α-Methyl-benzylcalcium complexes:: syntheses, structures and reactivity

被引:63
作者
Feil, F [1 ]
Müller, C [1 ]
Harder, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Konstanz, D-78457 Constance, Germany
关键词
calcium; carbanion; polystyrene; C-H activation;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00405-4
中图分类号
O61 [无机化学];
学科分类号
070301 ; 081704 ;
摘要
alpha-Methyl-benzylcalcium complexes were prepared analogue to alpha-Me3Si-benzylcalcium complexes for which procedures were reported earlier. The crystal structures of homoleptic bis(2-Me2N-alpha-Me-benzyl)calcium.(THF)(2) and heteroleptic (9-Me-3-Si-fluorenyl)(2-Me2N-alpha-Me-benzyl)calcium.(THF) were determined. For both compounds only one of the two diastereomers crystallized. Barriers for inversion of the chiral benzylic carbon were estimated by variable temperature NMR spectroscopy. The alpha-methyl-benzylcalcium compounds are less stable and show a higher reactivity and faster initiation of styrene polymerization than the analogue alpha-Me3Si-benzylcalcium complexes. Intramolecular C-H activation in a heteroleptic a-methyl-benzylcalcium complex was observed and the product, a calcium complex with a dianionic alkyl/fluorenyl ansa-ligand, was characterized by crystal structure determination. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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