Reactions of alkynes with bis(triphenylphosphine)platinum-ethylene: A 31P-{1H} NMR study

Internally consistent assignments of the ³¹P-{¹H} NMR parameters of the complexes [Pt(RCCR′)(PPh₃)₂] are proposed, based on the premise that the magnitude of ¹J(PtP) depends mainly on the nature of the moiety CR trans to P. For a given R, ²J(PP) correlates with ¹J(PtP) for thebond trans to CR. The alkynes PhCCSnEt₃, PhCCSnPh₃, Me₃SiCCCl, Me₃SiCCBr, Et₃SiCCI and MeCCI undergo oxidative addition reactions with [Pt(C₂H₄)(PPh₃)₂]; the intermediate alkyne complex was detected for PhCCSnEt₃, Me₃SiCCCl and Me₃CCBr. The triyne Me(CC)₃Me forms platinum(0) complexes by coordination with the central or terminal CC bond and appears also to give a platinum(II) complex by oxidative addition.     

Reactions of diphosphineplatinum(II) oxalate complexes with phenylacetylene. Formation of phenylalkynylplatinum complexes

[Pt(C₂O₄)(dppe)] reacts thermally with PhCCH to produce [Pt(CCPh)₂(dppe)], which has been prepared by alternative routes. Similar treatment of [Pt(C₂O₄)(dppm)] initially produces [Pt(CCPh)₂(dppm)], which rearranges to give cis,cis-[Pt₂(CCPh)₄(μ-dppm)₂]. Reaction of [PtCl₂(dppm)] with PhCCH/KOH/18-crown-6, or with (PhCC)SnMe₃, gives [Pt(CCPh)₂(dppm)], which may be converted to the cis,cis-dimer by addition of oxalic acid. Ultraviolet irradiation or refluxing with a trace amount of dppm converts [Pt(CCPh)₂(dppm)] to trans,trans-[Pt₂(CCPh)₄(μ-dppm)₂], but the cis,cis-dimer is stable under these conditions. [Pt(C₂O₄)L₂] (L = PPh₃, PEt₃) complexes also react thermally with PhCCH to yield [Pt(CCPh)₂L₂] species.     

Quantification of Ion‐Pairing Effects on the Nucleophilic Reactivities of Benzoyl‐ and Phenyl‐Substituted Carbanions in Dimethylsulfoxide

Second‐order rate constants for the reactions of acceptor‐substituted phenacyl (PhCO?CH^??Acc) and benzyl anions (Ph?CH^??Acc) with diarylcarbenium ions and quinone methides (reference electrophiles) have been determined in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) solution at 20 °C. By studying the kinetics in the presence of variable concentrations of potassium, sodium and lithium salts (up to 10^?2 mol L^?1), the influence of ion‐pairing on the reaction rates was examined. As the concentration of K⁺ did not have any influence on the rate constants at carbanion concentrations in the range of 10^?4–10^?3 mol L^?1, the acquired rate constants could be assigned to the reactivities of the free carbanions. The counter ion effects increase, however, in the series K⁺<Na⁺<Li⁺, and the sensitivity of the carbanion reactivities toward variation of the counter ion strongly depends on the structure of the carbanions. The reactivity parameters N and s_N of the free carbanions were derived from the linear plots of log k₂ against the electrophilicity parameters E of the reference electrophiles, according to the linear‐free energy relationship log k₂(20 °C)=s_N(N+E). These reactivity parameters can be used to predict absolute rate constants for the reactions of these carbanions with other electrophiles of known E parameters.     

