Allyldimethylsilylcyclopentadienyl Hafnium Complexes: Formation and Trapping of Hafnocenium Cations
摘要:
The mixed silyl-stannyl-cyclopentadiene C5H4[SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)] [Sn(nBu)(3)] was synthesized by reaction of the lithium salt Li[C5H4{SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)}] with the corresponding chlorotrialkyltin and then reacted with HfCl4 to prepare the monocyclopentadienyl complex [Hf{eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)}Cl-3 center dot DME] (DME = dimethoxyethane). Reaction of this compound with Na(C5H5) or Li(C5H5) afforded low yields of the dichloro hafhocene [Hf(eta(5)-C5H5){eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)}Cl-2], which was also isolated more efficiently by transmetalation of the lithium salt Li[C5H4{SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)}] with [Hf(eta(5)-C5H5)Cl-3 center dot DME]. Alkylation of the mono- and dicyclopentadienyl complexes with MgCl(CH2Ph) or LiMe gave the tribenzyl monocyclopentadienyl [Hf(eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)}(CH2Ph)(3)] or the dialkyl hafhocene derivatives [Hf(eta(5)-C5H5){eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)R-2] (R = Me, CH2Ph). The reaction of the dibenzyl hafhocene with the Lewis acid B(C6F5)(3) was monitored by NMR spectroscopy at variable temperature. Formation of the hafhocenium cationic species [Hf(eta(5) -C5H5){eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2(CH2-eta(2)-CH=CH2)}(CH2Ph)(+) was initially observed, which then slowly transformed into the metallacyclic alkyl [Hf(eta(5)-C5H5){eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2CH2CH(CH2Ph)eta(1)-CH2}](+) cation, resulting from the benzyl migratory insertion of the allylic alkene moiety. Reaction of these intermediate cationic species with KOtBu gave the neutral dicyclopentadienyl hafhocene compounds [Hf(eta(5)-C5H5){eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)}(CH2Ph)(OtBu)] and [Hf(eta(5)-C5H5){eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2[CH2CH(CH2Ph)-eta(1)-CH2]}(OtBu)], which were characterized by elemental analyses and NMR spectroscopy.