SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF [(ETA-C5H5)RE(NO)(PPH3)(=CHC6H5)]+PF6- - A BENZYLIDENE COMPLEX THAT IS FORMED BY A STEREOSPECIFIC ALPHA-HYDRIDE ABSTRACTION, EXISTS AS 2 GEOMETRIC ISOMERS, AND UNDERGOES STEREOSPECIFIC NUCLEOPHILIC-ATTACK Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Reaction of (-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(CH2C 6H5) (1) with Ph3C+PF6- at -78C gives the benzylidene sc-[(-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(=CHC 6H5)]+PF6- (2k), which isomerizes upon warming (t1/2 = 17 min at 29.5C, H = 20.9 0.4 kcal/mol, S = -3.8 0.2 eu) to a new Re=C geometric isomer, ac-[(-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(=CHC 6H5)]+PF6- (2t). The 2t/2k equilibrium mixture is 99:1, but irradiation between -78 and -20C establishes a (55 3):(45 3) photostationary state. The structures of 2t and 2k are confirmed by X-ray crystallography (2t) and extended Hckel MO calculations. Nucleophiles (Nu) Li(C2H5)3BD, CH3Li, CH3CH2MgBr, C6H5CH2MgCl, PMe3, and CH3ONa attack 2t to give diastereomerically pure adducts (-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(CHNuC 6H5), in which a new chiral center is stereospecifically generated. The same nucleophiles react stereoselectively with 2k, affording adducts in (generally) 92-95:8-5 diastereomer ratios. The minor diastereomers from 2k are identical with the products from 2t. Thus nucleophilic attack upon 2t and 2k occurs preferentially from the same direction. An X-ray structure of (SS,RR)-(-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(CH(CH 2C6H5)C6H5) (5t, from C6H5CH2MgCl attack upon 2t) establishes this direction to be antiperiplanar to the PPh3. When (SS,RR)-(-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(CHDC 6H5) (1--d1-t; from Li(C2H5)3BD attack upon 2t) is treated with Ph3C+PF6-, exclusive H- abstraction occurs to give first 2k--d1 and then 2t--d1. When (SR,RS)-(-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(CHDC 6H5) (1--d1-k; from Li(C2H5)3BH attack upon 2t--d1 or Li(C2H5)3BD attack upon 2k) is treated with Ph3C+PF6-, preferential (92:8) D- abstraction occurs to give undeuterated 2k and (subsequently) 2t. These data (after an isotope effect correction) indicate that the pro-R -hydrogen of 1 is abstracted by Ph3C+PF6- essentially stereospecifically. Insights into this specificity are gained by 1H NMR, extended Hckel MO calculations, and the chemospecific and stereospecific abstraction of CH3O- from (-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(CH(OCH 3)C6H5) (SR,RS: 7t; SS,RR: 7k) by Ph3C+PF6-. A mechanism is proposed in which the least stable rotamer of 1 is the most reactive toward Ph3C+PF6-. 1982 American Chemical Society.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

author list (cited authors)

  • KIEL, W. A., LIN, G. Y., CONSTABLE, A. G., MCCORMICK, F. B., STROUSE, C. E., EISENSTEIN, O., & GLADYSZ, J. A.

citation count

  • 76

complete list of authors

  • KIEL, WA||LIN, GY||CONSTABLE, AG||MCCORMICK, FB||STROUSE, CE||EISENSTEIN, O||GLADYSZ, JA

publication date

  • September 1982