Novel Schiff-base complexes of methyltrioxorhenium (VII) and their performances in epoxidation of cyclohexene

Methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) forms complexes with Schiff-bases derived from 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde and amines. These complexes were isolated and fully characterized by NMR, IR, UV–Vis, EA, MS. Two were analyzed by X-ray crystallography, which showed that the compounds display distorted octahedral geometry in the solid state with a trans-position of Schiff-base ligand. The characterized results indicated that the more Lewis basic the ligand is, the stronger the metal–ligand interaction between the rhenium atom and the ligand. The complexes displayed high catalytic activity and selectivity when applied to the epoxidation of cyclohexene with urea hydrogen peroxide adduct (UHP) as oxidant in methanol, but poor performances with hydrogen peroxide (30%) as oxidant due to their decomposition. Experimental results revealed that the MTO Schiff-base complexes are, in general, more sensitive to water than MTO itself. Moreover, large excess of ligand is detrimental to the catalytic performance as it leads to the decomposition of the complexes.     

含羧基双氮席夫碱配体对甲基三氧化铼催化烯烃环氧化反应的影响

摘要: 以2-吡啶甲醛与氨基苯衍生物缩合制备了3个双氮席夫碱配体,对其结构进行了表征。将这些席夫碱配体用作甲基三氧化铼(MTO)催化30% H2O2环氧化烯烃反应的添加物,研究了席夫碱结构对MTO催化性能的影响。结果表明,含有吸电子的羧基的双氮席夫碱配体由于具有适宜的配位能力和酸性,可显著提高MTO催化烯烃环氧化反应选择性,而反应速率没有明显降低,并且在低温下对MTO催化性能的改进更好;不具吸电子基羧基的双氮席夫碱配体尽管可以提高环氧化物的选择性,但同时却降低了MTO的催化活性。     

Ru(Schiff-base)/Y复合材料对苯加氢反应的催化性能研究

一种新的低温苯加氢催化剂Ru(Schiff-base)金属配合物, 通过自由配体法封装于Y型沸石的孔腔中。使用XRD、N2吸附、FT-IR、DRS、DTA对催化剂进行表征。结果表明, 复合催化剂中希夫碱(Schiff-base)配体改变了中心离子的电子结构，使其更容易与反应物分子形成配位过渡态，络合活化的反应物分子更容易转化为产物。与离子交换法制备的母体Ru/Y相比，对纯苯的催化加氢性能明显提高。希夫碱配体的几何尺寸对复合材料的催化性能也有很大影响。     

Chiral self-dimerization of vanadium complexes on a SiO2 surface for asymmetric catalytic coupling of 2-naphthol: structure, performance, and mechanism

Vanadium monomers with chiral tridentate Schiff-base ligands were supported on SiO(2) through a chemical reaction with surface silanols, where we found a new chirality creation by the self-dimerization of the vanadyl complexes on the surface. The chiral self-dimerization and the role of surface silanols in the self-assembly were investigated by means of X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES), extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), diffuse-reflectance ultraviolet/visible (DR-UV/VIS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), electron spin resonance (ESR), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The surface vanadyl complexes had a distorted square-pyramidal conformation with a V=O bond. FT-IR spectra revealed that the Ph-O moiety of Schiff-base ligands was converted to Ph-OH by a surface-concerted reaction between the vanadium precursors and surface SiOH groups. The Ph-OH in an attached vanadyl complex interacted with a COO moiety of another vanadyl complex by hydrogen bonding to form a self-dimerized structure at the surface. The interatomic distance of V-V in the surface self-assembly was evaluated to be 0.40 +/- 0.05 nm by ESR after O(2) adsorption. The self-dimerized V structure on SiO(2) was modeled by DFT calculations, which demonstrated that two vanadium monomers with Ph-OH linked together by two hydrogen bonds and their V=O groups were directed opposite to each other. The surface self-dimerization of the vanadium precursors fixes the direction of the V=O bond and the plane of the Schiff-base ligand. Thus, a new chiral reaction field was created by two types of chirality: the chiral Schiff-base ligand and the chiral V center. We have also found that the chiral self-dimerized vanadyl complexes exhibit remarkable catalytic performance for the asymmetric oxidative coupling of 2-naphthol: 96% conversion, 100% selectivity to 1,1'-binaphthol (BINOL), and 90% enantiomeric excess (ee). Increasing the vanadium loading on SiO(2) caused a dramatic swell of enantioselectivity, and the maximum 90% ee was observed on the supported catalyst with the full coverage of the vanadyl complex (3.4 wt % vanadium). This value is equivalent to the maximum ee reported in homogeneous catalysis for the coupling reaction. Furthermore, the supported vanadium dimers were reusable without loss of the catalytic performance. To our knowledge, this is the first heterogeneous catalyst for the asymmetric oxidative coupling of 2-naphthol.     

