α-Metallated vinyl carbanionoids: III. Reactions of α-triorganostannylvinyllithiums with group IVB organometallic halides: Formation of α-trimethylplumbylvinyllithiums

Reactions of α-stannylvinyllithiums RR′CC(Li)SnMe₃ with halides Me₃MCl (M = Si, Ge, Pb) give the corresponding mixed bis(trimethylmetal)alkenes RR′CC(SnMe₃)₃. With two equivalents of methyllithium and trimethyllead chloride, RR′CC(SnMe₃)₂ can be converted to RR′CC(PbMe₃)₂. The latter, as well as RR′CC(SnMe₃)PbMe₃, undergoes transmetallation with methyllithium to give α-plumbylvinyllithiums RR′CC(Li)PbMe₃ which are more stable and apparently less basic than the corresponding α-stannyl anions.Multinuclear NMR data for the anionic species are presented and discussed.     

Action des perfluoroalkylcuivre(I) sur les perfluoroalkylethylenes

A series of new polyfluorinated dienes 3, containing the novel -CFCHCHCF-, pattern has been synthesized (50–70% yields) by reacting perfluoroalkyl iodides with perfluoroalkyl-ethylenes in the presence of copper. The monoalkenes R_fCFCHCH₂CF₂R′_f and the saturated compounds R_fCF₂CH₂CH₂CF₂R′_f were obtained by varying the experimental conditions. The ¹H and ¹⁹F NMR spectra are analysed and the reaction mechanism is discussed.     

Alkylcopper-and alkylsilver-induced substitution in enynyl oxiranes. Novel route to butatrienyl carbinols

The enynyl oxiranes

(I) react with alkylsilver compounds to form butatrienyl carbinols RCH₂C(Me)CCC(R′)CR″₂OH (IV,V). Alkylcopper reagents, on the other hand, preferentially convert I into allenyl carbinols H₂CC(Me)C(R)CC(R′)CR″₂OH (III)     

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.     

Preparation of η2-acetylene- and η1-vinylidene-manganese complexes from p-diethynylbenzene and cymantrene. X-ray crystal and molecular structure of Cp(OC)2MnCCHC6H4CBrCH2

Cp(OC)₂Mn(THF) reacts with p-diethynylbenzene (Deb), yielding Cp(OC)₂Mn(Deb) (I) and [Cp(OC)₂Mn]₂(Deb) (II) with the η²-acetylene coordination of Deb (to both Mn atoms in II). Under the action of PhLi, I and II are isomerized into Cp(OC)₂MnCCHC₆H₄CCH (III) and [Cp(OC)₂MnCCH]₂C₆H₄ (VI). Treatment of I with PhLi, LiBr and an excess of HCl in ether, as well as direct interaction of III with LiBr and HCl/Et₂O, gives Cp(OC)₂MnCCHC₆H₄CBrCH₂ (IV), which has been characterized by an X-ray single-crystal diffraction study. III adds PPh₃, yielding a zwitterionic complex, Cp(OC)₂Mn⁻C(P⁺Ph₃)CHC₆H₄CCH (V).     

Extension de la reaction de Wittig: Condensation “d'ylures enolates” sur les cetones aliphatiques

The enolate ylide Ph₃P⁺C^?C(Ph)O^?Li₊ obtained by the reaction of HMPT-Li with the benzoylmethylenetriphenylphosphorane Ph₃PCHCOPh reacts with aliphatic ketones, in contrast to its precursor. This condensation makes it possible to prepare β,γ-unsaturated ketones, of type RCHC(R′)CH₂COPh, instead of the α,β isomer usually obtained in a Wittig reaction.     

Reactivity of perfluoroalkenylmagnesium halides : Application to the synthesis of new α-β unsaturated polyfluorinated alcohols and organometallic compounds

The reactivity of perfluoroalkenylmagnesium bromides R_FCFCFMgBr (R_FC₄F₉, C₆F₁₃), obtained from the corresponding l-bromo-perfluoroalkenes, has been investigated.These Grignard reagents react with carbonyl compounds to give, with good yields, a series of new α-β unsaturated polyfluorinated alcohols R_FCFCFC(OH)RR′ (1). The synthesis and spectrographic characteristics of these compounds are reported and discussed.Perfluoroalkenyl mercuric and tin derivatives are obtained from the reaction of the perfluorinated Grignard reagents with mercuric salts and organotin halides respectively :

Spectroscopic identification and some chemical properties of these new perfluorinated organometallic compounds are given.The good reactivity of these unsaturated derivatives towards protic acids and electrophiles, leading to the cleavage of the perfluoroalkenyl group, is used to study the possibilities of transmetallation reactions.Somes examples of these reactions are reported.     

