The highly regiospecific synthesis and crystal structure determination of 1,1′-2,5′ substituted ring-locked ferrocenes |
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Authors: | Arthur Connell Peter J Holliman Louise Male Peter N Horton William Clegg |
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Institution: | a School of Chemistry, Bangor University, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK b EPSRC National Crystallography Service, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK c School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK |
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Abstract: | 1,1′-Ferrocene biscarboxaldehyde (1) has been prepared and the aldehyde groups were subsequently protected with acetal groups to produce 1,1′-bisacetalferrocene (2). A ring-locked ferrocene was synthesised by further derivatisation of the cyclopentadiene rings at the 2,2′ positions with phosphine substituents to produce 2,2′-bis-(acetal)-1,1′-diphenylphosphinoferrocene (3), which was subsequently coordinated to either a nickel chloride (5) or nickel bromide (6) metal centre. The ring-locked ferrocene complexes produced 2,5′-bis-(acetal)-1,1′-diphenylphosphinoferrocene substitution patterns. The acetal protecting groups of 2,2′-bis-(acetal)-1,1′-diphenylphosphinoferrocene were removed to produce 1,1′-bis-carboxaldehyde-2,2′-diphenylphosphinoferrocene (4). The Cp rings of 1,1′-bisacetalferrocene were also further derivatised at the 2,2′ positions with a silane to produce the ring-locked 1,1′-siloxane-2,5′-bisacetalferrocenophane (7). The acetal protecting groups were removed from this to produce 1,1′-siloxane-2,5′-ferrocenophanecarboxaldehyde (8). For both the phosphine and siloxane electrophiles, the substitution on the Cp rings gives chiral products (obtained as racemic mixtures). Due to the highly regioselective nature of the reaction and diastereoselectivity in the products only C2-symmetric compounds were observed without the presence of meso diastereoisomers. Subsequent ring-locking forced the Cp rings to rotate, leading to 1,1′-ring-locked ferrocenes with 2,5′-arrangement of the acetal groups (i.e. on opposite faces of the ferrocene unit). |
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Keywords: | 1 1&prime 2 5&prime -Ferrocene derivatives Ortholithiation Ferroceneophane Ring-locked Regiospecific Chiral |
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