Im. Bartlett et al., Oxidatively induced isomerisation of vinylidene ligands to alkynes: ESR spectra of paramagnetic vinylidene and alkyne arene metal complexes, J CHEM S DA, (5), 1999, pp. 691-698
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35
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS
UV irradiation of [M(CO)(3)(eta-arene)] and Me3SiC=CSiMe3 gives [M(CO)(2){C
=C(SiMe3)(2)}(eta-arene)] (M = Cr, arene = C6H2Me4-1,2,3,5 2V, C6H3Me3-1,2,
3 3V or C6H6 4V; M = Mo, arene = C6Me6 5V or C6H3Me3-1,3,5 6V). The crystal
structure of [Cr(CO)(2){C=C(SiMe3)(2)}(eta-C6H6)] 4V confirms the presence
of the vinylidene ligand; the complex has approximate C-s symmetry with th
e C(SiMe3)(2) plane orthogonal to the arene(centroid)-Cr-CalphaCbeta plane.
Voltammetry and IR and NMR spectroscopy show that in solution [Mo(CO)(2){C
=C(SiMe3)(2)}(eta-C6H3Me3-1,3,5)] 6V thermally equilibrates with the alkyne
isomer [Mo(CO)(2)(eta-Me3SiC=CSiMe3)(eta-C6H3Me3-1,3,5)] 6A. The vinyliden
e complexes [M(CO)(2){C=C(SiMe3)(2)}(eta-arene)] 2V-6V undergo one-electron
oxidation to the alkyne cations [M(CO)(2)(eta-Me3Si=CSiMe3)(eta-arene)](+)
2A(+)-6A(+) via fast, redox-induced vinylidene-to-alkyne isomerisation. Th
ese cations are reduced to the neutral alkyne complexes [M(CO)(2)(eta-Me3Si
C=CSiMe3)(eta-arene)] 2A-6A which slowly isomerise thermally to the neutral
vinylidene complexes 2V-6V. Paramagnetic vinylidene and alkyne complex cat
ions have been characterised by ESR spectroscopy; unpaired electron density
is extensively delocalised from the metal centre to the C-2 ligand, in agr
eement with the results of EHMO calculations.