitterionic [(2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl)cyclopentadienyl]tricarbonylmetalates, M(CO)(3)(eta(5)-Cp-NMe) (M = Cr (7), Mo (8), W (9)), provide useful models to assess intramolecular through-space electrostatic interactions on the reactivity of formally negatively charged metals. The C-3v M(CO)(3) units in these zwitterions appear largely unperturbed by the tethered 2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl group; neither significant intra- nor intermolecular ion pairing occurs either in solution or in the solid state. Although the donor ability of the Cp group in these zwitterions is essentially identical with that in [M(CO)(3)(eta(5)-Cp)](-) on the basis of spectroscopic and crystallographic data, the metal-based reactivity of 7-9 appears to be decreased relative to that of [M(CO)(3)(eta(5)-Cp)](-). While the latter reacts with HCl, AuPPh3Cl, CH3I, and I-2 to provide robust M(II) complexes, isolable products could only be obtained from reactions of 7-9 with I-2 and CH3I. One important strategy in the design of zwitterionic organometalates is that metal-based reactivity is enhanced as the tethered counterion steric bulk increases to decrease significant ion-pairing interactions. The relative inertness of 7-9 compared to their protonated analogues M(CO)(3)(eta(5)-Cp-NH), despite the absence of structural perturbations in 7-9 due to ion pairing, indicates that ion-pairing interactions are not the only important factors that determine metal-based reactivity in organometallic zwitterions.