Reactions of tetracyanoethylene with transition-metal acetylides: synthesis and structure of Rh(CCPh) [η2-C2(CN)4] (NCMe)(PPh3)2

The title complex was obtained from the adduct of C₂(CN)₄ and Rh(CCPh)-(CO)(PPh₃)₂ by simple substitution of CO in refluxing acetonitrile. Crystals of the complex are orthorhombic, with a 10.058(2), b 20.008(4), c 21.594(5) Å, space group P2₁2₁2₁, Z  4. The rhodium has approximate trigonal bipyramidal coordination, with apical NCMe and C₂Ph ligands: RhC₂Ph, 1.939(18); RhC(olefinic), 2.151, 2.157(19); RhN, 2.051(16); RhP, 2.377, 2.397(6) Å.     

Role of base in palladium-catalyzed arylation of carbanions

The arylation reaction of carbanions, derived from certain sulfones, cyanoacetic ester and malononitrile, with aryl bromides (using the catalytic system of Pd₂dba₃/3L, L=PPh₃, PtBu₃) as well as the reaction of the carbanions with one equivalent of 4-CF₃C₆H₄ Pd(PPh₃)₂Br has been studied. These reactions proceed smoothly provided that the base stronger than the initial carbanion is present in the reaction mixture. In the absence of the above type of base the reactions do not proceed at all. Taking that into account we have proposed a novel mechanism of palladium-catalyzed arylation of CH-acids. The main feature of this mechanism is the accelaration of the reductive elimination due to the deprotonation of the intermediate ArPdL₂CHXY. The correlation between the carbanion reactivity and the pK_a values for related CH-acids as well as the ligand effect are discussed in the framework of the proposed mechanism.     

19F nmr spectra of mesomeric carbanions generated from polyfluorodiarylacetonitriles. The electronic effect of perfluoroalkyl groups

¹⁹F NMR spectra of 1,2- dimethoxyethane solutions of Na- and Li- salts of polyfluorinated carbanions [p - RC₆F₄$\text{C}$(CN)C₆F₄R′-p] Na⁺ (Li⁺) and of their neutral precursors p-RC₆F₄CH(CN)C₆F₄R′-p / R  F or CF₃ and R′= CF₃, CF₂CF₃, CF(CF₃)₂ and C(CF₃)₃/ have been studied. The values of changes in the chemical shifts of fluorine atoms in the ring and the side chain are practically the same when going from the precursor to carbanion with the perfluoroalkyl group being varied. This gave grounds to conclude that the electronic effect of the perfluoroalkyl groups is rather similar. The ¹⁹F NMR method has revealed no differences in the predominant mechanism of the negative charge distribution by these groups.     

On the stabilization of carbanions by adjacent phenyl,cyano, methoxy-carbonyl,and nitro groups in the gas phase

Institute of Mass Spectrometry, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands By using the method of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry, substituent stabilization energies of homologous series of cycloalkyl carbanions, Ξ-c-C_nH_2n?2 (n = 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) with π-accepting substituents (Ξ = Ph, CN, COOMe, NO₂) have been determined experimentally in the gas phase as the difference between the proton affinity of the substituted and corresponding unsubstituted (Ξ = H) cycloalkyl carbanions. The stabilization energy data have been analyzed in terms of Taft’s parametrization of polarizability, field/inductive, and resonance effects. The linear regression analyses show excellent correlations within the ΞCH₂ ^? Ξ-c-C_nH_2n?2 ^? (n = 4, 5, 6, 7), and Ξ-c-C₃H₄ ^? carbanion series, from which it appears that the contributions of polarizability effects are independent of the above type of carbanions and only depend on the nature of the substituent. Further, it follows that inductive stabilization is more effective in the substituted methyl, ΞCH₂ ^?, than in the substituted cycloalkyl, Ξ-c-C_nH_2n?2 ^? (n = 4, 5, 6, 7) carbanions. This result suggests that inductive stabilization is counteracted by the electron releasing effect of alkyl groups. Resonance stabilization is significantly more effective in the substituted cycloalkyl, Ξ-c-C_nH_2n?2 ^? (n = 4, 5, 6, 7), than in the substituted methyl, ΞCH₂ ^?, carbanions, which suggests that m contrast to inductive stabilization, resonance stabilization is assisted by the electron releasing effect of alkyl groups. Finally, it appears that substitutent stabilization in the geometrically restricted substituted cyclopropyl carbanions, Ξ-c-C₃H₄ ^?, is dramatically less effective than in the corresponding geometrically unrestricted larger substituted cycloalkyl carbanions, Ξ-c-C_nH_2n?2 ^? (n = 4, 5, 6, 7). The linear regression analyses of the substituted cycloalkyl carbanions indicate that reduction of the stabilization energy is caused not exclusively by a geometrically hindered resonance stabilization, but also to a smaller extent by a less efficient inductive stabilization in the substituted cyclopropyl carbanions.     

