Coupling of two ethyne molecules at rhodium versus coupling of two rhodium atoms at ethyne. 2. Implications for the reactivity. Catalytic and stoichiometric functionalization reactions of ethyne
作者:Claudio. Bianchini、Andrea. Meli、Maurizio. Peruzzini、Alberto. Vacca、Francesco. Vizza
DOI:10.1021/om00049a024
日期:1991.3.27
The rhodacyclopentadiene complex [(triphos)RhCl(eta-2-C4H4)] (3) has been synthesized by treatment of [(triphos)RhCl(C2H4)] (1) in CH2Cl2 with an excess of ethyne (triphos = MeC(CH2PPh2)3. Complex 3 catalyzes under very mild conditions the cyclotrimerization of ethyne to benzene as well as the cyclocooligomerization of ethyne with acetonitrile to 2-picoline. A plausible catalysis cycle for both reactions is proposed on the basis of multiform experimental evidence. Complex 3 is a potential synthon for the preparation of a variety of heterocyclic compounds containing the C4H4 diene moiety. As an example, 3 reacts with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, carbon disulfide, and cyclo-octasulfur, producing dimethyl phthalate, dithiopyrone, and thiophene, respectively. Carbon monoxide reacts with 3 in the presence of TIPF6, yielding [(triphos)Rh(eta-4-C4H4CO)]PF6 (10), which contains an unsubstituted cyclopentadienone ligand. By treatment with H2, 3 transforms into the eta-4-butadiene derivative [(triphos)Rh(eta-4-C4H6)BPh4 (13). The chemistry of 3 has been compared to and contrasted with that of the related perpendicular mu-C2H2 complex [(triphos)Rh(mu-Cl)(mu-eta-2,eta-2-C2H2)Rh(triphos)]Cl (2). From this study it is concluded that coupling of two or more metal centers at acetylene may lead to inactive complexes for catalytic transformations of acetylene.