Conformational analysis and x-ray crystal structure of [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3)CH2CH3]

The complex [(η⁵-C₅H₅)Fe(CO)(PPh₃)CH₂CH₃] is shown by ¹H NMR spectroscopy and an X-ray crystal structure analysis to adopt a single conformation with the methyl group residing between the cyclopentadienyl and carbon monoxide ligands.     

The preparation of a series of ring-linked derivatives of [Fe2(η-C5H5)2(CO)2(μ-CO)2] starting from [Fe2η5,η5-C5H4CH(NMe3)CH(NMe2)C5H4}(CO)2(μ-CO)2]+ salts

The salts [Fe₂η⁵,η⁵-C₅H₄CH{NMe₃)CH(NMe₂)C₅H₄}(CO)₂(μ-CO)₂][X] (X = I or SO₃CF₃) are the synthetic precursors to a wide range of [Fe₂(η-C₅H₅)₂(CO)₂(μ-CO)₂] derivatives in which the two cyclopentadienyl ligands are joined by a two-carbon bridge.     

Synthesis and structures of the η5-C5H5Cl(CO)2W-η1,η5-(PPh2)C5H4(CO)2Fe-η1,η5-C5H4Mn(CO)3 and MeSi[C5H4(CO)2Fe-η1,η5-C5H4Mn(CO)2PPh3]3 complexes

The metallation of the η⁵-C₅H₅(CO)₂Fe-η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃ complex with BuⁿLi (THF, ?78 °C) followed by the treatment of the lithium derivative with Ph₂PCl afforded the η⁵-Ph₂PC₅H₄(CO)₂Fe-η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃ complex. The reaction of the latter with η⁵-C₅H₅(CO)₃WCl in the presence of Me₃NO produced the trinuclear complex η⁵-C₅H₅Cl(CO)₂W-η¹,η⁵-(Ph₂P)C₅H₄(CO)₂Fe-η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₃. The structure of the latter complex was established by IR, UV, and 1H and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The reaction of MeSiCl₃ with three equivalents of LiC₅H₄(CO)₂Fe-η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₂PPh₃ gave the hexanuclear complex MeSi[C₅H₄(CO)₂Fe-η¹,η⁵-C₅H₄Mn(CO)₂PPh₃]₃.     

Self-recognition by the iron chiral auxiliary [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)(PPh3] in the formation of (RR,SS)-[(η5-C5H5)FE(CO)(PPh3)COCH2]2CH2

Complete self-recognition of chirality is observed in the Michael addition of the enolate derived from R,S-[η⁵-C₅H₅Fe(CO)(PPh₃-COCH₃] to the acryloyl complex R,S-[(η⁵-C₅H₅Fe(CO)(PPh₃)-COCHCH₂)] to generate exclusively the single diastereoisomer of the glutaroyl complex RR,SS-[(η⁵-C₅H₅)Fe(CO)(PPh₃)COCH₂]₂CH₂.     

Enantioselective synthesis: Catalysis of the aldol reaction by neutral gold(I)-chiral ferrocenylphosphine complexes. Crystal structure of the complex [{(η5-C5H4PPh2)(η5-C5H3(PPh2)CH(Me)N(Me)CH2CH2NMe2)Fe}2(AuCl)3] · Et2O

The chiral aminoferrocenylphosphine [(η⁵-C₅H₄PPh₂)(η⁵-C₅H₃(PPh₂)CH(CH₃)-N(CH₃)CH₂CH₂N(CH₃)₂)Fe] (1) reacts with (H₃C)₂SAuCl to give neutral gold(I) complexes that are active catalysts for the enantioselective coupling of isocyanoacetate esters with aldehydes, forming dihydrooxazoles. The structure of the trimeric complex [(rac-1)₂(AuCl)₃] · Et₂O has been determined by X-ray diffraction.     