Nitrogen fixation catalyzed by ferrocene-substituted dinitrogen-bridged dimolybdenum–dinitrogen complexes: unique behavior of ferrocene moiety as redox active site

A series of dinitrogen-bridged dimolybdenum–dinitrogen complexes bearing metallocene-substituted PNP-pincer ligands is synthesized by the reduction of the corresponding monomeric molybdenum–trichloride complexes under 1 atm of molecular dinitrogen. Introduction of ferrocene as a redox-active moiety to the pyridine ring of the PNP-pincer ligand increases the catalytic activity for the formation of ammonia from molecular dinitrogen, up to 45 equiv. of ammonia being formed based on the catalyst (22 equiv. of ammonia based on each molybdenum atom of the catalyst). The time profile for the catalytic reaction reveals that the presence of the ferrocene unit in the catalyst increases the rate of ammonia formation. Electrochemical measurement and theoretical studies indicate that an interaction between the Fe atom of the ferrocene moiety and the Mo atom in the catalyst may play an important role to achieve a high catalytic activity.     

双氮席夫碱配体对甲基三氧化铼催化烯烃环氧化反应的影响

 利用 2-吡啶甲醛、6-甲基-2-吡啶甲醛或 6-异丙基-2-吡啶甲醛与对甲基苯胺缩合制得双氮席夫碱配体, 考察了席夫碱配体以及溶剂和温度对甲基三氧化铼 (MTO) 催化不同结构烯烃环氧化反应的影响. 结果表明, 这些席夫碱配体与 MTO 构成的催化剂体系在甲醇溶剂中的催化性能最好, 双氮配体能显著提高环氧化反应的选择性. 当以甲醇为溶剂, 环己烯为底物, 在 –10 oC 反应 12 h 时, 环己烯转化率和环氧化物选择性均可达 100%. 席夫碱的配位能力越强, 越有利于提高环氧化物选择性, 而其配位能力取决于吡啶环中 6-位取代基的电子和立体结构. 给电子能力较强和空间位阻较小的烷基对应的配体的配位能力较强.     

1,2-二苯基乙烯基膦钯(Ⅱ)催化的 Sonograshira交叉偶联反应

合成了含有大位阻和富电子膦配体的1,2-二苯基乙烯基膦配体, 并研究了以1,2-二苯基乙烯基膦配体和二氯化二苯腈合钯(Ⅱ)为催化剂催化的Sonograshira交叉偶联反应.     

Synthesis and characterization of mononuclear ruthenium(III) pyridylamine complexes and mechanistic insights into their catalytic alkane functionalization with m-chloroperbenzoic acid

A series of mononuclear RuIII complexes [RuCl2(L)]+, where L is tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (TPA) or one of four TPA derivatives as tetradentate ligand, were prepared and characterized by spectroscopic methods, X-ray crystallography, and electrochemical measurements. The geometry of a RuIII complex having a non-threefold-symmetric TPA ligand bearing one dimethylnicotinamide moiety was determined to show that the nicotine moiety resides trans to a pyridine group, but not to the chlorido ligand. The substituents of the TPA ligands were shown to regulate the redox potential of the ruthenium center, as indicated by a linear Hammett plot in the range of 200 mV for RuIII/RuIV couples with a relatively large rho value (+0.150). These complexes act as effective catalysts for alkane functionalization in acetonitrile with m-chloroperbenzoic acid (mCPBA) as terminal oxidant at room temperature. They exhibited fairly good reactivity for oxidation of cyclohexane (C--H bond energy 94 kcal mol(-1)), and the reactivity can be altered significantly by the electronic effects of substituents on TPA ligands in terms of initial rates and turnover numbers. Catalytic oxygenation of cyclohexane by a RuIII complex with 16O-mCPBA in the presence of H2 18O gave 18O-labeled cyclohexanol with 100% inclusion of the 18O atom from the water molecule. Resonance Raman spectra under catalytic conditions without the substrate indicate formation of a RuIV==O intermediate with lower bonding energy. Kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) in the oxidation of cyclohexane suggest that hydrogen abstraction is the rate-determining step and the KIE values depend on the substituents of the TPA ligands. Thus, the reaction mechanism of catalytic cyclohexane oxygenation depends on the electronic effects of the ligands.     

