作者:John D. Protasiewicz、Brian S. Bronk、Axel Masschelein、Stephen J. Lippard
DOI:10.1021/om00016a037
日期:1994.4
Siloxycarbyne complexes of the type [Ta(=COSiR3) (CO) (dmpe)2], R3 = (t)BuPh2 (1b) or Ph3 (1c), have been prepared by routes analogous to those previously described for [Ta(=COSi-(i)Pr3)(CO)(dmpe)2] (1a). Compounds 1a-c react with R'3SiCl to afford the acetylene complexes [Ta(R3SiOC=COSiR'3)(dmpe)2Cl] (R3 = (i)Pr3, R'3 = Me3 (2a); R3 = (t)BuPh2, R'3 = Me3 (2b); R3 = Ph3, R'3 = Me3 (2c); R3 = (t)BuPh2, R'3 = Et3 (2d)). The mechanism of C-C bond formation in these systems has been elucidated by stopped-flow kinetic studies of the reaction of 1a with excess Me3SiCl in THF to form 2a. Addition of (n-pentyl)4NCl increased the rate of reaction between 1a and excess Me3SiCl, but produced [Ta(Me3SiOC=COSiMe3)(dmpe)2Cl] rather than 2a. A pathway for chloride-induced exchange of silyl groups between the starting material and excess Me3SiCl has been elucidated. Addition of (n-butyl)4NBPh4 also strongly accelerated the observed reaction rates, but in this case the product formed was 2a. The observed rate increases were attributed to an increase in the ionic strength of the solution. At a constant salt concentration of 23.9 mM (n-butyl)4NBPh4, the reaction was first order in both 1a and Me3SiCl, with a second order rate constant of 1.71 +/- 0.04 M-1 s-1 at 22 +/- 1-degrees-C. These results are consistent with a mechanism involving electrophilic attack by the silyl reagent on the CO ligand of 1 as the rate-determining step of the reaction. Addition of AlEt3 to lb allowed the isolation of [Ta(=COSi(t)BuPh2)(COAlEt3)(dmpe)2] (3b), a model for the initial species formed upon silylation of the CO ligand in 1b. Comparison of the spectroscopic and structural properties of 3b with those of 1b revealed that C-C bond formation does not occur upon addition of this particular Lewis acid. The structure of 3b revealed several important features, the most significant of which is a decrease in the C-Ta-C angle to 73.4(4)degrees from the value of 89.1(3)degrees in 1b. The corresponding angle in the reductively coupled product, [Ta(Et3SiOC=COSi(t)BuPh2)(dmpe)2Cl] (2d), the structure of which is also reported, is 36.5(2)degrees.