C−N Activation versus Metalation: Reaction of Bis(methylzinc) 1,2-Bis((<i>tert</i>-butyldimethylsilyl)amido)-1,2-dipyridylethane with Acetamide and Aniline
作者:Matthias Westerhausen、Tobias Bollwein、Konstantin Karaghiosoff、Stefan Schneiderbauer、Martin Vogt、Heinrich Nöth
DOI:10.1021/om010867l
日期:2002.3.1
The protonation of racemic (1S,2S)-bis(methylzinc) and (1R,2R)-bis(methylzinc) 1,2-bis((trialkylsilyl)amido)-1,2-dipyridylethane (2) with acetamide quantitatively yields racemic 1,2-bis((trialkylsilyl)amino)-1,2-dipyridylethane (3); the meso form 4 is not observed. Irradiation of 3 leads to an equilibrium mixture of all possible isomers, which have been detected by NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structures of 3 and 4 show elongated C-C bonds of the ethane backbone. Recrystallization of 3 from a water/acetone mixture resulted in precipitation of a water adduct of 3, which crystallizes in a chain structure with weak hydrogen bridges. The reaction of 2 with aniline gave bis(methylzinc) 1,2-bis(phenylamido)-1,2-dipyridylethane (5). Experiments with N-15-labeled aniline show that, however, the C-N, not the Si-N, bonds are cleaved.