Divalent complexes, catalysts

Divalent Complexes as Catalysts. The divalent complexes MCC Me ) 2 ether (M = Yb, Eu, Sm) were also examined... 

Ganguly, S. Roundhill, D.M. (1993) Catalytic hydration of diethyl maleate to diethyl malate using divalent complexes of palladium(ll) as catalysts, Organometallics, 12, 4825-32. 

AT-heterocyclic carbenes show a pure donor nature. Comparing them to other monodentate ligands such as phosphines and amines on several metal-carbonyl complexes showed the significantly increased donor capacity relative to phosphines, even to trialkylphosphines, while the 7r-acceptor capability of the NHCs is in the order of those of nitriles and pyridine [29]. This was used to synthesize the metathesis catalysts discussed in the next section. Experimental evidence comes from the fact that it has been shown for several metals that an exchange of phosphines versus NHCs proceeds rapidly and without the need of an excess quantity of the NHC. X-ray structures of the NHC complexes show exceptionally long metal-carbon bonds indicating a different type of bond compared to the Schrock-type carbene double bond. As a result, the reactivity of these NHC complexes is also unique. They are relatively resistant towards an attack by nucleophiles and electrophiles at the divalent carbon atom. 

The type of catalyst influences the rate and reaction mechanism. Reactions catalyzed with both monovalent and divalent metal hydroxides, KOH, NaOH, LiOH and Ba(OH)2, Ca(OH)2, and Mg(OH)2, showed that both valence and ionic radius of hydrated cations affect the formation rate and final concentrations of various reaction intermediates and products.61 For the same valence, a linear relationship was observed between the formaldehyde disappearance rate and ionic radius of hydrated cations where larger cation radii gave rise to higher rate constants. In addition, irrespective of the ionic radii, divalent cations lead to faster formaldehyde disappearance rates titan monovalent cations. For the proposed mechanism where an intermediate chelate participates in the reaction (Fig. 7.30), an increase in positive charge density in smaller cations was suggested to improve the stability of the chelate complex and, therefore, decrease the rate of the reaction. The radii and valence also affect the formation and disappearance of various hydrox-ymethylated phenolic compounds which dictate the composition of final products. 

The divalent Co(salen) complex (69a) is one of the most versatile and well-studied Co coordination compounds. It has a long and well-documented history and we shall not restate this here. Recent applications of (69a) as both a synthetic oxygen carrier and as a catalyst for organic transformations are described in Sections 6.1.3.1.2 and 6.1.4.1 respectively. Isotropic shifts in the HNMR spectrum of low-spin Co(salphn) (69b) were investigated in deuterated chloroform, DMF, DMSO, and pyridine.319 Solvent-dependent isotropic shifts indicate that the single unpaired electron, delocalized over the tetradentate 7r-electron system in CHCI3, is an intrinsic property of the planar four-coordinate complex. The high-spin/low-spin equilibrium of the... 

Until recently, the hydroformylation using palladium had been scarcely explored as the activity of palladium stayed behind that of more active platinum complexes. The initiating reagents are often very similar to those of platinum, i.e., divalent palladium salts, which under the reaction conditions presumably form monohydrido complexes of palladium(II). A common precursor is (39). The mechanism for palladium catalysts is, therefore, thought to be the same as that for platinum. New cationic complexes of palladium that are highly active as hydroformylation catalysts were discovered by Drent and co-workers at Shell and commercial applications may be expected, involving replacement of cobalt catalysts. 

Boff and Novae [6] found a divalent rare earth metal complex, (C5Me5)2Sm, to be a good catalyst for the polymerization of MMA. The initiation started with... 

In the very recent past, metal complex catalysis has been used with advantage for the stereo- and enantio selective syntheses based on the Henry and Michael reactions with SENAs (454-458). The characteristic features of these transformations can be exemplified by catalysis of the reactions of SENAs (327) with functionalized imides (328) by ligated trivalent scandium complexes or mono-and divalent copper complexes (454) (Scheme 3.192). Apparently, the catalyst initially forms a complex with imide (328), which reacts with nitronate (327) to give the key intermediate A. Evidently, diastereo- and enantioselectivity of the process are associated with preferable transformations of this intermediate. 

To realize milder reaction conditions, modification of the platinum catalyst system has been examined. A combined use of bis(catecholato)diboron with phosphine-free divalent platinum complex, PtCl2(cod), allows the diboration of alkynes to proceed at RT.42 The room-temperature diboration has also been achieved with a Pt(nbd)3-monophosphine (Pt/L= 1/1) catalyst.43... 

An analysis of the most significant homogeneous catalytic systems reported in the literature reveals a structural variety for Pd which is not found for Pt. In fact, although in most cases Pd is incorporated into the (pre)catalyst as divalent ion, active Pd(0) -catalysts have also been reported. By contrast, Pt(0) -catalysts are a rarity. Moreover, Pd complexes containing mono-, di-, tri-, and even tetra-dentate ligands have found application as hydrogenation catalysts, and often their activity and selectivity is governed by the steric and electronic features of... 

Ruthenium complexes are active hydrogenation catalysts for the reduction of dienes to monoenes. Both zerovalent and divalent ruthenium complexes containing various (alkene, diene and phosphine) ligands have been employed as catalysts that have met with different degrees of success. 

As the concentration of NaCl is increased after ribozyme activity has reached a minimum, the activity of the ribozyme is restored (Fig. 8). This rescue cannot be explained in terms of the number of bound Mn ions since the number does not increase at higher concentrations of NaCl, according to Horton et al., as described above. It is likely that, at higher concentrations, Na ions can work to fold the complex into the active structure and, as a result, more efficient Mn ions, even at limited concentrations, can work as a catalyst (see below for details). More efficient Mn ions can work as a catalyst even at a limited concentrations. As we would anticipate from the structural role and inefficient catalytic activity of Na ions, several groups have reported that ribozyme-mediated cleavage reactions can occur even in the absence of divalent metal ions provided that the concentration of monovalent ions, such as Na" ions, is extremely high [64-66]. 

Processes of this type have been realized in supramolecular phosphorylation reactions. Indeed, the same [24]-N6C>2 macrocycle 38 as that already used in the studies of ATP hydrolysis was also found [5.60] to mediate the synthesis of pyrophosphate from acetylphosphate (AcP). Substrate consumption was accelerated and catalytic with turnover following the steps (1) substrate AcP binding by the proto-nated molecular catalyst 38 (2) phosphorylation of 38 within the supramolecular complex, giving the phosphorylated intermediate PN 81 (3) binding of the substrate HP042 (P) (4) phosphoryl transfer from PN to P with formation of pyrophosphate PP (Fig. 8) (5) release of the product and of the free catalyst for a new cycle [5.60]. PP is also formed in the hydrolysis of ATP in the presence of divalent metal ions [5.61]. 

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