Pnictogen-Hydride Activation by (silox)<sub>3</sub>Ta (silox = <sup>t</sup>Bu<sub>3</sub>SiO); Attempts to Circumvent the Constraints of Orbital Symmetry in N<sub>2</sub> Activation
作者:Elliott B. Hulley、Jeffrey B. Bonanno、Peter T. Wolczanski、Thomas R. Cundari、Emil B. Lobkovsky
DOI:10.1021/ic101147x
日期:2010.9.20
Activation of N2 by (silox)3Ta (1, silox = tBu3SiO) to afford (silox)3Ta═N−N═Ta(silox)3 (12-N2) does not occur despite ΔG°cald = −55.6 kcal/mol because of constraints of orbital symmetry, prompting efforts at an independent synthesis that included a study of REH2 activation (E = N, P, As). Oxidativeaddition of REH2 to 1 afforded (silox)3HTaEHR (2-NHR, R = H, Me, nBu, C6H4-p-X (X = H, Me, NMe2); 2-PHR
Silox hydrides [silox = (Me3C)3SiO-] of Group 5: Do [(Me3C)3SiO]2MH2]2 (M = Nb, Ta) contain unbridged M-M bonds?
作者:Robert E. LaPointe、Peter T. Wolczanski
DOI:10.1021/ja00272a074
日期:1986.6
Complexes containing M-H bonds are widely recognized as being important intermediates in numerous catalytic processes. Investigations of early metal hydride reactivity have resulted in reagents useful in organic synthesis and modeling studies relevant to the Fischer-Tropsch process. A variety of group5hydrides have been described; the majority contain ancillary phosphine and/or cyclopentadienyl ligands
Insertion of H<sub>2</sub>CCHX (X = F, Cl, Br, O<sup>i</sup>Pr) into (<sup>t</sup>Bu<sub>3</sub>SiO)<sub>3</sub>TaH<sub>2</sub> and β-X-Elimination from (<sup>t</sup>Bu<sub>3</sub>SiO)<sub>3</sub>HTaCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>X (X = OR): Relevance to Ziegler−Natta Copolymerizations
作者:Stephanie A. Strazisar、Peter T. Wolczanski
DOI:10.1021/ja003315n
日期:2001.5.1
The insertion of H2C=CHX (X = OR; R = Me, Et, Pr-n,Pr-1, CH=CH2, Ph) into ((Bu3SiO)-Bu-t)(3)TaH2 (1) afforded ((Bu3SiO)-Bu-t)(3)HTaCH2CH2X (2-CH2CH2X), which beta -X-eliminated to give ethylene and ((Bu3SiO)-Bu-t)(3)- HTaX (3-X). beta -X-elimination rates were inversely proportional to the size of R. An X-ray crystallographic study of ((Bu3SiO)-Bu-t)(3)(HTaCH2CH2OBu)-Bu-t (2-(CH2CH2OBu)-Bu-t) revealed a distorted trigonal bipyramidal structure with an equatorial plane containing be hydride and a -(CH2CH2OBu)-Bu-t ligand with a staggered disposition. erythro and threo-((Bu3SiO)-Bu-t)(3)HTaCHDCHDOEt (2-CHDCHDOEt) are staggered in solution, according to H-1 NMR spectroscopic studies, and eliminated cis- and trans-HDC=CHD, respectively, helping verify the four-centered transition state for beta -OEt-elimination. When X = F, Cl, or Br, 2-CH2CH2X was not observed en route to 3-X, signifying that olefin insertion was rate-determining. Insertion rates suggested that substantial positive charge on the substituted carbon was incurred. The reactivity of other H2C=CHX with 1, and a discussion of the observations and their ramifications on the incorporation of functionalized monomers in Ziegler-Natta copolymerizations, are presented.