Mechanistic studies on the hydrolysis of a dimeric alkylzinc bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amide |
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Authors: | Elke Jaime Matthias Westerhausen James Weston |
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Institution: | a Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie, Humboldtstrasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany b Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, August-Bebel-Str. 2, D-07732 Jena, Germany |
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Abstract: | Bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine 7 reacts with selected dialkylzinc compounds to give dimeric alkylzinc bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amides 8. Regardless of the steric bulk of the alkyl substituent, dimers with central Zn2N2 rings are formed. Compounds 8 undergo spontaneous hydrolysis reactions upon exposure to air/moisture which can be partially controlled if the alkyl substituent R is bulky enough R = CH(SiMe3)2]. A dimeric compound 9 containing both zinc-alkyl substituents and a μ-OH functionality results. In the course of this reaction, an amide instead of the expected RH is eliminated. Extensive DFT calculations show that the facile formation of a three-centered Znμ-(HO?H?NHR)]Zn functionality is a crucial step. Further evidence for the importance of Znμ-(X?H?Y)]Zn intermediates (X, Y = O and now N) in the general mechanism of hydrolysis catalyzed by binuclear zinc compounds is thus provided. |
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Keywords: | Alkylzinc compounds μ-OH functionalities Three-centered X-H-X bonds Mechanistic studies DFT calculations |
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