Isomerization of azomethine- and azo-compounds and their protonated species

Barriers of rotation and inversion, respectively, have been calculated for the species H₂CNH (I), H₂CNCH₃ (II), NHNH (III), NHNCH₃ (IV) and their protonated species. For any unprotonated molecule the barrier of inversion is consistently lower than the barrier of rotation. Tile inversion barriers are: 27.8 (I), 23.8 (II), 51.9 (III) and 46.1 (IV) kcal/mole. In the case of azomethine species, protonation results in an increased rotational barrier (from 50.8 to 74.7 kcal/mole for II). In the case of azo species barriers of inversion are lowered on protonation (from 51.9 to 30.1 for II and from 46.1 to 24.4 kcal/mole for IV). All barriers are given with reference to the trans-isomer (azo). Proton affinities for the azomethine species are higher than those of the corresponding azo species (223.3 for 1, 199.9 kcal/mole for II).     

Heterocyclic and acyclic derivatives of F-N-isopropylacetimidoyl chloride

$\text{F}$-N-Isopropylacetimidoyl chloride, CF₃CClNCF(CF₃)₂, has been used as a precursor for a variety of heterocyclic and acyclic compounds. Reaction with azide ion yields a mixture of the imidoyl azide, CF₃(N₃)CNCF(CF₃)₂, and the 1,5-tetrazole, CF₃$\text{CNNN}$CF(CF₃)₂. Hexafluoropropylideniminolithium produces as a minor product the conjugated diimine, (CF₃)₂CNC(CF₃)NCF(CF₃)₂, from nucleophilic attack at the imidoyl chlorine and as a major product the triimine, (CF₃)₂CNC(CF₃)NC(CF₃)₂NC(CF₃)₂, from further attack at the isopropyl fluorine. A thio-amide, CF₃C(S)NHCH(CF₃)₂, and a Δ³-1,2,4-dithiazoline, $\text{SSC(CF}{}_3\text{)NC}$(CF₃)₂, are produced upon reaction of hyrogen sulfide with the imidoyl chloride. Pathways are proposed for each of the reactions.     

Halomethyl-metal compounds : LIX. An Improved preparation of phenyl(fluorodichloromethyl)mercury,a useful fluorochlorocarbene precursor

An improved procedure for the preparation of phenyl(fluorodichloromethyl)mercury involving the reaction of phenylmercuric chloride with sodium methoxide and fluorodichloromethane in THF/methanol at ?40° is described. This procedure gives PhHgCCl₂F in high yield and generally of about 85% purity. Reactions of the PhHgCCl₂F thus prepared with olefins [cyclohexene, cyclooctene, allyltrimethylsilane, vinyltriethylsilane, Me₂CCHCl, Me₂CC(Br)Me, CH₂C(Me)CH₂Cl and norbornene] gave the expected cyclopropanes in high yield. This mercury reagent added CClF to the CN bond of PhNCCl₂, giving 1-phenyl-2-fluoro-2,3,3-trichloroaziridine and to the CS bond of thiobenzophenone. The thiirane formed was, however, unstable to the reaction and work-up conditions and only its desulfurization product, Ph₂CCClF, could be isolated. Fluorochlorocarbene transfer from this mercurial also could be induced by the action of sodium iodide in DME. Evidence is presented which shows that PhHgCCl₂F is more reactive in CClF transfer than indicated in a previous report.     

Alkylsilver(I) induced 1,5-substitution in functionally conjugated enynes. a novel route to cumulated trienes

Functionally conjugated enynes, H₂CC(R¹)CCCR²R₃OS(O)Me, undergo 1,5-substitution with alkylsilver(I) reagents, RAGG ☆ 3 LiBr. The purity of the produced alkylated butatrienes, RCH₂C(R¹)CCCR²R³ depends on the nature of R in RAg ☆ 3 LiBr and on the substituents R¹, R² and R³ in the substrate.     

α-Metallated vinyl carbanionoids: II. Preparation and stability of vinyllithiums containing triorganostannyl groups on the α-carbon atom

The influence of intramolecular coordination and solvent effects on the formation and stability of α-stannylvinyllithium reagents RR′CC(Li)SnMe₃ (R′ = H, alkyl, aryl) has been investigated; intramolecular coordination via a 5-membered ring is particularly effective. Mechanisms for the isomerisation and thermal decomposition of RR′CC(Li)SnMe₃ are discussed, and multinuclear NMR data (¹¹⁹Sn, ¹³C and ¹H) for these species are presented.     

