NMR spectroscopic observation of a metal-free acetylide anion.

Autor: Tanaka Y; Laboratory of Molecular Transformation, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan. tanaka@mail.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp, Arakawa M, Yamaguchi Y, Hori C, Ueno M, Tanaka T, Imahori T, Kondo Y
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Chemistry, an Asian journal [Chem Asian J] 2006 Oct 20; Vol. 1 (4), pp. 581-5.
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200600099
Abstrakt: A metal-free acetylide was observed by using NMR spectroscopy. Metal-free acetylides are closely related to reactive intermediates (carbanions) in solution; therefore, they have been regarded as unobservable species. However, we generated this highly reactive and unstable species through the deprotonation of phenylacetylene by using the strong nonmetallic phosphazene base tBu-P4. In the presence of tBu-P4, the J coupling between the ethynyl carbon and hydrogen nuclei (1J(C,H)) of phenylacetylene disappeared; this indicates the deprotonation of the alkyne terminal. Furthermore, a large low-field shift (approximately 90 ppm) of the alkyne carbon resonance was observed. We concluded that we have observed a metal-free carbanion with a formal charge on an sp-hybridized carbon atom for the first time.
Databáze: MEDLINE