Synthesis of 2,4,6-trimethylphenylcalcium iodide and degradation in THF solution
Synthesis of 2,4,6-trimethylphenylcalcium iodide and degradation in THF solution
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200503452
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发表时间:
2006-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Westerhausen, M
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作者:
Fischer, R;Gärtner, M;Westerhausen, M
In contrast to the alkyl-and arylmagnesium halides prepared by Grignard by direct synthesis more than a hundred years ago, the organometallic chemistry of the heavier alkalineearth metals has received little attention.[1] The main reasons for this are the difficult preparation and the high reactivity of the resulting organometallic compounds. On the one hand, calcium, strontium, and barium metals are not very reactive and must be activated prior to use. On the other hand, the organometallic derivatives tend to cleave ether. Furthermore, owing to the highly ionic metal–carbon bonds these compounds often are insoluble in common organic solvents. In order to overcome these problems several preparative procedures have been developed.[1, 2] The main access routes to organocalcium compounds are: 1) the reaction of halogenated hydrocarbons with calcium vapor (cocondensation reaction),[3, 4] 2) the insertion of calcium into a carbon–halogen bond in solution (direct synthesis),[5] 3) the substitution of a less electropositive metal by calcium (transmetalation),[6, 7]4) the deprotonation of H-acidic hydrocarbons by calcium or calcium compounds (metalation),[8] 5) the reaction of a organopotassium compound with anhydrous CaI2 (metathesis reaction).[9, 10]Beckmann described the synthesis of phenylcalcium iodide in 1905; he applied the direct synthesis in diethyl ether and activated the alkaline-earth metal with a trace of iodine.[11] More than 80 years later the synthesis of diphenylcalcium in THF at À208C was reported by Bickelhaupt and co-workers.[12] However, neither yields nor physical data were presented. These phenylcalcium compounds were characterized and identified by derivatization, for example, by hydrolysis or reactions with aldehydes, ketones, esters, vinylalkynes, or chlorostannanes followed by hydrolytic workup procedures.