Triple Alkyl C–H Bond Activation Mediated by Ruthenium(II): Preparation of Isopropenyl‐Substituted Carbene Complexes

Autor: Robert Wolf, Markus Plois
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2010:4419-4422
ISSN: 1099-0682
1434-1948
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201000677
Popis: The reaction of [RuCl 2 (cod)] x (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene), 1,3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene (IPr), tricyclo-hexylphosphane (PCy 3 ) and KOtBu in a 1:1:2:1 ratio affords the new alkenyl carbene complex [RuCl(IPr")(PCy 3 ) 2 ] (1) in 24 % isolated yield. Triphenylphosphane complex [RuCl-(IPr")(PPh 3 ) 2 ] (2) was isolated together with the single C-H activated complex [RuCl(IPr')(PPh 3 ) 2 ] (3). Complexes 1 and 2 feature a metalated isopropenyl substituent on the IPr" ligand, which results from the triple C-H activation of an isopropyl group. A stepwise mechanism for the formation of complexes 1 and 2 is proposed.
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