Alkyl-metal and aryl-metal bond chemistry in coordinately unsaturated polynuclear metal complexes.

Autor: Schmidt GF; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720., Muetterties EL, Beno MA, Williams JM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 1981 Mar; Vol. 78 (3), pp. 1318-20.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.3.1318
Abstrakt: A new class of coordinately unsaturated polynuclear rhodium and iridium alkyl, benzyl, and aryl derivatives of the form [RM(1,5-cyclooctadiene)](x) have been prepared by the reaction of the organolithium reagent with the cyclooctadienemetal chlorides at -78 degrees C. The x-ray crystal structure of [mu-CH(3)Rh (1,5-cyclooctadiene)](2) is reported. The analogous iridium dimer decomposes by an initial sequence of alpha-hydrogen abstraction and then reductive elimination of hydrogen to give [mu-CH(2)Ir(1,5-cyclooctadiene)](2). Formed in high yield by the decomposition of the ethylrhodium complex was [HRh(C(8)H(11))](4), a tetrahedral cluster with face-bridging hydride ligands. Also discussed are the reactivities of the benzyl and phenyl derivatives. Unique reaction pathways for C-H bond activation and scission in this chemistry are delineated.
Databáze: MEDLINE