Electronic Effects in the Oxidative Addition of Iodomethane with Mixed-Aryl β-Diketiminate Chromium Complexes
摘要:
The Cr-II complexes CpCr[DppNC(Me)CHC(Me)NC6H4Y] (1; Dpp = 2,6-(Me2CH)(2)C6H3) were used to prepare the corresponding Cr-III iodo (2) and methyl (3) mixed-aryl beta-diketiminate compounds with Y = OMe (a), CH3 (b), H (c), CF3 (d). Oxidation of the Cr-II precursors with iodine gave CpCr[DppNC(Me)CHC(Me)NC6H4Y](I) (2a-d). The Cr-III methyl compounds 3a-d were prepared by reaction of the Cr-II complexes with iodomethane followed by MeMgI. The Cr-III chloride complexes 4a-d were synthesized by salt metathesis of isolated CpCrCl2(THF) with the appropriate deprotonated mixed-aryl beta-diketiminate. The structures of the paramagnetic complexes 1b,c, 2a,b, 3a-d, and 4a-d were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The rate constants for the single-electron oxidative addition of iodomethane with 1a-d were determined by monitoring the reaction by UV-vis spectroscopy. The rate constants correlated well with the electronic parameters of the Y substituents (rho = -0.36). The rate constants for 1a-d were an order of magnitude greater than those previously obtained for the same reaction with CpCr[(DppNCMe)(2)CH] and related ortho-disubstituted symmetric beta-diketiminate complexes.
Electronic Effects in the Oxidative Addition of Iodomethane with Mixed-Aryl β-Diketiminate Chromium Complexes
摘要:
The Cr-II complexes CpCr[DppNC(Me)CHC(Me)NC6H4Y] (1; Dpp = 2,6-(Me2CH)(2)C6H3) were used to prepare the corresponding Cr-III iodo (2) and methyl (3) mixed-aryl beta-diketiminate compounds with Y = OMe (a), CH3 (b), H (c), CF3 (d). Oxidation of the Cr-II precursors with iodine gave CpCr[DppNC(Me)CHC(Me)NC6H4Y](I) (2a-d). The Cr-III methyl compounds 3a-d were prepared by reaction of the Cr-II complexes with iodomethane followed by MeMgI. The Cr-III chloride complexes 4a-d were synthesized by salt metathesis of isolated CpCrCl2(THF) with the appropriate deprotonated mixed-aryl beta-diketiminate. The structures of the paramagnetic complexes 1b,c, 2a,b, 3a-d, and 4a-d were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The rate constants for the single-electron oxidative addition of iodomethane with 1a-d were determined by monitoring the reaction by UV-vis spectroscopy. The rate constants correlated well with the electronic parameters of the Y substituents (rho = -0.36). The rate constants for 1a-d were an order of magnitude greater than those previously obtained for the same reaction with CpCr[(DppNCMe)(2)CH] and related ortho-disubstituted symmetric beta-diketiminate complexes.
Controlling Secondary Alkyl Radicals: Ligand Effects in Chromium-Catalyzed C–P Bond Formation
摘要:
Chromium cyclopentadienyl beta-diketiminate catalysts have been used to form Ph2PCy from Ph2PY (Y = Cl, PPh2, H) and CyX (X = Br, Cl) substrates. Manganese powder activated by PbX2 or Me3SiCl was used as the stoichiometric reductant. The Cr(III) cyclohexyl intermediate has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The observed variations in catalytic activity have been correlated with the previously observed reactivity differences imparted by modifying the N-aryl substituents on the beta-diketiminate ancillary ligand.