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Synthesis and reactivity of metal carbene complexes with heterobiaryl spacer substituents.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19378563     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Mono- and binuclear Fischer carbene complexes, [M(CO)5{C(OR)Ar-ArX}], X = H, {C(OR)M'(CO)5}; M, M' = W or Cr; R = Me, Et or (CH2)4OMe; Ar = thiophene, N-methylpyrrole or furan units 1-20, were synthesized. For this purpose, mono-, bi- or stepwise lithiated bithiophene, N,N'-dimethylbipyrrole, thienylfuran and N-methyl(thienyl)pyrrole were reacted with chromium and tungsten hexacarbonyl precursors. Dilithiation in the 2- and 9-positions of N-methyl(thienyl)pyrrole could not be achieved. Alkylation of acyl metallates with triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate or methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate in THF afforded not only the expected carbene complexes with ethoxy or methoxy substituents, but in the case of bithiophene with methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, carbene complexes with alkoxy substituents incorporating a ring-opened tetrahydrofuran moiety. X-Ray crystallographic structure determinations were performed on [W(CO)5{C(OMe)(thienylfuran)}] (14), [W(CO)5{C(OMe)(N-methylthienylpyrrole)}] (20) and [{W(CO)5}2{mu-C(OEt)(N,N'-dimethylbipyrrolylC(OEt)}] (12) to assess the role of the heterobiaryl substituent on the structural features of the carbene ligand in the complexes. Complexes [{Cr(CO)5}2{mu-C(OMe)bithienylC(OEt)}] (3), [(CO)5Cr{mu-C(OMe)bithienylC(OMe)}W(CO)5] (5) and [{Cr(CO)5}2 {mu-C(OMe)thienylfuranC-(OMe)}] (15) were reacted with 3-hexyne to study their behaviour in benzannulation reactions. The major products generated by the biscarbene complexes were regio-selectively determined by the nature of the metal site and that of the heteroatom in the arene rings. The monocarbene complexes [Cr(CO)5{C(OMe)thienylfuran] (13) and [Cr(CO)5{C(OEt)(N-methylthienylpyrrole)}] (19) were refluxed in THF for 2 hours in the presence of [Pd(PPh4)4] to afforded the carbene-carbene coupled olefinic products and small amounts of the corresponding 2-ethyl(biheteroaryl)acetate. By contrast, the biscarbene complex of thienylfuran (15), afforded only the 2,9-diester of thienylfuran.
Authors:
Simon Lotz; Chantelle Crause; Andrew J Olivier; David C Liles; Helmar Görls; Marilé Landman; Daniela I Bezuidenhout
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1477-9226     ISO Abbreviation:  Dalton Trans     Publication Date:  2009 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-04-21     Completed Date:  2009-05-05     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101176026     Medline TA:  Dalton Trans     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  697-710     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. simon.lotz@up.ac.za
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