The addition of small molecules to (η-C5H5)2Rh2(CO)(CF3C2CF3): IV. The sunlight assisted making and breaking of alkene CH bonds on the dirhodium centre; the crystal and molecular structures of (η-C5H5)2Rh2(CHCHCN){C(CF3)CF3)H} · H2O and (η-C5H5)2Rh2(CHCF2){C(CF3)C(CF3)H}

Bis-alkenyl complexes of the type (η-C₅H₅)₂RH₂(alkene − H)(alkyne + H) are obtained when the alkyne complex (η-C₅H₅)₂Rh₂(CO)(CF₃C₂CF₃) is treated with the following alkenes: H₂CCH₂, H₂CCHR (R = Me, Bu^t, Ph, CN), H₂CCF₂, RHCCHR′ (R = R′ = Me, Ph, Cl; R = Me, R′ = Et), cyclooctene and norbornene. An approximately equimolar amount of (η-C₅H₅)₂Rh₂(CO)₂(CF₃C₂CF₃) is also formed. The reactions are greatly accelerated when the reaction mixtures are exposed to sunlight. There is some regioselectivity in the reactions with H₂CCHR and MeHCCHet, with a preference for CH bond cleavage at the least crowded alkene-carbon. When the reaction with acrylonitrile is performed in the absence of sunlight, the complex (η-C₅H₅)₂(CO){(H₂CCHCN)(CF₃C₂CF₃)} can be isolated; upon exposure to sunlight, there is loss of CO and H-transfer to form two isomers of the appropriate bis-alkenyl complex.The molecular geometries of (η-C₅H₅)₂Rh₂(CHCHCN){C(CF₃)C(CF₃)H} and (η-C₅H₅)₂Rh₂(CHCF₂){C(CF₃)C(CF₃)H} have been ascertained by X-ray structure determination. Each molecule has two bridging alkenyl units spanning a RhRh single bond; the dihedral angle between the two RhRhCC planes is just above 90°. There is a cyclopentadienyl ring η⁵-attached to each metal. Crystal data: C₁₇H₁₃F₆NRh₂·H₂O, M 569.1, monoclinic, P2₁/n, a 15.014(7), b 14.882(7), c 8.590(5) Å, β 94.57(9)°, Z = 4, final R 0.056 for 2493 observed reflections; C₁₆H₁₂F₈Rh₂, M 562.1, monoclinic, P2₁/c, a 13.037(6), b 8.765(2), c 14.873(3) Å, β 103.16(3)°, Z = 4, final R 0.062 for 1820 observed reflections.     

Phase behavior of Li2WO4 at high pressures and temperatures

The phase diagram of Li₂WO₄, previously studied by Yamaoka et al. (J. Solid State Chem.6, 280 (1973)) has been revised. Li₂WO₄ II is stable at atmospheric pressure below ～310°C. This phase appears to be a modified spinel, and is tetragonal, a, c = 11.941, 8.409Å, Z = 16, space group $\text{I4}{}_1\text{amd}$. The melting curve of phenacite-type Li₂WO₄ I rises with pressure with a slope of 0.9°C/kbar to the III/I/liquid triple point at 3.1 kbar, 743°C, beyond which the melting curve of orthorhombic Li₂WO₄ III rises steeply with pressure (initial slope 31°C/kbar). The Li₂WO₄$\text{I}\text{III}$ transition line at 3 kbar is almost independent of temperature, i.e., the $\text{I}\text{III}$ transition entropy is zero. Li₂WO₄ II is 21.3% denser than Li₂WO₄ I at ambient conditions.     

Reactions of group IV organometallic compounds : XXIX. Insertion reactions of (trimethylsilylmethylene)phosphorane with heterocumulenes. Inhibition of Wittig type reactions

A reaction of (trimethylsilylmethylene)dimethylphenylphosphorane, PhMe₂PCHSiMe₃ (I), with phenyl isocyanate affords a 2/1 insertion product, which results from insertion of phenyl isocyanate into both the CSi and CH bonds of I. By way of contrast, a reaction of isothiocyanate and carbon disulfide with I affords 1/1 products by insertion of these heterocumulenes into the CSi bond of I. In these reactions, Wittig-type elimination of dimethylphenylphosphine oxide or sulfide did not occur because of irreversible migrations of the trimethylsilyl group to the anionic centers of the Zwitterionic intermediates.     

Reactions of pentafluorosulfanyliminodihalosulfanes,SF5NSX2, with nucleophiles. Preparation and characterization of pentafluorosulfanylsulfinylamine,SF5NSO.

Reactions of SF₅NSF₂ with sodium alkoxides and aryloxides have produced both the mono- and disubstituted derivatives SF₅NS(F)OR and SF₅NS(OR)₂, where RCH₃, CH₂CHCH₂, C₆H₅, p-C₆H₄NO₂, p-C₆H₄Br, p-C₆H₄CN. The reaction of SF₅NSCl₂ with AgNCO produced SF₅NS(NCO)₂. This diisocyanate can also be prepared from the reaction of SF₅NSCl₂ with KOCN in liquid SO₂. The proposed intermediate, SF₅NSO, in the hydrolysis of SF₅NSF₂ was prepared from the low temperature reaction of SF₅NSCl₂ and Ag₂O in C₆H₅NO₂. The new pentafluorosulfanyl derivatives were characterized by IR, ¹H and ¹⁹F NMR, mass spectrometry and where possible ¹³C NMR and elemental analysis.     

