Formation and Structural and Dynamic Features of Atropisomeric η2-Iminoacyl Zirconium Complexes
摘要:
The Cp2ZrCl(mu-1,4-diphenylbutenyne)PX complexes 7a [-P(C6H5)2] and 10 [-P(C6F5)21 insert tertbutylisonitrile into the Zr-C(sp 2) cr bond to yield the N-inside 17 eta(2)-iminoacyl zirconocene complexes 13a and 13b. X-ray crystal structure analysis of complexes 13a and 13b revealed the presence of a chiral atropisomeric structure with a torsion angle of 74.8(2)degrees (13a) and 72.9(6)degrees (13b), respectively, around the central iminoacyl/alkenyl C(sp(2))-C(sp(2)) a bond. In solution an analogous chiral structure is observed. The barrier of interconversion of the enantiomeric atropisomers of 13a and 13b was determined at Delta G(double dagger) (327K) = 14.9 +/- 0.3 kcal mol(-1) (13a) and Delta G(double dagger) (325K) = 14.8 0.3 kcal mol(-1) (13b) by temperature-dependent dynamic NMR spectroscopy. Reaction of 7a and 10 with methyllithium followed by treatment with B(C6F5)3 gave the corresponding cationic zirconocene complexes 12a and 12b. These complexes took up 2 mol equiv of tert-butylisonitrile to yield the cationic N-inside eta(2)-iminoacyl zirconocene systems 14a and 14b as isonitrile adducts. The cationic complexes 14a and 14b are also axially chiral. The barriers of enantiomerization (Delta G(double dagger) (288 K) = 13.1 0 3 kcal mol(-1) (14a), Delta G(double dagger) (293 K) = 13.4 0.3 kcal mol(-1) (14b)) were also determined by dynamic NMR spectroscopy.