Carbon radical generation by d0 tantalum complexes with α-diimine ligands through ligand-centered redox processes

High-valent tantalum complexes having redox-active α-diimine ligands, (α-diimine)TaCl(n) (n = 3, 4), are prepared by the reaction of TaCl(5), α-diimine ligands, and an organosilicon-based reductant, 1-methyl-3,6-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,4-cyclohexadiene. Reductive cleavage of the C-Cl bond of polyhaloalkanes is accomplished by trichlorotantalum complexes having dianionic α-diimine ligands via electron transfer from the dianionic ligands, whereas oxidative decomposition of tetraphenylborate is observed using tetrachlorotantalum complexes with monoanionic α-diimine ligands through electron transfer to the monoanionic ligands. Chemically oxidized or reduced complexes of (α-diimine)TaCl(4) are isolated as ligand-centered redox products, [Cp(2)Co][(α-diimine)TaCl(4)] and [(α-diimine)TaCl(4)][WCl(6)], where the α-diimine ligand coordinates to the metal center as a dianionic or neutral ligand, respectively. On the basis of EPR measurements of (α-diimine)TaCl(4) complexes (which are key intermediates for reductive cleavage of C-Cl bond and oxidative decomposition of tetraphenylborate), two redox isomers--a tantalum-centered radical and ligand-localized radical--are present in solution.     

α-Diimines as nitrogen ligands for ruthenium-catalyzed allylation reactions and related (pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) ruthenium complexes

The new Cp*Ru(II) (Cp*: pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) complexes Cp*(dab-R)RuCl, [Cp*(dab-R)(MeCN)Ru][PF₆] (dab-R: RNCH-CHNR; R: iso-propyl, mesityl), and [Cp*(cod)(MeCN)Ru][PF₆], are synthesized in high yields by reacting the corresponding α-diimine or 1,5-cyclooctadiene with [Cp*RuCl]₄ and [Cp*(MeCN)₃Ru][PF₆], respectively. The α-diimine ligands are strongly bonded to the ruthenium centre as shown by the subsequent formation of the alkynyl derivatives Cp*(dab-R)RuCCR′ (R′ = tert-butyl or phenyl) and of the cationic derivatives [Cp*(dab-R)(L)Ru][PF₆] (L = CO, PMe₃). The neutral and cationic α-diimine or 1,5-cyclooctadiene ruthenium complexes are compared as catalyst precursors for the ruthenium-catalyzed allylation of diethyl-sodiomalonate and diethylamine with cinnamyl acetate or ethyl cinnamyl carbonate.     

Highlights of the spectroscopy, photochemistry and electrochemistry of [M(CO)4(α-diimine)] complexes, M=Cr, Mo, W

Tetracarbonyl-diimine complexes [M(CO)₄(α-diimine)] (M=Cr, Mo, W; α-diimine=polypyridyl (bpy, phen), pyridine-2-carbaldehyde (R-PyCa) or 1,4-diaza-butadiene, (R-DAB)) have very interesting structural, spectroscopic, electrochemical and photochemical properties. Their comprehensive experimental and theoretical investigations have important implications for our understanding of the chemistry of organometallic complexes with noninnocent ligands. The most interesting physical and chemical aspects of [M(CO)₄(α-diimine)] complexes, which have more general relevance, are highlighted and discussed.     

Further Evidence for ‘Extended’ Cumulene Complexes: Derivatives from Reactions with Halide Anions and Water