Tantalocene complexes as bidentate métalloligands: (C5Me5)(C5H4X)Ta(H2)(PPh2) (C5Me5) (C5H4X)Ta(CO) (PPh2) (X = PPh2, CH2CH2NMe2)

The synthesis of new bidentate métalloligands derived from tantalocene(C₅Me₅)(C₅H₄X)Ta(H₂)(PPh₂) (X = PPh₂, 2P; X = CH₂CH₂NMe₂2N) and (C₅Me₅)(C₅H₄X)Ta(CO)(PPh₂) 4(P,N) is described. When opposed to chromium unsaturated fragments the phosphino functionalised complexes 2P and 4P act as chelating bidentate ligands affording Ta(V) (C₅Me₅)(C₅H₄PPh₂)Ta(CH₂) (μ-PPh₂)Cr(CO)₄ or Ta(III) (C₅Me₅)(C₅H₄PPh₂)Ta(CO)(μ-PPh₂)Cr(CO)₄ bimetallic complexes. The same reaction carried out starting from 2N gives rise to a μ-phosphido, μ-hydrido dibridged complex Cp*(C₅H₄CH₂CH₂NMe₂)TaH(μ-H)(μ-PPh₂)Cr(CO)₄.     

Triethylaluminum-Based Ferrocenylalanes. Synthesis and Crystal Structure of (η5−C5H5)Fe[η5−C5H4Al2(C2H5)4Cl]

Abstract

The trietheylaluminum based ferrocenylalane (η⁵?C₅H₅)Fe[η⁵?C₅H₄Al₂(C₂H₅)₄Cl] was prepared from the reaction of triethylaluminum with chloromercuriferrocene in toluene and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P 1 with unit cell dimensions a = 9.353(3) Å, b = 10.281(7) Å, c = 11.599(9) Å, α = 79.64(7)°, β = 69.41(6)°, γ = 84.33(4)°, and Z = 2 for D_c = 1.27 g cm^?3. Full-matrix least-squares refinement has led to a final R factor of 0.068 based on 1866 independent observed reflections. The two diethylaluminum units are bridged by a chlorine atom and one carbon atom of a cyclopentadienyl group, thus forming an Al-Cl-Al-C ring. The four-membered ring is planar to within 0.02 Å. The Al-Cl distances are 2.404(4) Å and 2.266(5) Å. The Al-Cl-Al angle is 78.9(1)° while the Al-C-Al angle is 91.3(4)°. No significant aluminum-iron interaction is observed (Al… Fe = 3.137(4) Å).     

Tetramethyl(2-methoxyethyl)cyclopentadienyl complexes of zirconium(iv). Crystal structure of [η5:η1−C5(CH3)4(CH2CH2OCH3)]ZrCl3

Several novel zirconium(iv) complexes with the chelating oxygen-containing cyclopentadienyl ligand, tetramethyl(2-methoxyethyl)cyclopentadiene, have been synthesized. [⁵:¹-Tetra-methyl(2-methyl)cyclopentadienyl]trichlorozirconium (2), bis[⁵-tetramethyl(2-methoxyethyl)cyclopentadienyl]dichlorozirconium (3), [⁵-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl][⁵-tetra-methyl(2-methoxyethyl)cyclopentadienyl]dichlorozirconium (4), and [⁵-tetra-methyl(2-methylthioethyl)cyclopentadienyl][⁵-tetramethyl(2-methoxyethyl)-cyclopentadienyl]dichlorozirconium (5) have been prepared from the corresponding lithium cyclopentadienide (l). The crystal structure of cyclopentadienyl complex2 has been established by X-ray analysis. The coordination OZr bond in compound2 exists both in the crystalline state and in solutions. No coordination of this type was observed in complexes3–5. Synthesized complexes2–5 are discussed in comparison with their sulfur-containing analogs.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1828–1832, July, 1996.     

