Diastereoselective Arbuzov dealkylation and evidence for phosphorus-carbon bond activation of prochiral cobalt(III) phosphonite complexes
作者:Brian J. Boone、Chet R. Jablonski、Peter G. Jones、Michael J. Newlands、Yongfei Yu
DOI:10.1021/om00032a029
日期:1993.8
(S(c))-(eta5-CP)CoI2(PPh2NHC*H(Me)Ph) reacts with 1 equiv of dimethyl tert-butyl- or ethylphosphonite in methylene chloride solution to give diastereomeric 'P-chiral phosphinate Arbuzov products (R,S(Co),S(P);S(C))-(eta5-Cp)CoI(PPh2NHC*H(Me)Ph)(P(O)(OMe)(t-Bu)) (3a) and (R,S(Co),S(P);S(C))-(eta5-Cp)CoI(PPh2NHC*H(Me)Ph)(P(O)(OMe)(Et))(3b), respectively. Apparent phosphorus-carbon bond cleavage also occurs to give (R,S(Co);S(C))-(eta5-Cp)CoI(PPh2NHC*H(Me)-Ph)P(O)(OMe)2) (4), which was isolated in low yield after aerial workup. Two diastereomers of the tert-butyl series 3a and one diastereomer of the four isolated for the ethyl series 3b were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. (S(Co);R(P);S(C))-3a-1 crystallizes in the space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with a = 9.815(4) angstrom, b = 14.314(6) angstrom, c = 21.120(9) angstrom, V = 2967(2) angstrom3, Z = 4, and RF = 2.83% for 5958 reflections (F > 4.0sigma(F)) at 198 K. (R(Co);S(P);S(C))-3a-2 crystallizes in the space group P2(1) with a = 13.073(5) angstrom, b = 8.731(2) angstrom, c = 13.537(5) angstrom, beta = 106.49(3)-degrees, V = 1481.5(9) angstrom3, Z = 2, and R(F) = 3.19 % for 4846 reflections (F > 4.0sigma(F)) at 198 K. (R(Co);S(P);S(C))-3b-2 crystallizes in the space group P2(1)2(1)2, with a = 8.7004(7) angstrom, b = 12.0769(18) angstrom, c = 27.490(3) angstrom, V = 2888.5(6) angstrom3, Z = 4, and R(F) = 4.4 % for 3118 reflections (F > 2.5sigma(F)) at 297 K. The absolute configurations of all diastereomers were assigned on the basis of crystallographic results, circular dichroism, and chemical cycles involving Co epimerization. P=O ... H-N intramolecular hydrogen bonding establishes a 'chaise longue'' conformation with pseudoaxial eta5-Cp and pseudoequatorial iodide in the solid state. Proton nuclear Overhauser difference (NOED) spectra show that the solid-state conformation is retained in solution. Optical yields increased with increasing steric demands of the prochiral phosphonite substituent. A model based on 1,3-diaxial steric interactions in the transition state leading to dealkylation is proposed to account for the observed Co --> P chiral induction.