Conjugated diene complexes deprotonation

The Co reagent 192, prepared by the reaction of Co2(CO)8 with sodium, is reactive, and the acylcobalt complex 193 is formed by the reaction of acyl halides. Insertion of butadiene at the Co-acyl bond generates the 7r-allylcobalt complex 194, from which the acylbutadiene 195 is formed by deprotonation with a base [82]. Based on this reaction, various acyldienes are prepared by Co2(CO)8-catalysed reaction of active alkyl halides, conjugated dienes and CO. The Co-catalysed reaction can be carried out smoothly under phase-transfer conditions. For example, 6-phenyl-3,5-hexadien-2-one (197) was prepared in 86% yield by the reaction of Mel, 1-phenylbutadiene (196) and CO in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide [83]. 

Conjugated dienes were thus selectively obtained by hydrovinylation of alkynes catalyzed by a cationic ruthenium alkylidene complex [43] (Eq. 31). This reaction is thought to be promoted by the ruthenium hydride species resulting from the deprotonation of the <5-methyl group of the metallic precursor, followed by the sequential insertion of alkyne and ethylene into the metal-hydride and metal-vinyl bonds. 

One of the simplest methods for preparation of an a,/J-unsaturated acyl silane is by hydrolysis of a 1-alkoxy-l-trimethylsilylbutadiene, the conjugated dienol ether of a,fi-unsaturated acyl silane, prepared by deprotonation and alkylation of the 1-alkoxydiene (Scheme 42)11. This method is generally limited in application to simple substrates, presumably due to the complexity of preparation of more highly functionalized 1-alkoxy dienes. 

Rate data are also reported for the base hydrolysis of three stereoisomers of the [Co(dien)(tmd)Cl] + ion and one isomer of [Co(dpt)(tmd)CI]2+ [structures (12)— (15)]. The results are compared with previous data in Table 24. Complexes with structures (13) and (15) in which the triamine is in a meridional position react 10 — 10 times faster than those in which the triamine is facial. Deprotonation of the secondary amine (NH) groups is indicated for these conjugate-base reactions. 

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