Reactions of [Ru{C=C(H)-1,4-C₆H₄C≡CH}(PPh₃)₂Cp]BF₄ ([ 1 a ]BF₄) with hydrohalic acids, HX, results in the formation of [Ru{C≡C-1,4-C₆H₄-C(X)=CH₂}(PPh₃)₂Cp] [X=Cl ( 2 a-Cl ), Br ( 2 a-Br )], arising from facile Markovnikov addition of halide anions to the putative quinoidal cumulene cation [Ru(=C=C=C₆H₄=C=CH₂)(PPh₃)₂Cp]⁺. Similarly, [M{C=C(H)-1,4-C₆H₄-C≡CH}(LL)Cp ]BF₄ [M(LL)Cp’=Ru(PPh₃)₂Cp ([ 1 a ]BF₄); Ru(dppe)Cp* ([ 1 b ]BF₄); Fe(dppe)Cp ([ 1 c ]BF₄); Fe(dppe)Cp* ([ 1 d ]BF₄)] react with H⁺/H₂O to give the acyl-functionalised phenylacetylide complexes [M{C≡C-1,4-C₆H₄-C(=O)CH₃}(LL)Cp’] ( 3 a – d ) after workup. The Markovnikov addition of the nucleophile to the remote alkyne in the cations [ 1 a–d ]⁺ is difficult to rationalise from the vinylidene form of the precursor and is much more satisfactorily explained from initial isomerisation to the quinoidal cumulene complexes [M(=C=C=C₆H₄=C=CH₂)(LL)Cp’]⁺ prior to attack at the more exposed, remote quaternary carbon. Thus, whilst representative acetylide complexes [Ru(C≡C-1,4-C₆H₄-C≡CH)(PPh₃)₂Cp] ( 4 a ) and [Ru(C≡C-1,4-C₆H₄-C≡CH)(dppe)Cp*] ( 4 b ) reacted with the relatively small electrophiles [CN]⁺ and [C₇H₇]⁺ at the β-carbon to give the expected vinylidene complexes, the bulky trityl ([CPh₃]⁺) electrophile reacted with [M(C≡C-1,4-C₆H₄-C≡CH)(LL)Cp’] [M(LL)Cp’=Ru(PPh₃)₂Cp ( 4 a ); Ru(dppe)Cp* ( 4 b ); Fe(dppe)Cp ( 4 c ); Fe(dppe)Cp* ( 4 d )] at the more exposed remote end of the carbon-rich ligand to give the putative quinoidal cumulene complexes [M{C=C=C₆H₄=C=C(H)CPh₃}(LL)Cp’]⁺, which were isolated as the water adducts [M{C≡C-1,4-C₆H₄-C(=O)CH₂CPh₃}(LL)Cp’] ( 6 a–d ). Evincing the scope of the formation of such extended cumulenes from ethynyl-substituted arylvinylene precursors, the rather reactive half-sandwich (5-ethynyl-2-thienyl)vinylidene complexes [M{C=C(H)-2,5-^cC₄H₂S-C≡CH}(LL)Cp’]BF₄ ([ 7 a – d ]BF₄ add water readily to give [M{C≡C-2,5-^cC₄H₂S-C(=O)CH₃}(LL)Cp’] ( 8 a – d )].     

(α-Diimine)tricarbonylhalorhenium complexes: the oxidation side

The electrochemical behaviour of the complexes [Re(CO)(3)X(α-diimine)], X = Cl or Br, α-diimine = 1,4-di-tert-butyl-1,4-diaza-1,3-diene, was reinvestigated using cyclic voltammetry accompanied by IR and UV-vis spectroelectrochemistry. While the reduction results in the loss of halide, as necessary for the electrocatalytic activity of related diimine compounds, a reversible oxidation could be observed for the chloro complex 1 (X = Cl). The conversion of 1 to 1(+) in CH(2)Cl(2) or CH(3)CN is accompanied by high-frequency shifts (Δν = 73-114 cm(-1)) of the three carbonyl stretching bands, by a considerable change in carbonyl stretching modes, and by changed absorption in the visible region. DFT calculations support the spectroelectrochemical results and suggest an unusually large g anisotropy (g(1) 1.38, g(2) 2.06, g(3) 3.20) which explains the absence of detectable EPR signals for 1(+) under normal X band conditions. Frontier orbitals calculated by DFT for 1 reveal two close lying occupied orbitals (HOMO, HOMO-1) with Re-Cl character and a diimine based LUMO.     

