Synthesis and structure of a hydrido(hydrosilylene)ruthenium complex and its reactions with nitriles.
Synthesis and structure of a hydrido(hydrosilylene)ruthenium complex and its reactions with nitriles.
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10.1002/anie.200703154
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2007-11
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M. Ochiai;H. Hashimoto;H. Tobita
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作者:
M. Ochiai;H. Hashimoto;H. Tobita
Transition-metal–silylene complexes have attracted much attention during the last two decades, as they are considered key intermediates in various transformation reactions of organosilicon compounds.[1] Numerous silylene complexes have been prepared and their reactivities investigated, but clear-cut reactions of silylene complexes with substrates have been limited, because two bulky groups on the silylene ligand, which have been necessary to stabilize the silylene complexes, only allowed access of very small substrate molecules to the reactive silylene silicon site. Recently, Tilley et al.[2] and our group [3] have succeeded in synthesizing the silylene complexes having a hydrogen atom on the silylene ligand, and demonstrated that these complexes can react cleanly even with normal-sized substrate molecules such as ketones, oxiranes, and nitriles. These results imply that silylene complexes having a less sterically hindered and more reactive SiÀH bond on the silylene ligand could develop into a new rich field in the chemistry of silylene complexes. Herein we report the synthesis of the first neutral hydrido (hydrosilylene) ruthenium complex [Cp*(CO)(H) Ru= Si (H){C (SiMe3) 3}](1, Cp*= C5Me5) utilizing a new synthetic approach, the full structural characterization of 1, and CÀC bond activation of nitriles by this complex through intermediate formation of an agostic complex with η2-SiÀH coordination. We reported the synthesis of a tungsten hydrido (hydrosilylene) complex [Cp*(CO) 2 (H) W= Si (H){C (SiMe3) 3}](2) by a photoreaction.[3a] Thus, a similar method was applied for the synthesis of the ruthenium analogue 1: a C6D6 solution of [Cp* Ru (CO) 2Me] and H3SiC (SiMe3) 3 was irradiated with UV light at about 58C. However, instead of 1, silyl complex [Cp*(CO) 2Ru {SiH2C (SiMe3) 3}](3) formed in 76% yield as determined by NMR spectroscopy. Conversion of 3 into 1 by removal of CO was unsuccessful even on repeated irradiation–degassing cycles.