A new class of ruthenium complexes containing Schiff base ligands as promising catalysts for atom transfer radical polymerization and ring opening metathesis polymerization

A novel series of Schiff base ruthenium complexes that are active catalysts in the field of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), have been prepared. Moreover, when activated with trimethylsilyldiazomethane (TMSD), these species exhibit good catalytic activity in the ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene and cyclooctene. The activity for both the ROMP and ATRP reaction is dependent on the steric bulk and electron donating ability of the Schiff base ligand. The control over polymerization in ATRP was verified for the two substrates that exhibit the highest activity, namely MMA and styrene. The results show that the optimal ATRP equilibrium leading to a controlled polymerization, can be established by adjusting the steric and electronic properties of the Schiff base ligand.     

The use of Cu and Zn salicylaldimine complexes as catalyst precursors in ring opening polymerization of lactides: ligand effects on polymer characteristics

A range of monomeric tetra‐coordinate copper (II) and zinc (II) complexes based on N,O‐bidentate salicylaldimine Schiff base ligands has been synthesized and characterized using various spectroscopic techniques. These complexes were then evaluated as initiators in ring‐opening polymerization of lactides at both 70 °C and 110 °C. The effect of structural changes in the complexes on the ability of these compounds to initiate lactide polymerization as well as the impact on the chemical and physical characteristics of the polymers obtained indicate that the coordination geometry of the metal complex, M? O bond length and substituents on the Schiff base ligand all play a role in the catalyst activity. Electronic factors were dominant in the case of the copper complexes while steric factors prevailed in the case of Zn initiators. Both the Zn and Cu complexes exhibit characteristics of living ring opening polymerization. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

((2-Hydroxynapthalen-1-yl)methylene)aniline derived Schiff base adducts of MTO: Synthesis and catalytic application

Equimolar reactions of the derivatives of ((2-hydroxynapthalen-1-yl)methylene)aniline with methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) lead to complexes 1–4, where MTO is coordinated via the oxygen of the former hydroxyl-group to MTO. The resulting complexes are very stable but not particularly catalytically active if no electron acceptor resides on the Schiff base. The electron withdrawing groups placed on the Schiff base ligand have the effect of increasing the catalytic activity but somewhat decrease the complex stability.     

Chiral monomeric organorhenium(VII) and organomolybdenum(VI) compounds as catalysts for chiral olefin epoxidation reactions

Several attempts have been made to transform the organometallic Re(VII) compound MTO and the (MoO₂)²⁺ moiety to chiral epoxidation catalysts by addition of chiral organic ligands. Being very efficient epoxidation catalysts in achiral reactions, it was hoped that these compounds could be transformed into chiral epoxidation catalysts by adding chiral Lewis base ligands. The major flaw of most of these attempts, however, was the weak coordination of the chiral Lewis base ligands to the metal center, which led either to high ees only at the very beginning of the catalytic reaction (low conversion) or to generally low enantiomeric excesses. The heterogenisation of the Mo(VI) complexes was, at least in some cases, successfully achieved but with the same drawbacks with respect to the ees as in the homogeneous phase. Currently, attempts are being made to synthesize organometallic Re(VII) and Mo(VI) complexes with stronger interactions between the metal containing moiety and the chiral ligand(s).     

