Cobalt complexes substitution reactions

Interference from Ring-closure.—In 1966, Kustin, Pasternack, and Weinstock published a paper entitled Steric effects in fast metal complex substitution reactions , in which they reported a temperature-jump study involving the nickel(ii) and cobalt(ii) complexes with a- and jS-alanine. With a-alanine, the substitution at cobalt was significantly faster than at nickel, but with the jS-isomer, whereas the Ni + substitution rate was approximately the same as before, substitution at Co + was significantly slower. The rate constants shown in Table 4 were obtained for the 1 1... 

Octahedral substitution reactions (e.g. those involving cobalt(III) complexes) may proceed by both Sf l or 8 2 reactions. In the S l case a slow dissociative mechanism (bond breaking) may take place. Reaction with the substituting... 

Trans activation and limiting N1 mechanisms for substitution reactions of cobalt(III) complexes in aqueous solution. J. E. Byrd and W. K. Wilmarth, Inorg. Chim. Acta, Rev., 1971, 5, 7-18 (42). 

One of the commonest reactions in the chemistry of transition-metal complexes is the replacement of one ligand by another ligand (Fig. 9-3) - a so-called substitution reaction. These reactions proceed at a variety of rates, the half-lives of which may vary from several days for complexes of rhodium(iii) or cobalt(m) to about a microsecond with complexes of titanium(iii). 

As already mentioned, complexes of chromium(iii), cobalt(iii), rhodium(iii) and iridium(iii) are particularly inert, with substitution reactions often taking many hours or days under relatively forcing conditions. The majority of kinetic studies on the reactions of transition-metal complexes have been performed on complexes of these metal ions. This is for two reasons. Firstly, the rates of reactions are comparable to those in organic chemistry, and the techniques which have been developed for the investigation of such reactions are readily available and appropriate. The time scales of minutes to days are compatible with relatively slow spectroscopic techniques. The second reason is associated with the kinetic inertness of the products. If the products are non-labile, valuable stereochemical information about the course of the substitution reaction may be obtained. Much is known about the stereochemistry of ligand substitution reactions of cobalt(iii) complexes, from which certain inferences about the nature of the intermediates or transition states involved may be drawn. This is also the case for substitution reactions of square-planar complexes of platinum(ii), where study has led to the development of rules to predict the stereochemical course of reactions at this centre. 

It will not have escaped the reader s attention that the kinetically inert complexes are those of (chromium(iii)) or low-spin d (cobalt(iii), rhodium(iii) or iridium(iii)). Attempts to rationalize this have been made in terms of ligand-field effects, as we now discuss. Note, however, that remarkably little is known about the nature of the transition state for most substitution reactions. Fortunately, the outcome of the approach we summarize is unchanged whether the mechanism is associative or dissociative. 

Ring-member substitution, a very characteristic reaction of some 18-e borabenzene complexes (see Section VII,B), can also occur with 1,4-dibora-2,5-cyclohexadiene complexes. The cobalt complex 53 cleanly reacts with MeCOCl/ A1C13 to give the cation 54 (Scheme 7) (75). The Rh complex (C5Me5)Rh[MeB(CHCH)2BMe] reacts analogously (75). 

The cobalt mediated homo Diels-Alder reaction of norbomadiene (560) with phenyl acetylene (568a), affording a phenyl substituted deltacyclene, demonstrated the potential of low-valent cobalt complexes as catalysts332. Lautens and coworkers327 extended the scope of this reaction and were able to synthesize a wide range of substituted deltacyclenes from alkynes 568 (equation 164, Table 33). The low-valent cobalt or cobalt(O) species to be used was prepared in situ by reduction of Co(acac)3 with Et2AlCl. Monosubstituted... 

As we have seen, an area of major importance and of considerable interest is that of substitution reactions of metal complexes in aqueous, nonaqueous and organized assemblies (particularly micellar systems). The accumulation of a great deal of data on substitution in nickel(II) and cobalt(II) in solution (9) has failed to shake the dissociative mechanism for substitution and for these the statement "The mechanisms of formation reactions of solvated metal cations have also been settled, the majority taking place by the Eigen-Wilkins interchange mechanism or by understandable variants of it" (10) seems appropriate. Required, however, are more data for substitution in the other... 