Positive Cooperativity Induced by Interstrand Interactions in Silver(I) Complexes with α,α′-Diimine Ligands

The allosteric positive cooperativity accompanying the formation of compact [Cu^I(α,α′-diimine)₂]⁺ building blocks contributed to the historically efficient synthesis of metal-containing catenates and knotted assemblies. However, its limited magnitude can easily be overcome by the negative chelate cooperativity that controls the overall formation of related polymetallic multistranded helicates and grids. Despite the more abundant use of analogous dioxygen-resistant [Ag^I(α,α′-diimine)₂]⁺ units in modern entangled metallo-supramolecular assemblies, a related thermodynamic justification was absent. Solid-state structural characterizations show the successive formation of [Ag^I(α,α′-diimine)(CH₃CN)][X] and [Ag^I(α,α′-diimine)₂][X] upon the stepwise reactions of α,α′-diimine=2,2′-bipyridine (bpy) or 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) derivatives with AgX (X=BF₄⁻, ClO₄⁻, PF₆⁻). In room-temperature, 5–10 mM acetonitrile solutions, these cationic complexes exist as mixtures in fast exchange on the NMR timescale. Spectrophotometric titrations using the unsubstituted bpy and phen ligands point to the statistical (=non-cooperative) binding of two successive bidentate ligands around Ag^I, a mechanism probably driven by the formation of hydrophobic belts, that overcomes the unfavorable decrease in the positive charge borne by the metallic cation. Surprisingly, the addition of methyl groups adjacent to the nitrogen donors (6,6′ positions in dmbpy; 2,9 positions in dmphen) induces positive cooperativity for the formation of [Ag(dmbpy)₂]⁺ and [Ag(dmphen)₂]⁺, a trend assigned to additional stabilizing interligand interactions. Adding rigid and polarizable phenyl side arms in [Ag(Brdmbpy)₂]⁺ further reinforces the positively cooperative process, while limiting the overall decrease in metal–ligand affinity.     

Novel half‐sandwich η5‐Cp *–rhodium(III) and η5‐Cp *–ruthenium(II) complexes bearing bis(phosphino)amine ligands and their use in the transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones

Two new half‐sandwich η⁵‐Cp*–rhodium(III) and η⁵‐Cp*–ruthenium(II) complexes have been prepared from corresponding bis(phosphino)amine ligands, thiophene‐2‐(N,N‐bis(diphenylphosphino)methylamine) or furfuryl‐2‐(N,N‐bis(diphenylphosphino)amine). Structures of the new complexes have been elucidated by multinuclear one‐ and two‐dimensional NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis and IR spectroscopy. These Cp*–rhodium(III) and Cp*‐ruthenium(II) complexes bearing bis(phosphino)amine ligands were successfully applied to transfer hydrogenation of various ketones by 2‐propanol. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Versatile reactivity of half-sandwich Ir and Rh complexes toward carboranylamidinates and their derivatives: synthesis, structure, and catalytic activity for norbornene polymerization

Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of carboranylamidinate‐based half‐sandwich iridium and rhodium complexes are reported for the first time. Treatment of dimeric metal complexes [{Cp*M(μ‐Cl)Cl}₂] (M=Ir, Rh; Cp*=η⁵‐C₅Me₅) with a solution of one equivalent of nBuLi and a carboranylamidine produces 18‐electron complexes [Cp*IrCl(Cab^N‐DIC)] ( 1 a ; Cab^N‐DIC=[iPrN?C(closo‐1,2‐C₂B₁₀H₁₀)(NHiPr)]), [Cp*RhCl(Cab^N‐DIC)] ( 1 b ), and [Cp*RhCl(Cab^N‐DCC)] ( 1 c ; Cab^N‐DCC=[CyN?C(closo‐1,2‐C₂B₁₀H₁₀)(NHCy)]). A series of 16‐electron half‐sandwich Ir and Rh complexes [Cp*Ir(Cab^N′‐DIC)] ( 2 a ; Cab^N′‐DIC=[iPrN?C(closo‐1,2‐C₂B₁₀H₁₀)(NiPr)]), [Cp*Ir(Cab^N′‐DCC)] ( 2 b , Cab^N′‐DCC=[CyN?C(closo‐1,2‐C₂B₁₀H₁₀)(NCy)]), and [Cp*Rh(Cab^N′‐DIC)] ( 2 c ) is also obtained when an excess of nBuLi is used. The unexpected products [Cp*M(Cab^N,S‐DIC)], [Cp*M(Cab^N,S‐DCC)] (M=Ir 3 a , 3 b ; Rh 3 c , 3 d ), formed through BH activation, are obtained by reaction of [{Cp*MCl₂}₂] with carboranylamidinate sulfides [RN?C(closo‐1,2‐C₂B₁₀H₁₀)(NHR)]S^? (R=iPr, Cy), which can be prepared by inserting sulfur into the C? Li bond of lithium carboranylamidinates. Iridium complex 1 a shows catalytic activities of up to 2.69×10⁶ g_PNB ${{\rm{mol}}_{{\rm{Ir}}}^{ - {\rm{1}}} }Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of carboranylamidinate-based half-sandwich iridium and rhodium complexes are reported for the first time. Treatment of dimeric metal complexes [{Cp*M(μ-Cl)Cl}(2)] (M = Ir, Rh; Cp* = η(5)-C(5)Me(5)) with a solution of one equivalent of nBuLi and a carboranylamidine produces 18-electron complexes [Cp*IrCl(Cab(N)-DIC)] (1?a; Cab(N)-DIC = [iPrN=C(closo-1,2-C(2)B(10)H(10))(NHiPr)]), [Cp*RhCl(Cab(N)-DIC)] (1?b), and [Cp*RhCl(Cab(N)-DCC)] (1?c; Cab(N)-DCC = [CyN=C(closo-1,2-C(2)B(10)H(10))(NHCy)]). A series of 16-electron half-sandwich Ir and Rh complexes [Cp*Ir(Cab(N')-DIC)] (2?a; Cab(N')-DIC = [iPrN=C(closo-1,2-C(2)B(10)H(10))(NiPr)]), [Cp*Ir(Cab(N')-DCC)] (2?b, Cab(N')-DCC = [CyN=C(closo-1,2-C(2)B(10)H(10)(NCy)]), and [Cp*Rh(Cab(N')-DIC)] (2?c) is also obtained when an excess of nBuLi is used. The unexpected products [Cp*M(Cab(N,S)-DIC)], [Cp*M(Cab(N,S)-DCC)] (M = Ir 3?a, 3?b; Rh 3?c, 3?d), formed through BH activation, are obtained by reaction of [{Cp*MCl(2)}(2)] with carboranylamidinate sulfides [RN=C(closo-1,2-C(2)B(10)H(10))(NHR)]S(-) (R = iPr, Cy), which can be prepared by inserting sulfur into the C-Li bond of lithium carboranylamidinates. Iridium complex 1?a shows catalytic activities of up to 2.69×10(6) g(PNB) mol(Ir)(-1) h(-1) for the polymerization of norbornene in the presence of methylaluminoxane (MAO) as cocatalyst. Catalytic activities and the molecular weight of polynorbornene (PNB) were investigated under various reaction conditions. All complexes were fully characterized by elemental analysis and IR and NMR spectroscopy; the structures of 1?a-c, 2?a, b; and 3?a, b, d were further confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction.     

Reactions of 2‐Substituted Pyridines with Titanocenes and Zirconocenes: Coupling versus Dearomatisation

Reactions of group 4 metallocene sources with 2‐substituted pyridines were investigated to evaluate their coordination type between innocent and reductive dearomatisation as well as to probe the possibility for couplings. A dependence on the cyclopentadienyl ligands (Cp, Cp*), the metals (Ti, Zr), and the substrates (2‐phenyl‐, 2‐acetyl‐, and 2‐iminopyridine) was observed. While 2‐phenylpyridine is barely reactive, 2‐acetylpyridine reacts vigorously with the Cp‐substituted complexes and selectively with their Cp* analogues. With 2‐iminopyridine, in all cases selective reactions were observed. In the isolated [Cp₂Ti], [Cp₂Zr], and [Cp*₂Zr] compounds the substrate coordinates by its pyridyl ring and the unsaturated side‐chain. Subsequently, the pyridine was dearomatised, which is most pronounced in the [Cp*₂Zr] compounds. Using [Cp*₂Ti] leads to the unexpected paramagnetic complexes [Cp*₂Ti^III(N,O‐acpy)] and [Cp*₂Ti^III(N,N′‐impy)]. This highlights the non‐innocent character of the pyridyl substrates.     