Crystal structure of twinned (η5-C5(CH3)4CF3) (η5-C5(CH3)5)Ru

The substituted sandwich complex crystallizes in monoclinic space groupP2₁/m withZ=2. Twinning to the (001) direction with the special conditionc ^*/4a ^* = cos ^* causes systematic superposition of the reciprocal lattices of both domains and results in an apparent unit cell with double volume and the reflection condition (2h)kl, l=2n. The structure solution was obtained with the subset of intensity data for the predominant individuum and converged atR = 0.040,R _w =0.046 for 832 independent observations and 122 variables. The molecules show disorder with respect to the crystallographic mirror plane. The structure is closely related to that of decamethylruthenocene.     

Insertion reactions of t-Bu(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2

The complex t-Bu(η⁵-C₅H₅)FE(CO)₂ has been treated with triphenylphosphine in refluxing THF to produce t-BuCO(η⁵-C₅H₅)Fe(CO)(PPh₃). The large steric bulk of the t-butyl group suggests that this reaction should be faster than the reaction involving the methyl group, and a kinetic investigation illustrates this to be the case. The same steric bulk predicts that the reaction with SO₂ should be slow, and indeed we have been unable to effect the related SO₂ insertion reaction. Attempts to prepare the corresponding t-Bu(η⁵-C₅H₅)W(CO)₃ led to formation of the related isobutyl complex.     

Substitution and insertion reactions of (η5-C5H5)Cr(CO)3C2H5

The complex (η⁵-C₅H₅)Cr(CO)₃Cp42 H₅ has been made and its reactions with σ donor ligands L (L = (MeO)₃P and (EtO)₃P) and with SO₂ studied. The alkyl phosphites give compounds of the composition (η⁵-C₅H₅)Cr(CO)₂LC₂H₅, and sulfur dioxide gives the corresponding S-sulfinato (η⁵-C₅H₅)Cr(CO)₃SO₂C₂H₅.     

Regiospecific substitution of carbonyl by phosphine ligands in hydrocarbyl-substituted carbonyl clusters. Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of Fe3(CO)8(PPh3)(μ3-η2- ⊥ -EtC2Et) and (η5-C5H5)NiFe2(CO)5(PPh3)(η3-η2- ⊥-C2But)

The complexes Fe₃(CO)₈(PPh₃)(μ₃-η²- ⊥ -EtC₂Et) and (η⁵-C₅H₅)NiFe₂(CO)₅(PPh₃)(η₃-η²- ⊥-C₂Bu^t) have been obtained by treating Fe₃(CO)₉(C₂Et₂) or (Cp)NiFe₂(CO)₆(C₂Bu^t) with PPh₃ under mild conditions; the substituted clustes have been characterized spectroscopically. Structures are proposed in which the phosphine is on the unique metalatom σ-bonded to the alkyne or acetylide moiety. Replacement of CO by PPh₃ ligands rather than by addition, is observed for the formally unsaturated Fe₃(CO)₉(C₂Et₂). Reorientation of the acetylide was expected for (Cp)NiFe₂(CO)₆(C₂Bu^t) upon substitution, but was not observed.     

The insertion of cycloheptatriene and cyclohepta-1,3-diene into the RuH bond of RuHCl(PPh3)3 to give Ru(η5-C7H9)Cl(PPh3)2 and Ru(η3-C7H11)Cl(PPh3)2

RuHCl(PPh₃)₃ reacts quantitatively with cycloheptatriene in CH₂Cl₂ at 35°C in 15 min to give Ru(η⁵-C₇H₉)Cl(PPh₃)₂ and PPh₃. The major isomer adopts a conformation with inequivalent phosphorus ligands and no plane of symmetry through the C₇H₉ ligand, but rapid intramolecular scrambling with δG³ = 10.6 kcal mol⁻¹ results in an averaged ¹H, ¹³C, and ³¹P NMR spectrum at room temperature. RuHCl(PPh₃)₃ reacts with cyclohepta-1,3-diene to give initially Ru(η³-C₇H₁₁)Cl(PPh₃)₂, but in a subsequent reaction this is dehydrogenated to give Ru(η⁵-C₇H₉)Cl(PPh₃)₂.     

