作者:Markus Jordan、Wolfgang Saak、Detlev Haase、Rüdiger Beckhaus
DOI:10.1021/om100612e
日期:2010.11.22
Complexes of vanadocene(II) and -(III) derivatives with aromatic N-heterocyclic ligands are scarcely known. Here we present the first syntheses of several mono-, di-, and trinuclear complexes of this type and their detailed characterization. Reactions of vanadocene(II) derivatives are limited to N-heterocycles with distinct pi-acceptor ability such as 4,4'-azobis(pyridine), which reacts as a bridging ligand to form [(Cp2V)(2)(mu(2)-Py2N2)] (13). In contrast Cp2VII reacts with, for example, 1,2-bis(4-pyridiyl)acetylene (C2Py2) solely to give the corresponding metallacyclopropene [Cp2V(eta(2)-C2Py2)] (12) without affecting the pyridyl moieties. On the other hand, the reactivity of vanadocene(III) cations with this class of ligands is unrestricted and dominated by the acid-base properties of the reactants. The application of permethylated cyclopentadienyl ligands (Cp*) significantly enhances the solubility of those complexes, which leads to a better crystallizability. Due to the cationic properties of vanadocenium(III) derivatives, reactions with the smallest aromatic bridging N-heterocycle, pyrazine, afforded the rarely known mononuclear pyrazine complexes [Cp-2'V(Pz)][BPh4] (Cp' = Cp (17), Cp* (20); Pz = C4H4N2), whereas other N-heterocycles with expanded pi-systems such as 4,4'-bipyridine (4-Bipy), C2Py2, and 1,3,5-tris(4-pyridyl)2,4,6-triazine (4-TPT) grant access to multinuclear vanadocenium(III) derivatives ([(CP*V-2)(2)(mu(2)-4-BiPy)]-[BPh4](2) (21), [(CP*V-2)(2)(mu(2)-Py2C2)][BPh4](2) (24), [(Cp*V-2)(3)(mu(3)-4-TPT)][BPh4](3) (26)). Compositions of all these complexes were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.