Interaction of xenon diflouride with organomercury compounds

XeF₂ is shown to react with organomercury compounds, R₂Hg (R = PhCC,p-MeOC₆H₄, p-Me₂NC₆H₄, p-EtO₂CC₆H₄ and PhCH₂), with cleavage of the CHg bond. The products of the reaction are the following: Xe, RHgF (or RHgF/HgF₂ mixture; for R = benzyl RHgF undergoes fast demercurization), RF (excluding R = PhCC), R₂, and the products of radical, R·, reactions with solvents (dry CCl₄ or CHCl₃).The ease of reaction, about which one can judge from the temperature of the beginning of Xe evolution (given in brackets in °C), was found to decrease in the following sequence: R = PhCH₂ (—45) p-Me₂NC₆H₄, (—40), PhCC (—5), p-MeOC₆H₄ (5), p-EtO₂CC₆H₄ (25). This sequence indicates XeF₂ to be an electron acceptor and R₂Hg an electron donor. It follows from the reaction mixture composition that the reaction goes via free radicals. The absence of fluorinated organomercury products in the reaction mixtures may be considered as evidence that XeF₂ reacts more easily with the CHg bond than with CH or CC bonds.XeF₂ reacts also with HgX₂ (X = Cl, Br, I) under mild conditions to give X₂, HgF₂, and Xe in quantitative yields.     

1H NMR and kinetics studies of the reaction of 4-methyl, 4-bromo and 3-trifluoromethyl benzyltriflones with aromatic nitro-compounds

Rate measurements are reported for the reactions in methanol of carbanions derived from benzyltriflones, 2a–c, with 4-nitrobenzofurazan derivatives, 4a and 4b, to give anionic σ-adducts. ¹H NMR studies in DMSO-d₆ of the reaction of benzyltriflones, 2, and 4-nitrobenzofurazan, 4a, in the presence of triethylamine are consistent with products formed by the elimination of trifluoromethyl sulfinic acid from σ-adducts initially formed by carbanion attack at the 5-position of 4a. Evidence for the high steric requirements of the benzyltriflone anions come from the low value of β; the slope of the linear plot of values of log k₅ versus pK_a.     

Studies on metal—acetylene complexes : VI. Crystal and molecular structure of [diethylbis(1-pyrazolyl)borato]methyl(1-phenylpropyne)-platinum(II), [(C2H5)2B(N2C3H3)2](CH3)Pt(C6H5CCCH3)

The crystal and molecular structure of [diethylbis(1-pyrazolyl)borato]methyl(1-phenylpropyne)platinum(II), ([(C₂H₅)₂B(N₂C₃H₃)₂](CH₃)Pt(C₆H₅CCCH₃)), has been determined by a single crystal X-ray diffraction study using diffractometer techniques. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c with a = 13.239(6), b = 11.077(5), c = 15.619)7) Å and β = 114.53(2)°. The observed density of 1.71(2) g cm^?3 agrees well with the calculated value, 1.687 g cm^?3, assuming four molecules in the cell. A conventional agreement factor of 0.036 was obtained by least-squares refinement on F using 3289 observations and 194 variables. The coordination about the platinum atom is square planar, if the acetylene is assumed to occupy one coordination site. The substituents of the acetylene are cis-bent away from the Pt atom, the methyl substituent by 17.7(1.0)°, and the phenyl substituent by 21.2(9)°. The coordinated triple bond length is 1.227(10) Å. These results indicate that the acetylene is moderately perturbed on coordination, consistent with the observation that Δν(CC) is 211 cm^?1. The conformation of the ring formed by the bidentate polypyrazolylborate ligand is that of a “shallow” boat. One of the methylene H atoms on the ethyl substituents on the polypyrazolylborate ligand when placed in an idealized position is 2.65 Å distant from the Pt atom.     

