Gabert Andrea J, Schrock Richard R, Müller Peter
Department of Chemistry 6-331, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Chem Asian J. 2008 Sep 1;3(8-9):1535-43. doi: 10.1002/asia.200800076.
Addition of four equivalents of lithium 2,5-dimethylpyrrolide to a solution of Mo(NAr)(OR(F6))(2)(CHC(5)H(4))Fe (OR(F6)=OCMe(CF(3))(2)) in dichloromethane led to Mo(NAr)(Me(2)Pyr)(2)(CHC(5)H(4))Fe (2; Me(2)Pyr=2,5-dimethylpyrrolide) and lithium hexafluoro-tert-butoxide, which crystallizes out upon cooling the reaction mixture to -35 degrees C. Attempts to prepare parent pyrrolide complexes analogous to 2 resulted in the formation of a mixture of two products. The one that could be isolated contains one equivalent of lithium pyrrolide per molybdenum, that is Mo(NAr)(Pyr)(3)(CHC(5)H(4))FeLi(2) (3). The X-ray structure obtained shows it to be a dimer of dimers in which each lithium atom is bound to three pyrrolides. Addition of four equivalents of lithium 2,5-dimethylpyrrolide to Mo(NAr)(OR(F6))(2)(DME)(2)(CH-1,4-C(6)H(4)CH) (1 b) in cold DME produced Mo(NAr)(Me(2)Pyr)(2)(CH-1,4-C(6)H(4)CH) (4) in good yield, in which the bridging alkylidene is derived from 1,4-divinylbenzene. Three equivalents of (S)-H(2)[Biphen] are required for a clean reaction with 3 to form Mo(NAr)(Biphen)(CHC(5)H(4))Fe (5) (H(2)[Biphen]=3,3'-di-tert-butyl-5,5',6,6'-tetramethyl-1,1'-biphenyl-2,2'-diol), Li(2)[Biphen], and two equivalents of pyrrole. Reactions involving 4 with the chiral diols are the best behaved. Brown Mo(NAr)(Benz(2)Bitet)(CH-1,4-C(6)H(4)CH) (6) can be isolated upon addition of (R)-H(2)[Benz(2)Bitet] (H(2)[Benz(2)Bitet]=(3,3'-dibenzhydryl-5,5',6,6',7,7',8,8'-octahydro-1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-diol) to 4, while addition of (R)-H(2)[Mes(2)Bitet] (H(2)[Mes(2)Bitet]=3,3'-dimesityl-5,5',6,6',7,7',8,8'-octahydro-1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-diol) to 4 yields Mo(NAr)(Mes(2)Bitet)(CH-1,4-C(6)H(4)CH) (7). Compounds 5, 6, and 7 were employed as initiators for the polymerization of 2,3-dicarbomethoxynorbornadiene (DCMNBD) and 2,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)norbornadiene (NBDF6).
向二氯甲烷中Mo(NAr)(OR(F6))(2)(CHC(5)H(4))Fe(OR(F6)=OCMe(CF(3))(2))的溶液中加入四当量的2,5 - 二甲基吡咯锂,得到Mo(NAr)(Me(2)Pyr)(2)(CHC(5)H(4))Fe(2;Me(2)Pyr = 2,5 - 二甲基吡咯锂)和六氟叔丁醇锂,将反应混合物冷却至 - 35℃时,六氟叔丁醇锂结晶析出。尝试制备与2类似的母体吡咯配合物导致形成两种产物的混合物。可分离得到的一种产物是每摩尔钼含有一当量吡咯锂,即Mo(NAr)(Pyr)(3)(CHC(5)H(4))FeLi(2)(3)。所获得的X射线结构表明它是二聚体的二聚体,其中每个锂原子与三个吡咯配位。在冷的1,2 - 二甲氧基乙烷中,向Mo(NAr)(OR(F6))(2)(DME)(2)(CH - 1,4 - C(6)H(4)CH)(1b)中加入四当量的2,5 - 二甲基吡咯锂,以良好的产率得到Mo(NAr)(Me(2)Pyr)(2)(CH - 1,4 - C(6)H(4)CH)(4),其中桥连亚烷基源自1,4 - 二乙烯基苯。与3进行完全反应需要三当量的(S)-H(2)[Biphen]以形成Mo(NAr)(Biphen)(CHC(5)H(4))Fe(5)(H(2)[Biphen]=3,3'-二叔丁基 - 5,5',6,6'-四甲基 - 1,1'-联苯 - 2,2'-二醇)、Li(2)[Biphen]和两当量的吡咯。涉及4与手性二醇的反应表现最佳。加入(R)-H(2)[Benz(2)Bitet](H(2)[Benz(2)Bitet]=(3,3'-二苯甲基 - 5,5',6,6',7,7',8,8'-八氢 - 1,1'-联萘 - 2,2'-二醇)到4中可分离得到Brown Mo(NAr)(Benz(2)Bitet)(CH - 1,4 - C(6)H(4)CH)(6),而向4中加入(R)-H(2)[Mes(2)Bitet](H(2)[Mes(2)Bitet]=3,3'-二叔丁基 - 5,5',6,6',7,7',8,8'-八氢 - 1,1'-联萘 - 2,2'-二醇)得到Mo(NAr)(Mes(2)Bitet)(CH - 1,4 - C(6)H(4)CH)(7)。化合物5、6和7被用作2,3 - 二羧基甲氧基降冰片二烯(DCMNBD)和2,3 - 双(三氟甲基)降冰片二烯(NBDF6)聚合反应的引发剂。