Aromatic C-H activation and catalytic hydrophenylation of ethylene by TpRu{P(OCH2)3CEt}(NCMe)Ph

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作者
Foley, Nicholas A. [1 ]
Ke, Zhuofeng [3 ,4 ]
Gunnoe, T. Brent [1 ]
Cundari, Thomas R. [3 ]
Petersen, Jeffrey L. [2 ]
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[1] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Chem, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
[2] W Virginia Univ, C Eugene Bennett Dept Chem, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA
[3] Univ N Texas, Dept Chem, CASCaM, Denton, TX 76203 USA
[4] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Chem & Chem Engn, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China
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10.1021/om800275b
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O61 [无机化学];
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The complexes TpRu{P(OCH2)(3)CEt}(L)R {L = PPh3 or NCMe; R = Cl, OTf (OTf = trifluoromethanesulfonate), or Ph; Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate} and TpRu{P(OCH2)(3)CEt} (eta(3)-C3H4Me) were synthesized and isolated. TpRu{P(OCH2)(3)CEt}(NCMe)Ph was found to initiate C-H activation of benzene and to catalyze the hydrophenylation of ethylene to produce ethylbenzene. Ethylene C-H activation to ultimately produce TpRu{P(OCH2)(3)CEt}(eta(3)-C3H4Me) kinetically competes with the catalytic hydrophenylation of ethylene. Computational studies were undertaken on reactions in the proposed catalytic ethylene hydrophenylation cycle as well as key side reactions.
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