基于多氮杂环卡宾配体的金属超分子结构。
Metallosupramolecular Architectures Obtained from Poly-N-heterocyclic Carbene Ligands.
机构信息
Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie and NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 30, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
出版信息
Acc Chem Res. 2017 Sep 19;50(9):2167-2184. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00158. Epub 2017 Aug 25.
Over the past two decades, self-assembly of supramolecular architectures has become a field of intensive research due to the wide range of applications for the resulting assemblies in various fields such as molecular encapsulation, supramolecular catalysis, drug delivery, metallopharmaceuticals, chemical and photochemical sensing, and light-emitting materials. For these purposes, a large number of coordination-driven metallacycles and metallacages featuring different sizes and shapes have been prepared and investigated. Almost all of these are Werner-type coordination compounds where metal centers are coordinated by nitrogen and/or oxygen donors of polydentate ligands. With the evolving interest in the coordination chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), discrete supramolecular complexes held together by M-C bonds have recently become of interest. The construction of such metallosupramolecular assemblies requires the synthesis of suitable poly-NHC ligands where the NHC donors form labile bonds with metal centers thus enabling the formation of the thermodynamically most stable reaction product. In organometallic chemistry, these conditions are uniquely met by the combination of poly-NHCs and silver(I) ions where the resulting assemblies also offer the possibility to generate new structures by transmetalation of the poly-NHC ligands to additional metal centers forming more stable C-M bonds. Stable metallosupramolecular assemblies obtained from poly-NHC ligands feature special properties such as good solubility in many less polar organic solvents and the presence of the often catalyticlly active {M(NHC)} moiety as building block. In this Account, we review recent developments in organometallic supramolecular architectures derived from poly-NHC ligands. We describe dinuclear (M = Ag, Au, Cu) tetracarbene complexes obtained from bis-NHC ligands with an internal olefin or two external coumarin pendants and their postsynthetic modification via a photochemically induced single or double [2 + 2] cycloaddition to form dinuclear tetracarbene complexes featuring cyclobutane units. Even three-dimensional cage-like structures can be prepared by this postsynthetic strategy. Cylinder-like trinuclear, tetranuclear, and hexanuclear (M = Ag, Au, Cu, Hg, Pd) complexes have been obtained from benzene-bridged tris-, tetrakis-, or hexakis-NHC ligands. These complexes resemble polynuclear assemblies obtained from related polydentate Werner-type ligands. Contrary to the Werner-type complexes, cylinder-like assemblies with three, four, or six silver(I) ions sandwiched in between two tris-, tetrakis-, or hexakis-NHC ligands undergo a facile transmetalation reaction to give the complexes featuring more stable M-C bonds, normally with retention of the metallosupramolecular structure. This unique behavior of NHC-Ag complexes allows the prepration of assemblies containing various metals from the poly-NHC silver(I) assemblies. Narcissistic self-sorting phenomena have also been observed for mixtures of selected poly-NHC ligands and silver(I) ions. Even a very early type of metallosupramolecular assembly, the tetranuclear molecular square, can be prepared from four bridging dicarbene ligands and four transition metal ions either by a stepwise assembly or by a single-step protocol. At this point, it appears that procedures for the synthesis of metallosupramolecular assemblies using polydentate Werner-type ligands and metal ions can be transferred to organometallic chemistry by using suitable poly-NHC ligands. The resulting structures feature stable M-C bonds (with the exception of the labile C-Ag bond) when compared to M-N/M-O bonds in classical Werner-type complexes. The generally good solubility of the compounds and the presence of the often catalytically active {M(NHC)} moiety make organometallic supramolecular complexes a promising new class of molecular hosts for catalytic transformations and encapsulation of selected substrates.
在过去的二十年中,由于超分子组装在分子封装、超分子催化、药物输送、金属药物、化学和光化学传感以及发光材料等各个领域的广泛应用,自组装超分子结构已成为一个研究热点。为此,人们已经制备并研究了大量具有不同尺寸和形状的配位驱动金属环和金属笼。这些几乎都是 Werner 型配位化合物,其中金属中心由多齿配体的氮和/或氧供体配位。随着对 N-杂环卡宾(NHC)配位化学的兴趣不断增加,最近由 M-C 键连接的离散超分子配合物也引起了人们的兴趣。这种金属超分子组装的构建需要合成合适的多 NHC 配体,其中 NHC 供体与金属中心形成不稳定的键,从而使热力学最稳定的反应产物得以形成。在有机金属化学中,这些条件是通过多 NHC 与银(I)离子的结合唯一满足的,其中得到的组装体还提供了通过多 NHC 配体向其他金属中心的 transmetalation 生成新结构的可能性,形成更稳定的 C-M 键。多 NHC 配体得到的稳定金属超分子组装体具有特殊的性质,如在许多非极性有机溶剂中有良好的溶解性,以及通常具有催化活性的 {M(NHC)} 部分作为构建块。在本综述中,我们回顾了最近由多 NHC 配体衍生的有机金属超分子结构的发展。我们描述了从带有内部烯烃或两个外部香豆素悬垂部分的双 NHC 配体获得的双核(M = Ag、Au、Cu)四碳烯配合物,以及通过光诱导的单或双 [2 + 2] 环加成对其进行的后合成修饰,形成具有环丁烷单元的双核四碳烯配合物。甚至可以通过这种后合成策略制备三维笼状结构。从苯桥连的三、四或六 NHC 配体获得了类似于多核组装体的圆柱状三核、四核和六核(M = Ag、Au、Cu、Hg、Pd)配合物。这些配合物类似于从相关的多齿 Werner 型配体获得的多核组装体。与 Werner 型配合物相反,夹在两个三、四或六 NHC 配体之间的具有三个、四个或六个银(I)离子的圆柱状组装体可以进行容易的 transmetalation 反应,得到具有更稳定的 M-C 键的配合物,通常保留金属超分子结构。NHC-Ag 配合物的这种独特行为允许从多 NHC 银(I)组装体制备包含各种金属的组装体。选择性多 NHC 配体和银(I)离子的混合物也观察到了自恋性自组装现象。甚至可以通过四桥接二碳烯配体和四个过渡金属离子的逐步组装或一步法制备早期的四核分子正方形等金属超分子组装体。在这一点上,似乎使用合适的多 NHC 配体可以将使用多齿 Werner 型配体和金属离子合成金属超分子组装体的程序转移到有机金属化学中。与经典 Werner 型配合物中的 M-N/M-O 键相比,得到的结构具有稳定的 M-C 键(除了不稳定的 C-Ag 键外)。化合物通常具有良好的溶解性,并且存在通常具有催化活性的 {M(NHC)} 部分,这使得有机金属超分子配合物成为催化转化和选择底物封装的一类有前途的新型分子主体。