摘要:
The preparation of the first racemic bis(pyrazol-1-yl)rnethane-based NNCp-donor hybrid scorpionate/cyclopentadienyl magnesium and zinc complexes [Mg(R)(kappa(2)-eta(5)-NNCp)] (1-6) [NNCp = bpztcp, R = Me (1), Et (2), CH2SiMe3 (3); bpzpcp, R = Me (4), Et (5), CH2SiMe3 (6)] and [Zn(R)(kappa(2)-eta(1)-NNCp)] (7-12) [NNCp = bpztcp, R = Me (7), Et (8), CH2SiMe3 (9); bpzpcp, R = Me (10), Et (11), CH2SiMe3 (12)] has been carried out by the reaction of the corresponding racemic NNCp-H-donor scorpionate pro-ligands with Grignard reagents RMgCl, after deprotonation with (BuLi)-Bu-n, or directly with ZnR2. The resulting alkyl magnesium complexes (1-6) have been employed in a protonolysis reaction with 2,6-dimethylphenol to yield the aryloxide magnesium complexes [Mg(OAr)(kappa(2)-eta(5)-NNCp)] (13 and 14) [NNCp = bpztcp (13), bpzpcp (14)]. Subsequently, the enantiopure scorpionate pro-ligand (R,R)-bpmycpH (16a) {bpmycpH = 1-{2,2-bis (3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-1-(2R)-2-[(1R)-6,6-[3.1.1]-2-hepten-2-yl]]ethyl}-cyclopentadiene} and (R,R)-bpmycpH (16b) {bpmycpH = 2-{2,2-bis(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-1-(2R)-2-[(1R)-6,6-[3.1.1]-2-hepten-2-yl]ethyl}cyclopentadiene} reacted with RMgCl (after addition of nBuLi) or with ZnR2 to give the single enantiopure complexes [Mg(R)(kappa(2)-eta(2)-R,S-bpmycp)] (17-19) (R = Me (17), Et (18), CH2SiMe3 (19)) {R,S-bpmycp = 2-{2,2-bis (3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-1-(2S)-2-[(1R)-6,6-[3.1.1]-2-hepten-2-yl]ethyl}cyclopentadienyl} and [Zn (R) (kappa(2)-eta(1)-R,S-bpmycp)] (20-22) (R = Me (20), Et (21), CH2SiMe3 (22)). The structures of these complexes were elucidated by H-1 and C-13{H-1} NMR spectroscopy, and the X-ray crystal structures of 2, 3, 7 and 21 were also established. These racemic and single enantiopure complexes 1-3, 5-9, 11-14, 19, and 21 can act as single-component initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide under mild conditions. Microstructural analysis of poly(rac-lactide)s revealed that, whereas the myrtenal substituent on the single enantiomerically pure initiator 21 exerts an appreciable influence on the degree of stereoselectivity to produce isotactic-enriched poly(lactide)s with a P-i value up to 0.77, the racemic mixtures of initiators impart more discrete levels of heteroselectivity in the production of PLAs, with a P-s, value of 0.72.