Synthesis and Reactivity of Oxorhenium(V) Methyl, Benzyl, and Phenyl Complexes with CO: Implications for a Unique Mechanism for Migratory Insertion
作者:Leanna K. Robbins、Cassandra P. Lilly、Jessica L. Smeltz、Paul D. Boyle、Elon A. Ison
DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00177
日期:2015.7.13
The complexes [(DAAm)Re(O)(R)] [DAAm = N,N-bis(2-arylaminoethyl)methylamine; aryl = C6F5], 1, R = Me; 3a-d (R = benzyl, a; 4-methylbenzyl, b; 4-fluorobenzyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, d); and 4, R = Ph, were synthesized. CO insertion into the Re R bond in 1 and 3a d resulted in the formation of the acetyl complex, 2, and the (aryl)acetyl complexes, 5a-d respectively. The formation of 5a-d proceeded at a faster rate (7 h) than the formation of 2 (72 h) under the same conditions. No reaction was observed however: for the phenyl complex 4 with CO. Kinetics for CO insertion into the various Re R bonds were examined, and the experimental rate law was determined to be Rate = k(obs)[Re] [CO]. The activation parameters for CO insertion into 1 and 3a were determined to be AG double dagger(298 K) = 24(1): The enthalpy of activation Delta H double dagger was determined to be 9(1) and 10(3) kcal/mol for 1 and 3a, respectively, and the entropy of activation, Delta S double dagger, was -49(2) and -36(4) cal/mol-K. Computational studies (M06) are consistent with the hypothesis that the rate of CO insertion is dependent on the strength of the rhenium carbon bond: Thus, experimental and computational data suggest that the most likely mechanism for the insertion of CO into the Re-R bond in oxorhenium complexes is a direct-insertion mechanism.