Cp*RuCl-Vinyl Carbenes: Two Faces and the Bifunctional Role in Catalytic Processes

Ruthenium vinyl carbenes derived from Cp/Cp*RuCl-based complexes (Cp=cyclopentadiene, Cp*=1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopentadiene) have been routinely invoked as key intermediates in tandem reactions involving a carbene/alkyne metathesis (CAM). A priori, these intermediates resemble the Grubbs-type family of catalysts, but they exhibit a completely different reactivity pattern that few, if any, other catalytic system can reproduce so far. The reactivity of these species with α-unsubstituted and α-substituted alkynals showcases the peculiarities of these intermediates. Although Z-vinyl dihydrooxazines are preferentially obtained with the former, Z-vinyl epoxypyrrolidines are obtained with the latter. A combination of spectroscopic and computational data now prove that a η³-coordination mode of the ruthenium vinyl carbene and the presence of a Lewis basic chloride ligand give rise to two markedly different stereoelectronic faces, which are responsible for the unconventional reactivity of these species.     

Diverse reactivities of aromaticity-unsaturation coexisted metalladithiolene rings

This review paper summarizes the reactivities of metal dithiolene complexes based on the ‘coexistence of aromaticity and unsaturation’ in the five-membered metallacycle, the so-called metalladithiolene ring (MS₂C₂). The 16-electron [LM(dithiolene)] (LM = CpM^III, Cp*M^III, (C₆R₆)M^II) complexes are coordinatively unsaturated and usually show M-S centered cycloaddition reactions with nucleophiles (e.g. diazoalkanes, organic azides, quadricyclane) and electrophiles (e.g. tetracyanoethylene oxide, activated acetylene). The resulting metalladithiolene cycloadducts, which have three-membered M-S-C or M-S-N rings, further react with protic acids or PR₃ to undergo the ring-opening reactions involving the M-C bond, M-S bond or M-N bond cleavages. Furthermore, diverse adduct dissociations are observed by thermal, photochemical or electrochemical redox reactions. Such reactions normally produce the original [LM(dithiolene)] complexes (non-adduct) and the eliminated fragments. Among them, the Co-S centered imido adduct [CpCo(dithiolene)(NR)] (R = Ts, Ms) reacted under thermal conditions in the presence of PR₃ to undergo the intramolecular imido migration reaction to the Cp ligand, giving [(C₅H₄-NHR)Co(dithiolene)] complexes. The M-S centered multinuclear cluster complexes are obtained by the reaction of [LM(dithiolene)] with low valent M(CO)_n complexes. The square-planar bis(dithiolene) complexes [M(dithiolene)₂]⁰ (M = Ni, Pd, Pt) or tris(dithiolene) complexes [M(dithiolene)₃]⁰ yield cycloaddition products with olefins. These reactions are due to ligand centered reactions made possible by a molecular orbital overlap between dithiolene LUMO and olefin HOMO. Similar ligand centered adducts are obtained by the reaction of dianionic [M(dithiolene)₂]²⁻ with haloalkanes or dihaloalkanes. Also these adducts of bis(dithiolene) complex are dissociated photochemically and electrochemically. This paper also describes the reactivities of organometallic o-carborane dithiolate complexes, which are generally formulated as [LM(S₂C₂B₁₀H₁₀)] (LM = CpCo, Cp*Rh, Cp*Ir, (p-cymene)Ru and (p-cymene)Os). Diverse addition reactions are reported; in particular, the reaction with acetylene involves B-H bond activation in the carborane moiety.     

Enantioselective 1,4-Addition of Aliphatic Grignard Reagents to Enones Catalyzed by Readily Available Copper(I) thiolates derived from TADDOL. Preliminary communication

Two simple thiols derived from the parent TADDOL, α,α,α′,α′ tetraphenyl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-clioxolan-4,5-dimethanol, are used to prepare Cu¹ complexes C and D to catalyze (0.05 equiv.) 1,4-additions of Grignard reagents RMgCl to cyclic enones with enantioselectivities which are comparable to or better than previously reported (enantiomer ratios up to 92:8).     