Ternäre Hydroxide. I. Synthese,Struktur und Eigenschaften von Li2[Sn(OH)6] · 2 H2O

Ternary Hydroxides. I. Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Li₂[Sn(OH)₆] · 2 H₂O Colourless crystals of Li₂[Sn(OH)₆] · 2 H₂O were synthesized by reaction of SnCl₄ with LiOH in aqueous solution. The crystal structure was determined from single crystal data. Li₂[Sn(OH)₆] · 2 H₂O: monoclinic, P2₁/n (Nr. 14), a = 502.3(1), b = 692.3(1), c = 1020.2(3) pm, β = 99.78(1)°, V = 349.6(2) · 10⁶ pm³, Z = 2, R/Rw = 0.0192/0.0472, N(I) > 2σ(I) = 1527, N(Par.) = 54. Within the crystal structure only slightly distorted octahedrally [Sn(OH)₆]^2? ions are bonded via hydrogen bonds with water molecules forming layers, which themselve are linked by tetrahedrally coordinated Li ions; the structure is in accordance with the IR-data and the results of the ¹¹⁹Sn solid state NMR-spectroscopy; the hydrat water is eliminated at 117.1°C, the condensation reaction – forming the ternary oxide – takes place at 257.7°C.     

Studies on vinyl isocyanides

The vinyl Isocyanides 2,4,6-(CH₃)₃C₆H₂CHCHNC and (CH₃)₃CCHCHNC and the new 1,3-dienyl isocyanide CH₃CHCH(CH₃)-CHCHNC have been prepared from the corresponding aldehydes and methyl isocyanide using a method first developed by Schöllkopf, Stafforst, and Jentsch. ⁵ The new vinyl isocyanides (CH₃)₂CCHNC and CH₃CHC(CH₃)NC have been prepared by the Cu₂O-catalyzed isomerization of the corresponding allyl isocyanides The liquid vinyl isocyanides may be characterized by the formation of solid cis-(RNC)₂Mo(CO)₄ derivatives through reaction with norbornadienetetracarbonylmolybdenum in hexane solution at ambient temperature. Examination of these molybdenum carbonyl complexes by proton and carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy Indicates that the isocyanide carbon atom but not the carbon-carbon double bond of the vinyl 1socyanide ligands is bonded to the molybdenum atom. The proton-decoupled carbon-13 NMR spectra of the vinyl isocyanides, but not their molybdenum carbonyl complexes, indicate coupling of the isocyanide nitrogen to both the isocyanide carbon (¹J(C-N)6 Hz. ) and the vinyl carbon bearing the isocyanide group (¹J(C-N)11-13 Hz. ) leading to 1:1:1 triplets for these resonances. These vinyl carbonyl resonances are used to estimate the cis-trans isomer ratios in vinyl isocyanides of the type RCHCHNC. Such studies suggest that the formation of vinyl isocyanides by the copper(I) catalyzed isomerization of the corresponding allylic isocyanides is more nearly stereospecific than the formation of vinyl isocyanides by the elimination reaction of the Schollkopf/Stafforst/Jentsch synthetic method.     

Zur reaktion von metall-koordiniertem kohlenmonoxid mit yliden: XII. Eisenkomplexe mit η1-koordinierter vinylgruppe: spontane zweif achmethylierung des β-kohlenstoffs mit methyliodid oder methylfluorsulfonsäureerster

The reaction of vinyl complexes Cp(CO)(R₃P)FeC(OMe)CH₂ (R  Me, R  Ph) with the methylating reagents MeX (X  OSO₂F, I) in the molar ratio 1/1 affords a mixture of the carbene complexes [Cp(CO)(R₃P)FeC(OMe)R]X (R  Me, Et, i-Pr). Their formation is explained via a series of acid/base equilibria established between vinyl and carbene complexes.     

Molecular mechanics calculations for conformational energies and torional force constants in fluoro propenes and butenes

Experimental data on conformational energies of the molecules FH₂CHCCH₂, FH₂CFCCH₂, FH₂C(CH₃)C&.dbnd;CH₂ trans-FH₂CHCC(CH₃)H have been used to establish parameter values for the nonbonding atom ⋯ atom interaction F ⋯ C(sp²) within the Morse potential formulation. Torsional potentials have been calculated for the four molecules mentioned above and in addition for cis- and trans-FH₂CHCCHF, (FH₂C)₂CCH₂, cis-FH₂CHCCHCH₂F, CH₃FCHHCCH₂ and FH₂CCH₂HCCH₂. Calculated results have been compared with experimental values. Torsional force constants for the molecules have been obtained. A comparison between fluoro, chloro and bromo compounds is presented.