名称:
Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Ethylene-Bridged ansa-Zirconocene and -Hafnocene Complexes Bearing Fluorenyl, Indenyl, Octahydrofluorenyl, and Tetrahydroindenyl Ligands1
摘要:
We report on an efficient synthetic route for the preparation of enantiomerically pure ethylene-bridged ansa-zirconocene and -hafnocene complexes, bearing different cyclopentadienyl fragments. Ring opening of (R)-epoxystyrene (1) with fluorenyllithium proceeds enantiospecifically and leads to optically pure 2-(9-fluorenyl)-1-(S)-phenylethanol (2a) and 2-(9-fluorenyl)-2-(S)-phenylethanol (2b) in nearly quantitative yield. Treatment of 5, the trifluoromethanesulfonate derivative of 2b, with fluorenyl- and indenyllithium results in the formation of 1-(9-nuorenyl)-1-(S)-phenyl-2-(1-indenyl)ethane (6a) and 1,2-bis(9-fluorenyl)-1-(S)-phenylethane (6b), respectively. Reaction of the dilithio salts of 6a with ZrCl4 and of 6b with MCl(4) (M = Zr, Hf) affords the formation of the enantiomerically pure complexes [1-(eta(5)-9-fluorenyl)-1-(R)-phenyl-2-(eta(5)-1-(R,S)-indenyl)ethane]ZrCl2 (7a = R,R; 7b = R,S) and of [1,2-bis(eta(5)-9-fluorenyl)-1-(R)-phenylethane]MCl(2) (7c, M = Zr; 7d, M = Hf) in up to 63% yield. Hydrogenation of 7a-d with H-2/PtO2 gives the complexes 8a-d, bearing octahydro-fluorenyl and tetrahydroindenyl Ligands. Hydrolysis of 8a,b in basic, aqueous media leads to the formation of C-2-symmetric mu-oxo dimers (12a,b). The solid-state structures of enantiomerically pure 7b and 8c and of 12b are reported.