Cationic Cyclopentadienyl Zinc Complexes with Slipped Triple-Decker and Half-Sandwich Structures
Cationic Cyclopentadienyl Zinc Complexes with Slipped Triple-Decker and Half-Sandwich Structures
复制标题
DOI:
10.1002/chem.201102699
复制
发表时间:
2011-11-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Braun, Beatrice
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Chilleck, Maren A.;Braun, Thomas;Braun, Beatrice
One of the fascinating aspects of cyclopentadienyl zinc compounds is their structural diversity. Decamethylzincocene [ZnCp* 2](1; Cp*= C5Me5) and related zincocenes, which have substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands, exhibit a slipped-sandwich structure with one cyclopentadienyl ligand bound in an η5 (π) mode and the other bound in an η1 (π) mode.[1, 2] In contrast, zincocene [ZnCp2] is polymeric in the solid state.[3] In 2004, Carmona et al. described the synthesis of decamethyldizincocene [Zn2Cp* 2](2), which was the first stable molecular compound with a ZnÀZn bond and Zn in the formal+ 1 oxidation state.[4] Compound 2 can be prepared from 1 through treatment with [ZnEt2] or KH. It was shown by Schulz etal. that complexes 1 and 2 can act as Lewis acids. Reactions with the strong Lewis base 4-dimethylaminopyridine (dmap) gave the corresponding Lewis acid–base adducts[ZnCp* 2ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (dmap)] and [Cp* ZnZnCp* ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (dmap) 2].[5] Only a limited number of structurally well-defined cationic organozinc compounds with the general formula [ZnRLn]+(R= alkyl) have been reported so far.[6–9] In all cases, the presence of additional stabilizing donor ligands L is required. The first cationic complexes [ZnRL]+(L= crown ether or cryptand) were synthesized by alkyl anion abstraction from [ZnR2] in the presence of a chelating ligand L.[6] Treatment of [ZnR2] with either the Lewis acid BACHTUNGTRENNUNG (C6F5) 3 or the strong Brønsted acid [HACHTUNGTRENNUNG (OEt2) 2]+[BACHTUNGTRENNUNG (C6F5) 4] À in diethyl ether afforded solvent-stabilized cations of the type [ZnRACHTUNGTRENNUNG (OEt2) 3]+.[7] To the best of our knowledge, there is only one example of a cationic cyclopentadienyl zinc derivative mentioned in the literature. It was suggested that the reaction of [ZnCp’EtACHTUNGTRENNUNG (tmeda)](Cp’=(3, 5-Me2C6H3) CH2CMe2ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (C5H4), tmeda= N, N, N’, N’-tetramethyl-ACHTUNGTRENNUNGethyleneACHTUNGTRENNUNGdiamine) with BACHTUNGTRENNUNG (C6F5) 3 results in the formation of [ZnCp’ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (tmeda)]+ ACHTUNGTRENNUNG [BEtACHTUNGTRENNUNG (C6F5) 3] À.[8] The identity of the latter compound was proposed on the basis of NMR spectroscopy only. All of the known cationic zinc complexes require the presence of a weakly coordinating anion due to their highly electrophilic nature.[10]Herein, the synthesis of the cationic triple-decker zinc complexes [Zn2Cp* 3]+ ACHTUNGTRENNUNG [BArF 4] À (BArF 4= BACHTUNGTRENNUNG (3, 5-ACHTUNGTRENNUNG (CF3) 2C6H3) 4 (3), BACHTUNGTRENNUNG (C6F5) 4 (4)) is reported. They can be considered as a source of a {Cp* Zn}+ entity. New cationic cyclopentadienyl Zn derivatives can be obtained on treatment of 3 with chelating donor ligands.