Use of the rotating disk electrode with ring for studying the products resulting from electroreduction of organomercury compounds

Conclusions The rotation disk (cathode) electrode with ring (anode) has been used to study the products resulting from reduction of (C₆F₅)₂Hg and (PhC=C)₂Hg in dimethoxyethane and acetonitrile. In dimethoxyethane, these processes led to one-electron ring oxidation of the C₆F₅ ^– and PhC=C^– anions, giving rise to one wave on the polarogram; in acetonitrile, this wave was accompanied by a second wave which arose through oxidation of products from carbanion-solvent interaction.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 760–766, April, 1979.     

Reactivity of olefin an acetylene complexes of platinum(0) towards tetrachloro-o-benzoquinone

Tetracloro-o-benzoquinone reacts with (diphenylacetylene)bis(tirphenylphosphine)platinum(0) to give the novel platinum(II) diphenylacetylene complex, Pt(C₆Cl₄O₂)PhCCPh)(PPh₃), (I), which reacts with hydrogen halides to give the compelexes cis-PtX₂(PhCCPh((PPh₃), (X = Cl or Br). Hydrogen chloride also readily removes the tetrachloro-o-benzoquinoneligand from the adducts Ni(C₆Cl₄O₂)(Ph₂PCH₂CH₂PPh₂) and M(C₆Cl₄O₂)(PPh₃)₂, (M = Pd or Pt) but it has no reaction upon Ir(Cl)(C₆Cl₄O₂)(CO)(PPh₃)₂ at room temperature. The acetylene in (1) is susceptible to nucleophilic attact and reaction with diethylamine gives the vinyl adduct Pt(C₆Cl₄O₂)(CPhCPh)NHEt₂)(PPh₃). Other reactions of (I) have also been studied. Attemps to prepare other olefin or acetylene complexes of platinum(II) by the action of tetrachlor-o-benzoquinone on the complexes Pt(L)(PPh₃)₂, (L = PhCCH,(Et)(Me)(HO)CCCC(OH)(Me)(Et), HOCH₂OH, CF₃CCCF₃, CF₂CF₂, CF₂CH₂ or trans-PhCHCHPh) are also described.     

The reaction of organotin compounds with derivatives of triarylmethane in CH2Cl2

The reaction of RSnMe₃ with the triarylmethyl salts Ph₃CBF₄, (C₆Cl₅)₃CSbCl₆ and (p-NO₂C₆H₄)₃CBr was studied. It was shown that the reaction of RSnMe₃ (R  CH₃, CH₂CHCH₂, C₁₃H₉ (9-fluorenyl), C₉H₇ (indenyl), PhCC and CN) with Ph₃CBF₄ is an electrophilic substitution process and that Ph₃CR is formed quantitatively. The reactions of PhSnMe₃ with Ph₃CBF₄ and RSnMe₃ (R  CH₃, CH₂CHCH₂, Ph and PhCC) with (C₆Cl₅)₃SbCl₆ are redox processes. (p-NO₂-C₆H₄)₃CBr only reacts with RSnMe₃ when R is a strong electron withdrawing group (R  9-fluorenyl, indenyl and cyclopentadienyl) and (p-NO₂C₆H₄)₃CR and (p-NO₂C₆H₄)₃C^. are formed. It is assumed that the reactions which give (p-NO₂C₆H₄)₃CR and (p-NO₂C₆H₄)₃C^. are independent.     