C-NMR study of Ti(IV) species formed by Cp*TiMe3 and Cp*TiCl3 activation with methylaluminoxane (MAO)

Using ¹³C- and ¹H-NMR spectroscopy, titanium(IV) species formed in the catalytic systems Cp*TiMe₃/MAO and Cp*TiCl₃/MAO (Cp*=C₅(CH₃)₅) in toluene and chlorobenzene were studied within the temperature range 253-293 K and at Al/Ti ratios 30-300. It was shown that upon activation of Cp*TiMe₃ with methylaluminoxane (MAO) mainly the ‘cation-like’ intermediate Cp*Me₂Ti⁺←Me⁻Al(MAO) (2) is formed. Three types of titanium(IV) complexes were identified in Cp*TiCl₃/MAO catalytic system. They are methylated complexes Cp*TiMeCl₂ and Cp*TiMe₂Cl, and the ‘cation-like’ intermediate 2. Complex 2 dominates in Cp*TiCl₃/MAO system in conditions approaching to those of practical polymerization (Al/Ti ratios more than 200). According to the EPR measurements, the portion of EPR active Ti(III) species in the Cp*TiCl₃/MAO system is smaller than 1% at Al/Ti=35, and is about 10% at Al/Ti=700.     

Photokatalytische Systeme. LIX. Zur Photolyse von Oxalato-Eisen(III)-Gemischtligandkomplexen mit aromatischen α-Diiminliganden

Photocatalytic Systems. LIX. Photochemical Investigations of Iron (III) Mixed Ligand Complexes with Oxalate and Aromatic α-Diimines The photolysis of iron(III) mixed ligand complexes with oxalate and aromatic α-diimine ligands 2,2-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthroline in aqueous/methanolic solution results in [Fe(N,N)₃]²⁺, with N,N = α-diimine and carbon dioxid as main products of the photoredox-decomposition. In dependence on the irradiation wave-length and the concentration of the complex solution quantum yields of the formation of Fe^II were determined and compared with Φ_Fe^II values of K₃[Fe(ox)₃].     

Neue Rheniumkomplexe mit Trichalkogenido- und Tetrachalkogenido-Chelatliganden

New Rhenium Complexes Containing Trichalcogenido and Tetrachalcogenido Chelate Ligands The reactions of Cp*ReCl₄ with polychalcogenide salts such as Na₂S₄ or (NEt₄)₂Se₆ lead initially to the violet trichalcogenido chelate complexes Cp*ReCl₂(E₃) (E = S ( 3a ), Se ( 3b )) which, due to their functional chloro ligands, can be used as intermediates for further reactions. Upon hydrolysis in moist solvents or aminolysis with tert. butylamine 3a, b are converted into the tetrachalcogenido chelate complexes Cp*Re(O)(E₄) (E = S ( 4a ), Se ( 4b )) and Cp*Re(N^tBu)(E₄) (E = S ( 5a ), Se ( 5b )), respectively. X-Ray structure analyses were carried out for the three mononuclear cyclo-oligoselenido compounds 3b–5b . It appears that the size of the Se^2?_n chelate ring (n = 3 or 4) essentially depends on steric factors within the coordination sphere of rhenium.     

Halogenation of the Hexaphosphabenzene Complex [(Cp*Mo)2(μ,η6:η6-P6)]: Snapshots on the Reaction Progress

The oxidation of [(Cp*Mo)₂(μ,η⁶:η⁶-P₆)] ( 1 ) with halogens or halogen sources was investigated. The iodination afforded the ionic complexes [(Cp*Mo)₂(μ,η³:η³-P₃)(μ,η¹:η¹:η¹:η¹-P₃I₃)][X] (X=I₃⁻, I⁻) ( 2 ) and [(Cp*Mo)₂(μ,η⁴:η⁴-P₄)(μ-PI₂)][I₃] ( 3 ), while the reaction with PBr₅ led to the complexes [(Cp*Mo)₂(μ,η³:η³-P₃)(μ-Br)₂][Cp*MoBr₄] ( 4 ) [(Cp*MoBr)₂(μ,η³:η³-P₃)(μ,η¹-P₂Br₃)] ( 5 ) and [(Cp*Mo)₂(μ-PBr₂)(μ-PHBr)(μ-Br)₂] ( 6 ). The reaction of 1 with the far stronger oxidizing agent PCl₅ was followed via time- and temperature-dependent ³¹P{¹H} NMR spectroscopy. One of the first intermediates detected at 193 K was [(Cp*Mo)₂(μ,η³:η³-P₃)(μ-PCl₂)₂][PCl₆] ( 8 ) which rearranges upon warming to [(Cp*Mo)₂(μ-PCl₂)₂(μ-Cl)₂] ( 9 ), [(Cp*MoCl)₂(μ,η³:η³-P₃)(μ-PCl₂)] ( 10 ) and [(Cp*Mo)₂(μ,η⁴:η⁴-P₄)(μ-PCl₂)][Cp*MoCl₄] ( 11 ), which could be isolated at room temperature. All complexes were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, NMR spectroscopy and their electronic structures were elucidated by DFT calculations.     

