Novel thermal reaction of Fischer carbene complexes with imines: synthesis of beta-methoxy allylic amine derivatives

[formula: see text] Alkyl-substituted chromium Fischer carbene complexes were found to react with various N-tosylimines to give beta-methoxy allylic amine derivatives under thermal conditions. This result is essentially distinct from the photochemical outcome in which beta-lactam derivatives are obtained.     

Improved approaches and structures of new ferrocenyl carbene complexes of chromium, tungsten, and molybdenum

Ferrocenyllithium reacts with M(CO)₆ (M = Cr, W, Mo) in THF to give, after alkylation at oxygen, the corresponding carbene complexes 3a-c in good yield. Complexes 3a,b were characterized by X-ray analysis. These complexes react with pentylamine to give the corresponding aminocarbene complexes 7a-c and with allylamine to give, in the case of chromium and tungsten, the corresponding and expected aminonocarbene complexes 8a,b, and for molybdenum, complex 9c in which the double bond is already coordinated to the metal. 8a,b could be converted in 9a,b in excellent yield. The structure of 9a could be confirmed by an X-ray analysis. Alkylations at nitrogen could be carried on complex 9c as well as on complexes 9a,b.     

Synthesis and catalytic properties of polynuclear molybdenum silicon-containing carbene complexes

The molybdenum silicon-containing carbene complexes PhMe₂Si—CH=Mo(NAr)(OR)₂ (1), Ph₂Si[CH=Mo(NAr)(OR)₂]₂ (2), and (RO)₂(ArN)Mo=CH—(SiMe₂)₂—CH=Mo(NAr)(OR)₂ (Ar = 2,6-Prⁱ ₂C₆H₃; R = CMe₂CF₃) were synthesized by the reaction of the R′— CH=Mo(NAr)(OR)₂ compounds (R′ = Bu^t or PhMe₂C) with silicon-containing vinyl reagents. The structures of complexes 1 and 2 and the known PhMe₂C—CH=Mo(NAr)(OCMe₂CF₃)₂ compound were established by X-ray diffraction. The catalytic properties of the silicon-containing carbene complexes in homometathesis of hex-1-ene and metathesis polymerization of cyclooctene were studied. The catalytic activity of these complexes and the stereoregularity of the resulting polyoctenamers substantially depend on the nature of the substituent at the carbene carbon atom. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 247–252, February, 2007.     

Synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds using chromium Fischer carbene complexes

Synthetic utility of the Fischer-type carbene complexes of chromium for the preparation of nitrogen-containing compounds is demonstrated. Alkoxy carbene complexes reacted with imines to give (optically active) 3-pyrrolines and beta-methoxy allylic amine derivatives in good yields. The amino carbene complexes reacted with alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes to give substituted pyrroles in good yields.     

Synthesis of indenes from alkynes and phenyl amino chromium carbene complexes

Reactions of phenyl morpholino or pyrrolidino chromium carbene complexes with alkynes in DMF at 120–125°C resulted in exclusive formation of the indene derivatives.     

含烯烃配体的过渡金属配合物的研究IV: 钼和铬的环庚三烯二羰基[乙氧基(芳基)卡宾]配合物的合成和晶体结构

选择了含奇数碳的环状共轭三烯配体的环庚三烯三羰基钼和铬,在低温下与芳基锂反应,并用Et3OBF4烷基化,得到组成为H8(CO)2MoC(OC2H5)Ar的四个化合物与一个黑色结晶:C7H8(CO)2Cr(OC2H5)H4CF3-P.用元素分析、光谱分析、X射线晶体结构测定研究了它们的结构.     

Synthesis of pyrroles: reaction of chromium N-alkylaminocarbene complexes with alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes

N-alkylaminocarbene complexes of chromium were found to react with alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes to give pyrroles in good yields.     

Synthesis and characterization of new paramagnetic tetraaryl derivatives of chromium and molybdenum

The low-temperature reaction of [CrCl₃(thf)₃] with LiC₆H₃Cl₂-2,6 yields the organochromium(III) compound [Li(thf)₄][Cr^III(C₆H₃Cl₂-2,6)₄] (1) in 48% yield. The homoleptic, anionic species [Cr^III(C₆H₃Cl₂-2,6)₄]⁻ is electrochemically related to the neutral one [Cr^IV(C₆H₃Cl₂-2,6)₄] (2) through a reversible one-electron exchange process (E_1/2 = 0.16 V, ΔE_p = 0.09 V, i_pa/i_pc = 1.18). Compound 2 was isolated in 74% yield by chemical oxidation of 1 with [N(C₆H₄Br-4)₃][SbCl₆]. Attempts to prepare the salt [NBu₄][Cr^III(C₆Cl₅)₄] (4) by direct arylation of [CrCl₃(thf)₃] with LiC₆Cl₅ in the presence of [NBu₄]Br gave the organochromium(II) salt [NBu₄]₂[Cr^II(C₆Cl₅)₄] (3) instead, as the result of a reduction process. The salt [NBu₄][Cr^III(C₆Cl₅)₄] (4) was cleanly prepared by comproportionation of 3 and [Cr^IV(C₆Cl₅)₄]. The reaction of [MoCl₄(dme)] with LiC₆Cl₅ in Et₂O solution proceeded with oxidation of the metal center to give the paramagnetic (S = 1/2), five-coordinate salt [Li(thf)₄][Mo^VO(C₆Cl₅)₄] (5). The crystal and molecular structures of 1 and 2 have been established by X-ray diffraction methods. The magnetic properties of 1 and 4 (S = 3/2) as well as those of 2 (S = 1) have been established by EPR spectroscopy as well as by ac and dc magnetization measurements.     

