Synthesis of tungsten vinyl alkylidene complexes via the reactions of WCl2(NAr)(PX3)3 (X = R, OMe) precursors with 3,3-disubstituted cyclopropenes
作者:Lynda K. Johnson、Robert H. Grubbs、Joseph W. Ziller
DOI:10.1021/ja00071a026
日期:1993.9
Several WCl2(NAr)(PX3)3 complexes were synthesized, including WCl2(N-2,6-C6H3Me2)(PEt2Ph)3 (1), WCl2(NPh)[P(OMe)3]3 (2), WCl2(N-2,6-C6H3Me2)[P(OMe)3]3 (3), and WCl2[N-2,6-C6H3(i-Pr)2][P(OMe)3]3 (4). NMR spectroscopic data for these complexes and a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of 4 supported a meridional arrangement of the three PX3 ligands, all lying cis to the apical imido ligand. The lability of one PX3 ligand in complexes 1-4 was demonstrated by reactions with ethylene and phenyl- and diphenylacetylene to give the corresponding pi-acceptor (L) complex WCl2(L)(NAr)(PX3)2. In solution, some of the WCl2(L)(NAr)(PX3)2 complexes, especially those with P(OMe)3 ligands, were in equilibrium with WCl2(L)(NAr)(PX3) and free PX3; complete removal of 1 equiv of PX3 was achieved upon addition of CuCl. Complexes 1-4 and also WCl2(NPh)(PMePh2)3 reacted with 3,3-diphenylcyclopropene and 4,8-dioxaspiro[2.5]oct-1-ene (referred to subsequently as diphenyl- and ketalcyclopropene) to give a number of eta2-cyclopropene complexes and/or vinyl alkylidene complexes. Concentrated diethyl ether solutions of the reactants and use of the sterically smaller tungsten precursors enabled the clean formation of the eta2-cyclopropene complexes W(eta2-cyclopropene)Cl2(NAr)(PX3)2. Spectroscopic data and a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of W(eta2-diphenylcyclopropene)Cl2(NPh)[P(OMe)3]2 indicated an octahedral geometry in which the two mutually trans PX3 ligands and the cyclopropene occupy equatorial positions cis to the apical imido ligand and the substituents of the cyclopropene lie syn to the imido ligand. The eta2-cyclopropene complexes were converted to the corresponding vinyl alkylidene complexes W(=CHCH=CR2)Cl2(NAr)(PX3)2 thermally, photochemically, and chemically (catalysis by HgCl2). For the reactions of the sterically more bulky tungsten precursors with cyclopropenes, direct isolation of the vinyl alkylidene complexes was possible. A crystal structure of an alkoxide derivative W(=CHCH=CPh2)[N-2,6-C6H3-(i-Pr)2][OCMe(CF3)2]2[P(OMe)3] confirmed the formation of a diphenylvinyl alkylidene ligand with an s-trans arrangement of the double bonds. In addition to an s-trans isomer, the ketalvinyl alkylidene ligand also formed two different s-cis isomers with one oxygen atom of the ketal ring chelating to tungsten. A crystal structure showed that, in one of these isomers, the ketal ring has been opened by a chloride ligand from tungsten, and a mechanism is proposed for this rearrangement.