Mechanistical studies on C–H activation reactions of benzaldimines using selectively deuterated ligands: synthesis and crystal structures of [μ2-η3-(R)N–CH2–(H)]Fe2(CO)6
摘要:
The reaction of Fe-2(CO)(9) with imine ligands derived from benzaldehyde leads to the formation of dinuclear iron cluster compounds of the general formula [mu 2-eta 3-N-CH2-C=C-C(H)=C(H)-C(H)]Fe-2(CO)(6) by a C-H activation/1,3-hydrogen shift reaction sequence. Six cluster compounds with alkyl and aryl substituents bound to nitrogen have been synthesised and characterised, five of them also by means of X-ray crystallography. The mechanism of the reaction has been investigated by the use of ligands being selectively deuterated in the 2-position. By several NMR experiments including deuterium spectra it can be demonstrated that the hydrogen/deuterium atom of the activated aromatic C-H bond is transferred to the former imine carbon atom producing a methylene group instead and that this reaction strictly follows an intramolecular pathway. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
Mechanistical studies on C–H activation reactions of benzaldimines using selectively deuterated ligands: synthesis and crystal structures of [μ2-η3-(R)N–CH2–(H)]Fe2(CO)6
摘要:
The reaction of Fe-2(CO)(9) with imine ligands derived from benzaldehyde leads to the formation of dinuclear iron cluster compounds of the general formula [mu 2-eta 3-N-CH2-C=C-C(H)=C(H)-C(H)]Fe-2(CO)(6) by a C-H activation/1,3-hydrogen shift reaction sequence. Six cluster compounds with alkyl and aryl substituents bound to nitrogen have been synthesised and characterised, five of them also by means of X-ray crystallography. The mechanism of the reaction has been investigated by the use of ligands being selectively deuterated in the 2-position. By several NMR experiments including deuterium spectra it can be demonstrated that the hydrogen/deuterium atom of the activated aromatic C-H bond is transferred to the former imine carbon atom producing a methylene group instead and that this reaction strictly follows an intramolecular pathway. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.