Synthesis of chromium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes using chromium Fischer carbenes as a source of chromium carbonyls

Chromium Fischer carbene complexes, [Cr{OMe(R)}(CO)₅] have been utilized as a source of chromium carbonyls in the synthesis of chromium NHC complexes. Using the synthetic method, chromium complexes of various NHC ligands were isolated in reasonable yields. Moreover, the method can be employed for the synthesis of molybdenum and tungsten NHC compounds.     

Reactivity of carbyne and carbene complexes of molybdenum and tungsten

Summary The interconversion of carbyne, carbyne and hydride complexes derived from protonations oftrans-[M(CNMe)₂(dppe)₂](M = Mo or W) has been studied. The initial site of protonation is shown to be the isonitrile nitrogen and all protonations proceed through the common carbyne intermediatetrans-[M(CNHMe)(CNMe)(dppe)2]⁺. The CNHMe group in traps-[M(CNHMe)₂(dppe)₂]²⁺ is shown to be susceptible to electrophilic attack at N and nucleophilic attack at ligating C, the new complexestrans-[W(CNH2Me)(CNHMe)(dppe)₂](BF₄)₃ andtrans-[Mo(CHNHMe)(CNHMe)(dppe)2]BF4 being formed, respectively.     

Synthesis of highly substituted benzene ring systems through three-component coupling of enyne imines,Fischer carbene complexes,and electron-deficient alkynes

Three-component coupling of Fischer carbene complexes, enyne aldehyde hydrazones, and electron-deficient alkynes leads to simple benzoate derivatives in a process involving the formation of an N-aminopyrrole derivative, Diels-Alder reaction, and nitrene extrusion. The products are readily converted into isoquinolones through reaction with primary amines. The reaction proceeds best with highly substituted and electron-rich pyrroles even though these are the sterically least favorable substrates, and this reactivity trend is supported by a computational study.     

Organocatalytic enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of pyrrole derivatives with imines

A highly enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of pyrrole derivatives with N-acyl imines catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids was developed. The reactions produced the pyrrole derivatives in high yields and enantioselectivity.     

N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of Rh: reaction with dioxygen without oxidation

The reaction of oxygen with rhodium complexes containing N-heterocyclic carbenes was found to give dioxygen complexes with rare square planar geometries and unusually short O-O bond lengths. Analysis of the bonding in these complexes by Rh L-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), Raman spectroscopy, and DFT calculations provides evidence for a bonding model in which singlet oxygen is bound to a Rh(I) d8 metal complex, rather than the more common Rh(III) d6 peroxo species with octahedral geometry and O-O bond lengths in the 1.4-1.5 A range.     

Reactions of aryl chromium carbene complexes with alkoxalkyne: O-Quinonemethide formation and unusual diels-alder dimerization

Reactions of a pyrrole- and a phenyl-carbene chromium complexes with 3-alkoxy-1-ethoxy-1-butyne produced dimers through o-quinone-methide formation from the alkyne-carbene cycloaddition products and subsequent Diels-Alder dimerization.     

The Ugi reaction with 2-substituted cyclic imines. Synthesis of substituted proline and homoproline derivatives

The Ugi three-component reaction with 2-substituted five-, six-, and seven-membered cyclic imines was investigated. The reaction opens a new route to substituted proline and homoproline derivatives. It was shown that the method is efficient for the one-step preparation of seminatural dipeptides containing natural amino acid residues, and fragments of substituted proline or pipecolinic acid. The scope and limitation of the approach are discussed.     

Reactions of transiently formed nitrilium phosphanylide chromium,molybdenum, and tungsten complexes with heterocumulenes

Thermal decomposition of the 2H‐azaphosphirene metal complexes 1a–c in the presence of 1‐piperidinecarbonitrile and heterocumulene derivatives 3, 4 , and 5 yielded the Δ³‐1,3,2‐oxazaphospholene complexes 6c and the Δ³‐1,3,2‐thiazaphospholene complexes 7a–c as isolable products; the latter represent the first complexes of this ring system. It is remarkable that these trapping reactions of the nitrilium phosphanylide complexes 2a–c , which were formed as reactive intermediates, proceeded with high regio‐ and substrate selectivities. The complexes were isolated by column chromatography and characterized by elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 13:72–76, 2002; DOI 10.1002/hc.1108     

The electrochemical reduction of arylmethoxycarbene complexes of chromium,molybdenum and tungsten

The reduction of a series of (arylmethoxycarbene)pentacarbonyltunsten(0) compounds was studied by cyclic voltammetry and a dependence of E_{$\text{1}\text{2}$} of the quasi-reversible voltammogram on the conformation of the aryl ring of the carbene complex was observed.     

Coupling of propargylsilanes with Fischer carbene chromium complexes: a new synthesis of conjugated dienes

The reaction of propargylsilanes with Fischer carbene complexes has been examined. If the silane-containing carbon is secondary the predominant pathway involves formation of conjugated dienes through a 1,2-silicon shift process of the initially formed vinylcarbene complex intermediate. If a primary propargylsilane is employed, the silicon does not shift and normal alkyne-Fischer carbene coupling processes are observed. The process is moderately stereoselective, resulting in the E enol ether and Z alkenylsilane.