Oxidation of theexo- andendo-phenylcyclohexadienyl iron complexes Fe(η5-6-PhC6H6) (η5- C5H5)

The roe of oxidatively induced homolyhc scission a the C(sp³)-H bonds in the iron phenykychhexadienyl complexes Fe(⁵-6-PhC₆H₆)(⁵-C₅H₅) (1) depends on the spatial orientation of the Ph substitutent. In the case of the (1 _endo ⁺) radical cation this process, resulting in the cationic biphenyl complex (Fe(⁶ -C₆H₅C₆H₅)(⁵-C₅H₅)]⁺ (2 ⁺), is fast and proceeds for several minutes. In the case of the more stable radical cation (1 _exo ⁺) the formation of 2⁺ is slow and takes tens minutes to complete.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1698–1700, July, 1996.     

The cleavage of a coordinated SCNR group in [Fe(CO)2L2(η2-SCNR)] by [Co(η-C5H5)(PPh3)2] to give complexes containing μ3-CNR ligand. The preparation and structure of [{Co(η-C5H5)}2{Fe(CO)2(PPh3)}(μ3-S){μ3-CNC(O)C6H5}]

The reaction of [Fe(CO)₂(PPh₃)₂{η²-SCNC(O)Ph}] with [Co(η-C₅H₅)(PPh₃)₂] in benzene solution at room temperature results in the facile cleavage of the CS bond of the SCNC(O)Ph ligand to give [{Co(η-C₅H₅)}₂{Fe(CO)₂(PPh₃)}(μ₃-S{μ₃-CNC(O)Ph}], whereas [Fe(CO)₂(PPh₃)₂(η²-SCNMe)] gives [{Co(η-C₅H₅)} ₂₂{Fe(CO)(CNMe)(PPh₃)(μ₃-S)(μ₃-CO)]. The structure of [{Co(η-C₅H₅)}₂{Fe(CO)₂(PPh₃)} (μ₃-CNC(O)Ph}] has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction.     

Palladium(II) compounds with planar chirality. X-Ray crystal structures of (+)-(R)-[{(η5-C5H4)–CHN–CH(Me)–C10H7}Fe(η5-C5H5)] and (+)-(Rp,R)-[Pd{[(Et–CC–Et)2(η5-C5H3)–CHN–CH(Me)–C10H7]Fe(η5-C5H5)}Cl]

A wide variety of planar chiral cyclopalladated compounds of general formulae [Pd{[(η⁵-C₅H₃)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇]Fe(η⁵-C₅H₅)}Cl(L)] (with L=py-d₅ or PPh₃), [Pd{[(η⁵-C₅H₃)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇]Fe(η⁵-C₅H₅)}(acac)] or [Pd{[(R¹–CC–R²)₂(η⁵-C₅H₃)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇]Fe(η⁵-C₅H₅)}Cl] (with R¹=R²=Et; R¹=Me, R²=Ph; R¹=H, R²=Ph; R¹=R²=Ph; R¹=R²=CO₂Me or R¹=CO₂Et, R²=Ph) are reported. The diastereomers {(R_p,R) and (S_p,R)} of these compounds have been isolated by either column chromatography or fractional crystallization. The free ligand (R)-(+)-[{(η⁵-C₅H₄)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇}Fe(η⁵–C₅H₅)] (1) and compound (+)-(R_p,R)-[Pd{[(Et–CC–Et)₂(η⁵-C₅H₃)–CHN–CH(Me)–C₁₀H₇]Fe(η⁵-C₅H₅)}Cl] (7a) have also been characterized by X-ray diffraction. Electrochemical studies based on cyclic voltammetries of all the compounds are also reported.