Tricarbonylrhenium(I) halide complexes of chiral non-racemic 2-(dioxolanyl)-6-(dioxanyl)pyridine ligands: synthesis, NMR and DFT calculations
作者:Peter J Heard、Paul M King、Phunrawie Sroisuwan、Nikolas Kaltsoyannis
DOI:10.1016/j.poly.2003.08.012
日期:2003.11
The chiral non-racemic O/N/O donor ligands 2-[(4R,5R)-4,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]-6-[(4R,6R)-4,6-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl]pyridine and 2-[(4R,5R)-4,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-deuteryl]-6-[(4R,6R)-4,6-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl]pyridine were prepared in a stepwise fashion form 2,6-dibromopyridine. Reaction with the pentacarbonylhalogenorhenium(I) compounds yields the complexes [ReX(CO)(3)L], in which the ligands act in a N/O bidentate chelate fashion. There are eight possible diastereoisomers, three of which are observable in solution. DFT calculations indicate that the relative stability of the diastereoisomers is SR5 > RR5 > SS5 approximate to RS5 > RS6 > SS6 > RR6 > SR6. Above ambient temperature, a dynamic process leads to the exchange of 2 of the 3 diastereoisomers: the free energy of activation is ca. 79 kJ mol(-1). The results of the DFT calculations and the magnitude of DeltaG(+) suggest the dynamic process to be the flip of the co-ordinated acetal ring. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.