Synthesis of di‐nitrogen Schiff base complexes of methyltrioxorhenium(VII) and their application in epoxidation with aqueous hydrogen peroxide as oxidant

Several di‐nitrogen Schiff bases were synthesized through the condensation of 2‐pyridinecarboxaldehyde with primary amines. The Schiff bases as ligands coordinated with methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) smoothly to afford the correspondent complexes which were characterized by IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, MS and elemental analysis. One of the complexes was analyzed by X‐ray crystallography as well. The results revealed that the complexes display distorted octahedral geometry in the solid state with a trans‐position of Schiff base. Catalytic results indicated that the complexes as catalysts increased the selectivity of epoxides remarkably compared with MTO in the epoxidation of alkenes with 30% hydrogen peroxide as oxidant and the increasing rate depended on the structure of the Schiff base ligands of the complexes. The results indicated that the stronger the donating ability of the ligand, the higher selectivity of epoxides the complex gave in the epoxidation of alkenes with 30% hydrogen peroxide as oxidant. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Alcoholysis of acylpalladium(II) complexes relevant to the alternating copolymerization of ethene and carbon monoxide and the alkoxycarbonylation of alkenes: the importance of Cis-coordinating phosphines

The mechanism and kinetics of the solvolysis of complexes of the type [(L-L)Pd(C(O)CH(3))(S)](+)[CF(3)SO(3)](-) (L-L = diphosphine ligand, S = solvent, CO, or donor atom in the ligand backbone) was studied by NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy with the use of the ligands a-j: SPANphos (a), dtbpf (b), Xantphos (c), dippf (d), DPEphos (e), dtbpx (f), dppf (g), dppp (h), calix-6-diphosphite (j). Acetyl palladium complexes containing trans-coordinating ligands that resist cis coordination (SPANphos, dtbpf) showed no methanolysis. Trans complexes that can undergo isomerization to the cis analogue (Xantphos, dippf, DPEphos) showed methanolyis of the acyl group at a moderate rate. The reaction of [trans-(DPEphos)Pd(C(O)CH(3))](+)[CF(3)SO(3)](-) (2e) with methanol shows a large negative entropy of activation. Cis complexes underwent competing decarbonylation and methanolysis with the exception of 2j, [cis-(calix-diphosphite)Pd(C(O)CH(3))(CD(3)OD)](+)[CF(3)SO(3)](-). The calix-6-diphosphite complex showed a large positive entropy of activation. It is concluded that ester elimination from acylpalladium complexes with alcohols requires cis geometry of the acyl group and coordinating alcohol. The reductive elimination of methyl acetate is described as a migratory elimination or a 1,2-shift of the alkoxy group from palladium to the acyl carbon atom. Cis complexes with bulky ligands such as dtbpx undergo an extremely fast methanolysis. An increasing steric bulk of the ligand favors the formation of methyl propanoate relative to the insertion of ethene leading to formation of oligomers or polymers in the catalytic reaction of ethene, carbon monoxide, and methanol.     

Synthesis,spectroscopic, electrochemical and structural characterization of Cu(II) complexes with asymmetric NN′OS coordination spheres

A set of four Cu(II) complexes, [Cu(cdnapen)], [Cu(cdnappd)], [Cu(cdMenappd)] and [Cu(cdMeMeOsalpd)], derived from Schiff base ligands with an asymmetric NN′OS coordination sphere have been synthesized. The molecular and the crystal structures have been determined by X-ray diffractometry. The structural results confirm that the complexes are tetra coordinated. The copper (II) ion coordinates to two nitrogen atoms from the imine moiety of the ligand, a sulfur atom from the methyl dithiocarboxylate moiety and a phenolic oxygen atom. The complexes show an unusual tetrahedral distortion to the square-planar geometry around the metal centre in spite of the pseudomacrocyclic skeleton of the ligand. The complexes were further characterized by cyclic voltammetry and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. The degree of tetrahedral distortion of the complexes appears to be dependent on the number of carbon atoms of the aliphatic bridge and the nature of the coordinating atoms.     