The preparation of cyclopropanes by intermolecular cyclopropanation with acceptor-substituted carbene complexes is one of the most important C-C-bond-forming reactions. Several reviews [995,1072-1074,1076,1077,1081] and monographs have appeared. In recent decades chemists have focused on stereoselective intermolecular cyclopropanations, and several useful catalyst have been developed for this purpose. Complexes which catalyze intermolecular cyclopropanations with high enantiose-lectivity include copper complexes [1025,1026,1028,1029,1031,1373,1398-1400], cobalt complexes [1033-1035], ruthenium porphyrin complexes [1041,1042,1230], C2-symmetric ruthenium complexes [948,1044,1045], and different types of rhodium complexes [955,998,999,1002-1004,1010,1062,1353,1401-1405], Particularly efficient catalysts for intermolecular cyclopropanation are C2-symmetric cop-per(I) complexes, as those shown in Figure 4.20. These complexes enable the formation of enantiomerically enriched cyclopropanes with enantiomeric excesses greater than 99%. Illustrative examples of intermolecular cyclopropanations are listed in Table 4.24. 

The aquated Co(III) ion is a powerful oxidant. The value of E = 1.88 V (p = 0) is independent of Co(III) concentration over a wide range suggesting little dimer formation. It is stable for some hours in solution especially in the presence of Co(II) ions. This permits examination of its reactions. The CoOH " species is believed to be much more reactive than COjq Ref. 208. Both outer sphere and substitution-controlled inner sphere mechanisms are displayed. As water in the Co(H20) ion is replaced by NHj the lability of the coordinated water is reduced. The cobalt(III) complexes which have been so well characterized by Werner are thus the most widely chosen substrates for investigating substitution behavior. This includes proton exchange in coordinated ammines, and all types of substitution reactions (Chap. 4) as well as stereochemical change (Table 7.8). The CoNjX" entity has featured widely in substitution investigations. There are extensive data for anation reactions of... 

By cobalt-lithium exchange, the group of Sekiguchi and coworkers generated several dilithium salts of variously substituted cyclobutadiene dianions . By the reaction of the functionalized acetylenes (e.g. compound 137) with CpCo(CO)2 (136), the corresponding cobalt sandwich complexes, related to compound 138, were obtained (Scheme 50). These can be interconverted into the dilithium salts of the accordant cyclobutadiene dianions (e.g. dilithium compound 139) by reaction with metallic lithium in THF. Bicyclic as well as tricyclic (e.g. dilithium compound 141, starting from cobalt complex 140) silyl substituted systems were generated (Scheme 51) . ... 

Electron-donating substituents make the aromatic subsU ate more reactive than benzene and lead to o,/ -orientation, while electron-withdrawing substituents decrease the reactivity and give mostly m-orientation products. The detailed mechanism of the formation of the a complex has been studied by oxygen-18 labeling of the sulfonyl oxygen in p-nitrobenzenesulfonyl peroxide. The ionic mechanism for aromatic substitution by sulfonyl peroxides has been confirmed by carrying out the substitution reaction in the presence of redox catalysts such as copper and cobalt salts and aluminum chloride. Small differences in the rate of the products can be found in the presence or absence of these additives, and it has been concluded that the ionic mechanism accounts satisfactorily for these results. ... 

This is another of the very interesting contributions in Tobe s paper. Tobe has studied substitution reactions of the dichloro-bis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) ion in methanol, reported the preparation of the supposed solvo intermediate that would be required, and studied the rate of the chloride anion entry into this supposed solvo intermediate. He reports that the lability of methanol in this complex is insufficient to allow the complex to be an intermediate in a substitution process of the dichloro complex. Yet it is possible to obtain, in the case of the dichloro-chloride exchange, a term in the rate law for the free ion. This leads to the conclusion that, in fact, one has a genuinely unimolecular substitution process. 

Mechanisms of Substitution Reactions of Cobalt (III) Cyanide Complexes... 

Wayne K. Wilmarth It is a pleasure to report the work carried out by Albert Haim and Robert Grassi dealing with substitution reactions of the pentacyano-cobalt(III) complexes. 

The final product is ferrocyanide and cobaltic EDTA, but this goes through an intermediate which can be isolated, and which is an adduct of these twro. Dr. Wilkins tried this system out in his rapid flow rate system and found a rate of association which was about right for substitution rates on a cobaltous ion. So this seemed to be a case where perhaps the nitrogen end of a cyanide was able to coordinate into a cobaltous complex, with either concomitant cr subsequent charge transfer. Yet no transfer of ligand occurs in the overall reaction. 

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