Cyclopentadienyl zincates:: Synthesis and x-ray studies of sodium and potassium salts of the [Zn(C5H5)3]- and [Zn2(C5H5)5]- ions
Cyclopentadienyl zincates:: Synthesis and x-ray studies of sodium and potassium salts of the [Zn(C5H5)3]- and [Zn2(C5H5)5]- ions
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200603875
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Carmona, Ernesto
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作者:
Alvarez, Eleuterio;Grirrane, Abdessamad;Carmona, Ernesto
The parent zincocene [Zn (C5H5) 2](1), was first prepared by Fischer and co-workers in 1959, by the reaction of ZnCl2 and NaC5H5 (ca. 1: 2.4 ratio), in Et2O as the solvent, it was isolated in low yields by high-temperature sublimation of the insoluble solids under vacuum.[1] An alternative, higher-yield procedure was subsequently developed,[2] consisting in the reaction of [Zn {N (SiMe3) 2} 2] with freshly distilled C5H6, and it is routinely employed for the large-scale [3, 4] synthesis of 1. In the solid state,[Zn (C5H5) 2] consists of infinite chains of zinc atoms bridged by cyclopentadienyl groups,[3] but the free molecules of 1 have an η5/η1 slip-sandwich geometry, as revealed by electron diffraction studies.[5]The molecules of Zn (C5H5) 2 should exhibit Lewis acid character, as found for the permethylated [Zn (C5Me5) 2] in its reactivity toward N-heterocyclic carbenes.[6] Considering this and the prominent place that homo and heteroleptic hydrocarbyl zincates enjoy in organic and organometallic synthesis,[7–9] it is surprising that anionic adducts, for example,[Zn (C5H5) 2X]¿(X= monoanionic Lewis base, such as H¿, alkyl, amido) have not been reported. During our studies on zincocenes [10] we have found that homoleptic zincates [Zn-(C5H5) 3]¿, and dizincates [Zn2 (C5H5) 5]¿, form in good yields by minor modifications of Fischer s original procedure [1] and display interesting solid-state structures which have been determined for the alkali-metal salts Na [Zn (C5H5) 3]∑ 2 THF (2), K [Zn (C5H5) 3](3), and [Na (thf) 6][Zn2 (C5H5) 5](4). Compounds 2–4 were first obtained as unexpected products during the unsuccessful attempted synthesis of dizincocene [Zn2 (η5-C5H5) 2]. Although the reduction of [Zn-(C5H5) 2]/ZnCl2 1: 1 mixtures by NaH or KH [10c] failed to give