Unrealized concepts of masked alkylidenes in (PNP)FeXY systems and alternative approaches to LnXmFe(IV)=CHR
Unrealized concepts of masked alkylidenes in (PNP)FeXY systems and alternative approaches to LnXmFe(IV)=CHR
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10.1016/j.poly.2020.114460
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2020-05
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2.6
通讯作者:
Gregory M. George;P. T. Wolczanski;S. MacMillan;T. Cundari
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作者:
Gregory M. George;P. T. Wolczanski;S. MacMillan;T. Cundari
Treatment of PNP ligands with iron(II) halides yielded pseudo tetrahedral {(Ph2PCH2)2NR}FeX2(R″ =tBu,1a-X; Me,1b-X) and {(iBu2PCH2)2NR″}FeX2(R″ =tBu,2a-X; Me,2b-X) complexes, which could be mono- and dialkylated to afford various {(Ph2PCH2)2NR″}FeCl(R) (R″ =tBu,3a-R; Me,3b-R), {(iBu2PCH2)2NR″}FeCl(R) (R″ =tBu,4a-R; Me,4b-R), {(Ph2PCH2)2NtBu}Fe(neoPe)2(5a-neoPe) and {(iBu2PCH2)2NtBu}Fe(1-nor)2(6a-nor). All of the complexes were high spin (S= 2), and structural studies of {(Ph2PCH2)2NMe}FeCl2(1b-Cl), {(iBu2PCH2)2NtBu}FeCl2(2a-Cl), and {(iBu2PCH2)2NtBu}FeCl(1-nor) (4a-nor), revealed chair conformations for the PNP ligands, which were calculated to have modest barriers to boat configurations via twist-boats as calculational minima. Attempts to convert these complexes to zwitterionic NCRR′Fe-containing species as “masked alkylidenes” failed to materialize. Alternative approaches involving structurally characterized diamagnetic {(iBu2PCH2)2NtBu}(CO)2FeCl(COneoPe) (8), the carbonylation product of4a-neoPe, and low-valent {(Ph2PCH2CH2)2NtBu}Fe((H2C=CHSiMe2)2O) (9) also failed. An analysis of orbital energies and overlap is given for alkylidenes. Covalence is identified as a crucial feature necessary for the alkylidene to metalacyclobutane transformation in metathesis.