Hydrido- and hydroxo-cyanoalkyl complexes of platinium(II). Reactivity of the PtH and PtOH bonds towards nucleophiles and electrophiles

Reactions of the PtH and/or PtC bonds of the hydridocyanoalkyl complexes cis- or trans-PtH[(CH₂)_nCN]L₂ (n = 1, 3; L₂ = 2 PPh₃, Ph₂PCHCHPPh₂) are described, viz. reductive elimination induced by CO, PhCCPh, PEt₃, PPhMe₂, cis-Ph₂PCHCHPPh₂ to give Pt(CO)₂L₂, PtL₂(PhCCPh), PtL₂, PtL(PPhMe₂)₃, PtL₂(Ph₂PCHCHPPh₂) (L = PPh₃), respectively, and cleavages by acids, halogens and alkyl halides.The monomeric hydroxo complexes cis-Pt(OH)[(CH₂)_nCN]L₂ were shown to be intermediates in the synthesis of PtH[(CH₂)_nCN]L₂ from cationic cyanoalkyl complexes in alcoholic NaOH. Their characterisation and the reactions of the PtOH bond with activated methyl groups are reported.     

Diversification of ortho‐Fused Cycloocta‐2,5‐dien‐1‐one Cores and Eight‐ to Six‐Ring Conversion by σ Bond C−C Cleavage

Sequential treatment of 2‐C₆H₄Br(CHO) with LiC≡CR¹ (R¹=SiMe₃, tBu), nBuLi, CuBr?SMe₂ and HC≡CCHClR² [R²=Ph, 4‐CF₃Ph, 3‐CNPh, 4‐(MeO₂C)Ph] at ?50 °C leads to formation of an intermediate carbanion (Z)‐1,2‐C₆H₄{C_A(=O)C≡C_BR¹}{CH=CH(CH^?)R²} ( 4 ). Low temperatures (?50 °C) favour attack at C_B leading to kinetic formation of 6,8‐bicycles containing non‐classical C‐carbanion enolates ( 5 ). Higher temperatures (?10 °C to ambient) and electron‐deficient R² favour retro σ‐bond C?C cleavage regenerating 4 , which subsequently closes on C_A providing 6,6‐bicyclic alkoxides ( 6 ). Computational modelling (CBS‐QB3) indicated that both pathways are viable and of similar energies. Reaction of 6 with H⁺ gave 1,2‐dihydronaphthalen‐1‐ols, or under dehydrating conditions, 2‐aryl‐1‐alkynylnaphthlenes. Enolates 5 react in situ with: H₂O, D₂O, I₂, allylbromide, S₂Me₂, CO₂ and lead to the expected C ‐E derivatives (E=H, D, I, allyl, SMe, CO₂H) in 49–64 % yield directly from intermediate 5 . The parents (E=H; R¹=SiMe₃, tBu; R²=Ph) are versatile starting materials for NaBH₄ and Grignard C=O additions, desilylation (when R¹=SiMe) and oxime formation. The latter allows formation of 6,9‐bicyclics via Beckmann rearrangement. The 6,8‐ring iodides are suitable Suzuki precursors for Pd‐catalysed C?C coupling (81–87 %), whereas the carboxylic acids readily form amides under T3P® conditions (71–95 %).     

Preparation of cis-bis-acetylene-bis(pentafluorophenyl)-palladium(II) and -platinum(II) complexes,crystal structure of cis-[Pt(C6F5)2 (PhCCPh)2]

Treatment of cis-[M(C₆F₅)₂(THF)₂] (M = Pd, Pt; THF = tetrahydrofuran) with PhCCPh has given the novel bis-acetylene-palladium(II) and -platinum(II) complexes cis-[M(C₆F₅)₂(PhCCPh)₂]; these are stable even though there seems to be no significant π-back bonding according to the X-ray structure of the platinum complex.     

