Carboxylate complexes reactions with phosphines

ABSTRACT. Dicarbonyl(t 5-cyclopentadienyl)carbyne complexes of molybdenum and tungsten prove to be a valuable synthetic tool Reaction with phosphines provides substituted carbyne complexes and leads via an intramolecular CC-coupling to t 1- or Tj -ketenyl complexes respectively. Electrophiles attack the metal carbyne triple bond forming hetero- and acyclic carbene complexes, r 2-acyl compounds, T -ketene complexes and metalla-dithia-bicyclobutane cations. Dithio-carboxylates are formed in reaction of these dicarbonyl(Ti5 cyclo-pentadienyl)carbyne complexes with sulfur or cyclohexene sulfide. 

The iridium phosphine complex [IrC PEt,),] 39b can also activate O-H bonds of carboxylic acids. The stoichiometric reaction with a,(o-alkynoic acids RC=C(CH2)2 CO2H (R = Me, Ph) gave cis-hydrido(carboxylato)iridium(III) complexes 92 (Eq. 6.26), and the molecular structure of 92a was determined crystallographically [59]. 

Methylisoxazole-5-carboxylic acid was converted into the corresponding 5-carboxamides and 5-(l/7-pyrazol-l-ylcarbonyl) derivatives in satisfactory yields by treatment with thionyl chloride and amines or pyrazoles <2002SC425>. A three-component assembly of isoxazole-5-carboxylic acid chloride, 1,1-dimethylallene, and bis-pinacolatodiboron, catalyzed by a phosphine-free palladium complex, gave 2-acylallylboronate derivatives regiose-lectively (Equation 47) <2003JA12576>. On the other hand, a mild procedure allowed the preparation of /3,7-unsaturated ketones by simple reaction of 3-aryl-5-methylisoxazole-4-carboxylic acid chlorides with allyl bromide and indium in DMF (Equation 48) <1997TL8745>. 

The carbonylation of chloroarenes has been described by Alper and Grushin [27] and Jenner and Bentaleb [28], While the former showed that square-planar complexes of divalent palladium, [ L2PdCl2], where L = tertiary phosphine, are active catalysts for the biphasic carbonylation of aromatic halides, including chloroarenes (when L = tricyclohexylphosphine), to the corresponding carboxylic acids, the latter demonstrated that chloroarenes can be converted into aromatic acids via catalytic reaction with aqueous methyl formate under biphasic conditions. [ PdCl2(PCy3)2] was the most efficient catalyst. The addition of [ Ru3(CO)12] and ammonium formate improved yield and selectivity of the carbonylation reaction. The mechanism should involve oxidative addition of the C—Cl bond to a zero-valent Pd species followed by CO insertion. However, the palladium catalyst may also directly activate methyl formate. Compared to other carbonylations of aryl-Hal compounds the procedure is quite convenient (no solvent, no initial pressurization) [27]. 

A study of the palladium-catalysed reaction of benzene with iodoarenes has included a synthesis of a phosphine-ligated aryl palladium pivalate complex. However, this species fails to form the biaryl product and it is suggested that a ligandless arylpalladium(II) carboxylate complex is involved in the carbon-hydrogen cleavage step. In the palladium-catalysed reaction of cyanobenzene with iodoarenes in trifluoroacetic acid, biphenyl derivatives are formed by substitution of hydrogen ortho to the cyano group. The first step in the process is likely to involve co-ordination of... 

Recently, further orthometallation reactions of phosphines in dinuclear carboxylate complexes were carried out to give compounds of the type [Os2(/x-OOCR)2 /i-P(C6H4)Ph2 2Cl2]/ " The complex [Ru(/x-PhCONH)4Cl] reacts with PPh3 to cause breaking of the phosphorus-phenyl bond with the formation of the phenyl compound [Ru2Ph2(PhCONH)2 Ph2POC(Ph)N 2]. " ... 

The catalytic hydrocarbonylation and hydrocarboxylation of olefins, alkynes, and other TT-bonded compounds are reactions of important industrial potential.Various transition metal complexes, such as palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, or nickel complexes, have widely been used in combination with phosphines and other types of ligands as catalysts in most carbonylation reactions. The reactions of alkenes, alkynes, and other related substrates with carbon monoxide in the presence of group VIII metals and a source of proton affords various carboxylic acids or carboxylic acid derivatives.f f f f f While many metals have successfully been employed as catalysts in these reactions, they often lead to mixtures of products under drastic experimental conditions.f i f f f In the last twenty years, palladium complexes are the most frequently and successfully used catalysts for regio-, stereo-, and enantioselective hydrocarbonylation and hydrocarboxylation reactions.f ... 

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