Donor Solvent Mediated Reactions of Elemental Zinc and Sulfur, sans Explosion
摘要:
The reactions of zinc powder with solutions of elemental sulfur in various donor solvents is described. Complexes of the type ZnS6(N-donor)(2) are obtained for the ligands tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA), N-methylimidazole (MeIm), and 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine (DMAP). Ligand competition studies on pyridine solutions revealed that the relative stability constants (DMAP > MeIm > TMEDA > pyridine) parallel the basicity of the ligands. The TMEDA complex crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with a = 12.255(3) Angstrom, b = 10.559(2) Angstrom, c = 12.392(2) Angstrom, and beta = 110.22(2)degrees. In the solid state ZnS6(TMEDA) adopts a tetrahedral geometry with a seven-membered ZnS6 ring. A variety of reactivity studies were conducted on ZnS6(TMEDA). Solutions of ZnS6(TMEDA) undergo Ligand exchange with quinuclidine and MeIm to afford ZnS(6)L(2) (L = MeLm, quinuclidine). The anionic species [ZnS12](2-) is formed upon addition of (PPh(4))(2)S-6 to ZnS6(TMEDA). Optical and reactivity studies showed that MeIm, but not pyridine, displaces the polysulfide from ZnS6(MeIm)(2) as indicated by the appearance of the chromophore S-3(-). ZnS6(TMEDA) reacts with the electrophilic acetylenes dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate and methyl propiolate to give the dithiolene complexes ZnS(2)C(2)Ri(CO(2)Me)(TMEDA) {R = CO(2)Me, H}. Solid ZnS6(TMEDA) cleanly decomposes at 350 degrees C as indicated by TGA studies. Preparative scale conversions at 500 degrees C affords cubic ZnS. Submicron cubic ZnS is generated upon partial desulfurization of ZnS6(TMEDA) with tertiary phosphines as established by electron microscopic studies.
Three simple steps lead from S8 to cyclo-S14 , which is stable at 20°C. The final synthetic step [Eq. (a)] provides the title compound, which was characterized spectroscopically and by X-ray structure analysis. Formally, the structure of S14 is derived by insertion of an S2 unit into S12 . tmeda=N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine.
Dehydrogenative Route to Metallo Dithiolenes: The Reaction of Zinc Polysulfides and Alkenes
作者:Robert J. Pafford、Jun-Hong Chou、Thomas B. Rauchfuss
DOI:10.1021/ic990090c
日期:1999.8.1
Complexes of the type ZnS6(TMEDA), ZnS4(PMDETA), and ZnS4(Me(3)TACN) react with electrophilic alkenes to give dithiolene complexes ZnS2C2R2(amine)(n). The Me(3)TACN complex is the most reactive, while the more conveniently prepared PMDETA complex also undergoes this reaction at useful rates. The following alkenes were successfully tested: C2H2(CO2Me)(2) (cis and trans isomers), C2H3(CO2Me), C2H3(CN), 1,2-C2H2Me(CN), C2H3(CHO), and 1,2-C2H2(CN)(Ph). Crystallographic analysis shows that the highly reactive complex ZnS4(Me(3)TACN) is structurally similar to ZnS4(PMDETA), including the presence of an elongated Zn-N-ax bond. Model studies indicate that the reaction of alkenes with LnZnSx proceeds via the reversible formation of a dipolar intermediate, as indicated by the ability of the polysulfido complexes to catalyze the isomerization of cis-C2H2(CO2Me)(2). It is proposed that such dipolar species undergoes ring closure to give alkanedithiolato intermediates, e.g., Zn[S2C2H2(CO2Me)(2)](PMDETA). The dithiolato complexes Zn[S2C2H2(CO2Me)(2)](PMDETA) and Zn[S2C2H2(CO2Me)(2)](TMEDA) were prepared from ZnMe2, the di- and triamines, and the dithiol meso-(HS)(2)C2H2(CO2Me)(2). These dithiolates undergoes dehydrogenation upon treatment with S-8 to give the dithiolene Zn[S2C2(CO2Me)(2)]L-n at a rate that is independent of the ancillary ligand L. The dithiolene ligands can be removed from the Zn center by treatment with [COCl2](3) and Cp2TiCl2; in this way Zn[S2C2H(CN)](PMDETA) was converted to OCS2C2H(CN) and Cp2TiS2C2H(CN).
Chalcogenospecific Synthesis of 1,2-Se2S6 Using ZnS6(TMEDA)
作者:Atul K. Verma、Thomas B. Rauchfuss
DOI:10.1021/ic00128a035
日期:1995.11
The recently reported hexasulfido complex ZnS6(TMEDA) is a potent polysulfide transfer agent as demonstrated by its ability to convert (C5H5)(2)TiCl2 into (C5H5)(2)-TiS5. More interesting is the use of the zinc complex to transfer an intact. S-6 Unit as established with the ''chalcogenospecific'' synthesis of 1,2-Se2S6. 1,2-Se2S6 is a rare example of easily prepared stable sulfur selenide available in isomeric purity.
Pafford, Robert J.; Rauchfuss, Thomas B., Inorganic Chemistry, 1998, vol. 37, # 8, p. 1974 - 1980