AlCp* as a directing ligand: C--H and Si--H bond activation at the reactive intermediate [Ni(AlCp*)(3)].
AlCp* as a directing ligand: C--H and Si--H bond activation at the reactive intermediate [Ni(AlCp*)(3)].
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10.1002/anie.200353114
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2004-04
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通讯作者:
T. Steinke;C. Gemel;M. Cokoja;M. Winter;R. Fischer
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T. Steinke;C. Gemel;M. Cokoja;M. Winter;R. Fischer
The carbenoid compounds ER (E= Al, Ga, In; R= Cp*, C (SiMe3) 3, etc. Cp*= C5Me5),[1] pioneered by the groups of Schnˆckel, Uhl, Roesky, and Jutzi ten years ago, are considered as potent, yet exotic ligands in coordination chemistry.[2] Their bonding to transition-metal centers is similar to that of the isolobal ligands CO or PR3.[3] The isolation of the homoleptic clusters [Pt2 (GaCp*) 5][4] and [Pd3 (InCp*) 8][5] or the remarkable fluxionality of cage compounds of the type [(p-cymene) Ru (GaCp*) 3Cl2] or [Cp* Ru (ER) 3Cl](E= Ga, In, R= Cp*, C (SiMe3) 3)[6] and [Cp* Rh (InR) 3 (Cl) 2](R= Cp*, C (SiMe3) 3)[7] suggests that these compounds have a diverse reactivity. Whereas CO and phosphanes are widely used as supporting and directing ligands for reactivity and selectivity in organometallic chemistry, a corresponding potential of the ER ligands has not yet been described.[8] The coordinative bond M¿ E in complexes is comparatively polar, for E= Al, Ga relatively strong and [3] the steric demand of the ER ligands is rather large.[9] Thus neither dissociative nor associative reactions are very likely to occur at the central metal in complexes of the type [Ma (ER) b]. Hence, a organometallic chemistry of such compounds appears to be rather hopeless. Indeed,[Ni (AlCp*) 4](1), which is easily available by the reaction of [Ni (cod) 2](COD= cyclooctadiene) with four equivalents of AlCp* in hexane, turns out to be either completely inert (eg with PPh3, CO, alkenes, alkynes) or leads to unspecific decomposition (eg with I2, CH2Cl2), in marked contrast to the high reactivity of its classic analogs [Ni (CO) 4] and [Ni (PR3) 4]. Contrary to these earlier results, a fortuitous observation has been made in our laboratory which suggests that these compounds have a very promising organometallic chemistry.