Relativistic density functional theory study of dioxoactinide(VI) and -(V) complexation with alaskaphyrin and related Schiff-base macrocyclic ligands

Formation of complexes of alaskaphyrin 1, bi-pyen 2 and bi-tpmd 3 ligands with actinyl ions AnO2(n+), An = U, Np, Pu and n = 1, 2, was studied using density functional theory (DFT) within the scalar relativistic four-component approximation. The alaskaphyrin complexes of the uranyl are predicted to have a bent conformation, in contrast to the experimentally available X-ray data. This deviation is likely due to crystal packing effects. Apart from these conformational differences, calculated geometry parameters and vibrational frequencies are in agreement with the available experimental data. The character of bonding in the complexes is investigated using bond order analysis and extended transition states (ETS) energy decomposition. Metal-to-ligand bonds can be described as primarily ionic although substantial charge transfer is observed as well. Based on ETS analysis, it is shown that steric and/or fit/misfit requirements of actinyl cations to the ligand cavities, among the studied complexes, are the most favorable for the bi-pyen ligand 2, because its flexibility allows for optimal metal-to-donor-atom distances. Planarity of the equatorial coordination sphere of the actinide atom is found to be less important than the ability of a ligand to provide optimal uranium-to-nitrogen bond lengths. Experimental differences in demetalation rates between similar alaskaphyrin, bi-pyen and bi-tpmd uranyl complexes are explained as a result of easier protonation of the Schiff-base nitrogen of the latter. Reduction potentials calculated for the uranium complexes show a good agreement with the experiment, both in relative and in absolute terms.     

Y型分子筛中对称与不对称Co(II)Salen型席夫碱配合物的结构和催化性能

用自由配体法将对称、不对称Co(II)Salen型席夫碱配合物封装于Y型沸石分子筛的超笼中, 并采用FTIR、UV- Vis、热分析和催化技术研究了其空间结构和催化性能. 结果表明, 被封装于分子筛超笼中的Salen型席夫碱配合物, 同样具有未封装配合物的物理化学性能, 也没有影响分子筛的框架结构；在以O2作氧化剂, 催化苯乙烯环氧化反应中表现了非常高的反应活性和稳定性；金属配合物的量子化学密度泛函计算结果揭示了配合物的催化性能与轨道能量密切相关.     

Syntheses, structure, redox and catalytic epoxidation properties of dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with Schiff base ligands derived from tris(hydroxymethyl)amino methane

Five kinds of dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with Schiff base ligands derived from tris(hydroxymethyl)amino methane are prepared and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography, which reveals that these complexes adopt a distorted octahedral six-coordinate configuration formed by the tridentate Schiff base ligand, one coordinating water and two binding oxygen atoms. These complexes show good catalytic activities and selectivity in the epoxidation of cyclohexene with t-butylhydroperoxide, especially for complex 4, which could give a nearly 100% of epoxidation conversion and selectivity. Introduction of the electron-withdrawing group to the salicylidene ring of complex strongly increases the effectiveness of a catalyst, but decreases the redox stability of a complex.     

On the way to chiral epoxidations with methyltrioxorhenium(VII) derived catalysts

Methyltrioxorhenium(VII) (MTO) is successfully applied as chiral epoxidation catalysts in the presence of H₂O₂ as oxidizing agent and excess chiral Lewis base ligands derived from pyrazole. Moderate enantiomeric excesses up to ca. 30% can be reached at low reaction temperatures (−30 °C), the conversions however, being quite low (<25%). The reason for this may be the fluctionality of the N-base ligand. Glycolate complexes of MTO, applied under the same conditions reach somewhat higher enantiomeric excesses (up to ca. 40%), however, again associated with low conversions (<30%). In this case the sensitivity of the catalyst to water induced ligand removal as well as to ligand exchange with other diols is the most likely reason. Nevertheless, the enantiomeric excesses reported here are among the best observed for MTO derived catalytic systems reported to date and more active and selective systems seem feasible.     

Spectral and thermal study of the ternary complexes of nickel with sulfasalazine and some amino acids

The ternary complexes of Ni(II) with sulfasalazine (H(3)SS) as a primary ligand and alanine (ala), aspartic acid (asp), histidene (hist), methionine (meth) and serine (ser) amino acids as secondary ligands have been synthesized. Characterization of the complexes was based on elemental analyses, IR, UV-vis, mass spectra, magnetic moment and thermal analysis (TG). The isolated complexes were found to have the general formula [M(HSS)(AA)]4H(2)O (AA=ala, asp, hist, meth, or ser amino acid) where nickel is tetra-coordinated. The thermal stability of the complexes was studied and the weight losses for the decomposition of the complexes were calculated and correlated with the mass fragmentation pattern. In most cases, the amino acid moiety is removed along with the Schiff base moiety leaving NiO as a metallic residue. The metallic residue was confirmed by powder XRD measurements.