Synthesis and Structures of 9-Nickelafluorenyllithium Complexes
摘要:
A novel lithium biphenyl-2,2'-diyl(cyclopentadienyl)nickelate compound (9-nickelafluorenyllithium complex), ether)(2) (1), was prepared in the reaction between 2,2' dilithiobiphenyl and nickelocene in diethyl ether. Compound 1 was transformed to other 9-nickelafluorenyllithium compounds, [(1-(eta(5)-cyclopentadienyl))-1-nickelafluorenyl][lithium-(dimethoxyethane)(3)] (2) and (eta(5-)(1-(eta(5)-cyclopentadienyl))-1-nickelafluorenyl)lithium(dimethoxyethane) (3), whose crystal and molecular structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis.
(9-Nickelafluorenyl)lithium was found to react with Ni(II) and Co(II) salts to form novelcomplexes in which the Ni or Co central metal atom is bonded to two nickelafluorenyl ligands. The crystal and molecular structures of the products were determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis.
Nickelacyclic-Cobaltocene vs. Nickelacyclic-Nickelocene. Synthesis, X-ray Structures, Electron Transfer Activity, EPR Spectroscopy, and Theoretical Calculations
Reactions of 9-nickelafluorenyllithium with cobalt and nickel pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-acetylacetonates resulted in the formation of the novel nickelacyclic-cobaltocene 2 and nickelacyclic-nickelocene 3, respectively, in which the central metal atom is bonded to the nickelafluorenyl ring. On the basis of their redox propensity, compounds 2 and 3 were oxidized to the corresponding monocations [2](+) and [3](+). The crystal and molecular structures of both the redox couples were determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. In spite of their structural similarity, they display a rather different electron transfer ability. To throw light on such an aspect, the pertinent redox couples have been examined by EPR spectroscopy and the nature of the frontier orbitals involved in the redox activity of the neutral precursors has been supported by extended Hckel theoretical calculations.