Scandium and yttrium bis(ligand) mono(alkyl) complexes, of N-phenyl (L1) N-2-isopropylphenyl (L2) and N-mesityl (L3) substituted ortho-tert-butylsalicylaldiminato ligands were prepared by alkane elimination from [M(CH2SiMe2R)3(THF)2]
(R = Me, Ph) and two equivalents of proteo ligand (HL). The resulting [L2M(THF)n(CH2SiMe2R)]
(n
= 0–2, L = L1
(1), L2
(2), L3
(3)) complexes are thermally unstable, decomposing rapidly between −20 and 20 °C. In order to gain insight in to ligand features necessary to impart thermal stability in early transition metal organometallic chemistry, the decomposition pathways of 1–3 have been investigated and compared with more sterically congested N-2,6-diisopropylphenyl substituted analogues. Compounds 1 and 2 decompose rapidly and cleanly at room temperature by 1,3-migration of the entire CH2SiMe2R group to the aldimine carbon. By contrast, L3 mono(alkyls)
3 decompose cleanly by metallation of an ortho-C6H2Me3 group. In the case of yttrium, the metallated alkyl undergoes subsequent 1,3-migration to the aldimine carbon, forming a five-membered C4N-ring.
通过
烷烃消去法,从[M(CH2SiMe2R)3(THF)2](R = Me,Ph)和两个当量的蛋白
配体(HL)制备了 N-苯基(L1)、N-2-异丙基苯基(
L2)和 N-
甲烷基(L3)取代的正叔丁基
水杨醛二烷基
配体的
钪和
钇双(
配体)单(烷基)配合物。生成的[
L2M(THF)n(CH2SiMe2R)](n = 0-2,L = L1 (1)、
L2 (2)、L3 (3))复合物热不稳定,在 -20 至 20 °C 之间迅速分解。为了深入了解在早期过渡
金属有机
金属
化学中赋予热稳定性所必需的
配体特征,我们研究了 1-3 复合物的分解途径,并将其与立体性更强的 N-2,6-二异丙基苯基取代类似物进行了比较。化合物 1 和 2 通过整个 CH2SiMe2R 基团向醛二胺碳的 1,3 迁移,在室温下迅速而干净地分解。相比之下,L3 单(烷基)3 通过正交-C6H2Me3 基团的
金属化作用分解得很干净。在
钇的情况下,
金属化的烷基随后会发生 1,3 迁移到醛
亚胺碳上,形成一个五元
C4N 环。