The tendency of tripodal amidozirconium and hafnium complexes to form hexacoordinate structures: alkali metal halide cages versus solvent adducts
摘要:
Reaction of the tripodal lithium amide [HC{SiMe2N(Li)(4-CH3C6H4)}(3)] with ZrCl4 in diethylether gave the chlorozirconium-lithum chloride complex [HC{SiMe2N(4-CH3C6H4)}(3)Zr{Cl-4(Li-OEt2)(3)}] (3). This contains a metal halide heterocubane unit fused to the tripodal amido cage through the hexacoordinate zirconium atom as established by an X-ray diffraction study. Recrystallisation of the compound in THF gives the hexacoordinate solvent adduct [HC{SiMe2N(4-CH3C6H4)}(3)ZrCl(THF)(2)] (4) which was also characterized by X-ray crystallography. Alkylation of the chloro complex [HC{SiMe2N(2-FC6H4)}(3)Zr((-Cl)(2)Li(OEt2)(2)] (2a) with methyllithium or t-butyllithium yields the alkylcomplexes [HC{SiMe2N(2-FC6H4)}(3)ZrCH3] (6) and [HC{SiMe2N(2-FC6H4)}(3)ZrC(CH3)(3)] (7) for which the JFH and JFC coupling with the metal-bound alkyl groups indicates involvement of the peripheral fluoro functions in the coordination to the metal centre. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
The tendency of tripodal amidozirconium and hafnium complexes to form hexacoordinate structures: alkali metal halide cages versus solvent adducts
摘要:
Reaction of the tripodal lithium amide [HC{SiMe2N(Li)(4-CH3C6H4)}(3)] with ZrCl4 in diethylether gave the chlorozirconium-lithum chloride complex [HC{SiMe2N(4-CH3C6H4)}(3)Zr{Cl-4(Li-OEt2)(3)}] (3). This contains a metal halide heterocubane unit fused to the tripodal amido cage through the hexacoordinate zirconium atom as established by an X-ray diffraction study. Recrystallisation of the compound in THF gives the hexacoordinate solvent adduct [HC{SiMe2N(4-CH3C6H4)}(3)ZrCl(THF)(2)] (4) which was also characterized by X-ray crystallography. Alkylation of the chloro complex [HC{SiMe2N(2-FC6H4)}(3)Zr((-Cl)(2)Li(OEt2)(2)] (2a) with methyllithium or t-butyllithium yields the alkylcomplexes [HC{SiMe2N(2-FC6H4)}(3)ZrCH3] (6) and [HC{SiMe2N(2-FC6H4)}(3)ZrC(CH3)(3)] (7) for which the JFH and JFC coupling with the metal-bound alkyl groups indicates involvement of the peripheral fluoro functions in the coordination to the metal centre. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.