Ortho-selective C-Hactivation of substituted benzenes effected by a tungsten alkylidene complex without substituent coordination

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Tsang, Jenkins Y. K. [1 ]
Buschhaus, Miriam S. A. [1 ]
Legzdins, Peter [1 ]
Patrick, Brian O. [1 ]
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[1] Univ British Columbia, Dept Chem, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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10.1021/om060390j
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O61 [无机化学];
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070301 ; 081704 ;
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Gentle thermolysis of the bis(neopentyl) complex Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)(2) (1) at 70 degrees C in various substituted benzenes results in the loss of neopentane and the generation of the transient alkylidene complex Cp*W(NO)(=CHCMe3) (A), which subsequently effects single C-H bond activations of the benzenes. These activations exhibit a pronounced selectivity for the C-H linkages ortho to the benzene substituents. Thus, thermal reactions of 1 with C6H5X lead to the preferential formation of the corresponding Cp*W( NO)(CH2CMe3)(o-C6H4X) complexes, the ortho-selectivity, i. e., X = F > OMe > Cl > Br > C CPh, diminishing as the steric demands of the substituents increase. Consistently, thermolyses of 1 in o-C6H4X2 afford Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)(2,3-C6H3X2) complexes with 98% selectivity when X = F and 82% selectivity when X = Cl. Similarly, the principal organometallic products resulting from the thermolyses of 1 in m-C6H4X2 are the ortho-para-activated isomers Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)(2,4-C6H3X2) with 84% selectivity when X = F and 89% selectivity when X = Cl. Finally, thermolyses of 1 in para-disubstituted benzenes p-C6H4XY (X = F or OMe, Y = Cl or OMe) again reveal that the ortho-directing abilities of the substituents diminish in the order F > OMe > Cl. Some mechanistic insights into these activation processes have been obtained by monitoring of the early stages of the thermolysis of 1 in chlorobenzene by H-1 NMR spectroscopy. This monitoring reveals that the selectivity of the alkylidene intermediate A for forming the ortho-activated isomer is thermodynamic rather than kinetic in nature. Thus, the meta- and para-activated isomers are formed initially, but then convert to the ortho-activated product. The principal organometallic complexes resulting from ortho-C-H activations are formally 16-electron species in which there are no interactions between the tungsten centers and the Lewis-basic benzene substituents. Instead, the Lewis-acidic tungsten centers engage in intramolecular agostic interactions with the methylene C-H bonds of their neopentyl ligands to acquire some additional electron density. Being coordinatively and electronically unsaturated, these tungsten complexes react readily with added Lewis bases. Thus, treatment of Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)(o-C6H4F) with Et4NCN and CO produces [Et4N](+)[Cp*W(NO)(CH2CMe3)(CN)(o-C6H4F)](-) and Cp*W(NO)(eta(2)-C(=O)CH2CMe3)(o-C6H4F), respectively, and the solid-state molecular structure of the latter complex has also been established by a single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis.
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