Cationic arenechromium-nitrosyls and -hydrides

Complexes Cr(CO)₂L(C₆Me_6-nH_n), n = 0-3, L = CO and PPh₃, react with NOPF₆ in methanol/toluene to give [Cr(CO)L(NO)(C₆Me_6-nH_n)] PF₆, n = 0-3, L = CO; n = 0, L = PPh₃, and these react with nucleophiles (X^-) to give cyclohexadienyl derivatives Cr(CO)₂(NO)(C₆Me_6-nH_nX); the compounds Cr(CO)₂(PhCCPh)(C₆Me_6-nH_n) react with NOPF₆ to yield [Cr(H)(CO)₂(PhCCPh)(C₆Me_6-nH_n)] PF₆, n = 0 and 1.     

Molecular structures of two unexpected metal complexes obtained from additions of coordinated phosphines to acetylenes

The syntheses and structures of two new compounds are reported. The first compound, [Cr(CO)₄]₂[C₄F₂(PPh₂)₄], obtained from Cr(CO)₄(PPh₂H)₂ and CF₃CCF₃ in the presence of one equivalent of BuLi has a structure with the ligand 1,2,3,4-tetrakis(diphenylphosphino)-1,4-difluorobutadiene chelating to two Cr(CO)₄ groups via the 1,4 and 2,3 phosphine groups. A mechanism for the formation of this compound is suggested which involves sequential deprotonation of a phosphine, nucleophilic attack on the fluorocarbon, and fluoride ion elimination. The second compound, CrC₃₆H₂₈P₂O₇, arises from a similar base promoted reaction of Cr(CO)₄-(PPhH₂)₂ and PhCCCOOEt. Here the expected initial product from cyclization of these reactants acts as a nucleophile to attack a second equivalent of the acetylene. The intermediate carbanion from this reaction can undergo a ring closure by displacement of OEt^-, giving the observed product.     

On the reaction of metallated acetylenes and allenes with carbon disulfide. Influence of the alkali metal counter-ion and the substituents in the acetylene and allene on the course of the reaction

Addition at low temperatures of carbon disulfide to a solution of the lithium compound

(R¹ = CH₃, C₃H₇, Ph, OCH₃, SCH₃) results in the initial formation of an allenic carbodithioate H₂CCC(R¹)CSSLi, while for R¹ = t-C₄H₉ or SiMe₃ acetylenic carbodithioates R¹CCCH₂CSSLi are formed. The initial products undergo very rapid subsequent reactions. For R¹ = CH₃ or C₃H₇ the lithium compound adds (in the allenic form) in a conjugated fashion to the CCCS system of the allenic carbodithioate. The acetylenic dithioates are deprotonated to give the geminal dithiolates R¹CCCHC(SLi)₂. For R¹ = Ph, OCH₃ or SCH₃, subsequent deprotonation at the terminal carbon atom of the initial allenic dithioate gives enyne dithiolates HCCC(R¹)C(SCH₃)₂; this reaction proceeds more satisfactorily with the potassium compounds.     

The linear relationship between the one-bond spin—spin coupling constants 1JCC and the product of the electronegativities Ex·Ey of substituents at the CC triple bond

The linear equation connecting the one-bond spin–spin coupling constants between carbon nuclei, J_CC, and the product of the electronegativities of substituents at the CC triple bond is derived using a large number of data for variously substituted acetylenes. The equation ¹J_CC = 23.23 E_x·E_y + 15.45 provides a means for estimation of unknown ¹J_CCs and for calculation (and/or verification) of electronegativities of substituents. The equation allows one to estimate a total range of about 350 Hz for ¹J_CCs. The smallest value (30 Hz) is predicted for dicaesium acetylide, Cs₂C₂, and the largest one for difluoroacetylene, F₂C₂ (383 Hz). The electronegativities of tin and lead, which constituted a subject of long-lasting controversy in the literature, calculated using the equation are equal to 1.74 and 1.64, respectively.