Synthesis and characterization of electrochemiluminescent ruthenium(II) complexes containing o-phenanthroline and various alpha-diimine ligands

A series of o-phenanthroline-substituted ruthenium(II) complexes containing 2,2′-dipyridyl, 2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazole, 2-(2-pyridyl)-N-methylbenzimidazole, 4-carboxymethyl-4′-methyl-2,2′-dipyridyl, and/or 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-dipyridyl ligands were synthesized and examined as potent electrochemiluminescent (ECL) materials. The characteristics of these complexes, regarding their electrochemical redox potentials and relative ECL intensities for tripropylamine were studied. As found in a 2,2′-bipyridyl-substituted ruthenium(II) complexes, a good correlation between the observed ECL intensity and the donor ability of α-diimine ligands was observed, i.e., the ECL intensity of the Ru(II) complex decreased with an increase in the ligand donor ability. The ECL efficiency increased as the number of substitutions of o-phenanthroline (o-phen) to metal complexes increased.     

Polymerization with TMA-protected polar vinyl comonomers. II. Catalyzed by nickel complexes containing α-diimine-type ligands

α-Diimine Ni complexes (7, 8) were used as catalyst precursors with MAO in co- and terpolymerization of ethylene/propylene/α-olefins with OH and COOH functional groups. Trimethylaluminium was used to protect the functional group of polar monomers. The presence of 5-hexen-1-ol seems to have no effect on the polymerization rate at all for the N,N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl) derivative 8 but caused activity decreases of about fivefold in copolymerization and around two times in terpolymerization for the N,N-dimesityl derivative 7. The effect levels off at higher polar comonomer concentration. This system, (7)/MAO, also incorporates well both 10-undecen-1-ol and 10-undecen-1-oic acid. The activities obtained with these α-diimine Ni complexes in co- and terpolymerization are three to twenty times higher than those obtained with group 4 Cp based complexes especially at concentrations of polar monomer in the feed higher than 80 mM. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 2471–2480, 1999     

Electrochemical investigations of oligomers and polymers containing ruthenium- and iron-arene complexes

Cyclic voltammetry was employed to investigate the electrochemical behavior of numerous cyclopentadienyliron (CpFe⁺) and pentamethyl-cyclopentadienylruthenium (Cp*Ru⁺) coordinated oligomers and polymers. The electrochemical behavior of the iron systems indicated the cyclopentadienyliron complexes had isolated redox centers and that changes in the reversibility of the redox couple occurred with changes in solvent and temperature. In contrast, the monometallic ruthenium systems showed large peak separations that suggested slow kinetics on the CV timescale. The cyclic voltammograms of the larger ruthenium-containing oligomers and polymers showed multiple redox steps indicating complex electrochemical behavior.     

Triple-decker complexes with a central borole ligand C<Subscript>4</Subscript>H<Subscript>4</Subscript>BR

The review summarizes the results of the recent author’s research on the synthesis of triple-decker complexes with bridging borole ligand. Electrophilic stacking of sandwich compounds with [(ring)M] ⁿ⁺ (n = 1, (ring)M = (C₅R₅)Ru, (C₄Me₄)Co; n = 2, (ring)M = Cp*Co, Cp*Rh, etc.) cationic fragments were used as a general method of synthesis of the complexes. The influence of the substituent at the boron atom on the course of stacking reactions is discussed. The spectral, structural, and electrochemical properties of the complexes synthesized are also considered. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 1–7, January, 2008.