Synthesis of syn-facial (Cr,Mn) benzyl complexes by the stereoselective thermolytic coupling of unsymmetric diazomethanes with cyclomanganated (η6-arene)tricarbonylchromium complexes
摘要:
The heat-promoted reaction of 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene with cyclomanganated 2-[tricarbonyl(eta(6)-phenyl)chromium]pyridine afforded, upon departure of a molecule of CO, a new stable manganese alkylidene complex in which, according to X-ray diffraction analyses, the heterocyclic ligand is anti-facial with respect to the Cr(CO)(3) moiety. Similar heat-promoted reactions of unsymmetrically substituted diazoalkanes such as (Me3Si)(H)CN2, (Ph)(Me)CN2, (Ph)(t-Bu)CN2 and (Ph)(FcCH(2)CH(2))CN2, which are precursors of more electrophilic alkylidenes, with cyclomanganated 2-[tricarbonyl(eta(6)-phenyl)chromium]pyridine derivatives afforded new syn-facial heterobimetallic benzyl complexes. The stereoselectivity of these reactions depends on the steric demand of the substituents at the diazoalkane. A phenyl substituent at the diazoalkane favors the formation of syn-facial heterobimetallic benzyl complexes with the Ph group in the endo position. Combining this "phenyl directing effect" to the steric effect operated by a bulky group at the phenyldiazoalkane, like noticed with (Ph)(t-Bu)CN2, led to total stereoselectivity. This study discloses four new X-ray structures of syn-facial Cr,Mn benzyl complexes, which all present the same short Cr-to-Mn distance of ca. 3.04 angstrom. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Stoichiometric C–H arylation of tricarbonyl(arene)chromium complexes bearing pyridine directing groups
作者:Matthew J. Fuchter、Dilraj K. Judge、Marko Weimar、Andrew J. P. White
DOI:10.1039/c3dt50187f
日期:——
Differentially substituted Cr(CO)3-complexed aryl pyridines have been shown to readily undergo stoichiometric palladation and subsequent arylation using boronic acid nucleophiles. The positioning of the aryl substituents has been shown to be key in governing substrate reactivity, whereby sterically congested compounds prevent the geometry required for cyclometallation.