1.5- Cyclooctadiene , synthesis metal complexes

In 1998, Kempe and coworkers [34] reported the first aminopyridinato rare-earth metal complexes. 4-Methyl-2-[(trimethylsilyl)amino]pyridine(HLl) was utilized in this complex. The reaction of lithiated LI and YCI3 in ether and pyridine led to the ate complex [Y(Ll)4(LiPy)] (Py = pyridine) (1). The complex 1 catalytically mediated a ligand transfer reaction to form [Pd(Ll)2] and [Y(Ll)3(py)] (2) from [Pd(cod)Cl2] (cod = cyclooctadiene). The LI ligand transfer from yttrium to palladium and the regeneration of 1 are significant in the efficient synthesis of the very strained amido palladium complexes (Scheme 2). Lithiated LI underwent a salt metathesis reaction with ScCb, at low temperature in THF, to yield the homoleptic complex [Sc(L1)3] (3) (Scheme 2). 3 is the first reported scandium aminopyridinato complex [35]. 

Although the copper mediated Ullmann reaction is a well known method for biaryl synthesis, drastic conditions in the range of 150-280 °C are required. Zerovalent nickel complexes such as bis(l,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel or tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)nickel have been shown to be acceptable coupling reagents under mild conditions however, the complexes are unstable and not easy to prepare. The method using activated metallic nickel eliminates most of these problems and provides an attractive alternative for carrying out aryl coupling reactions(36,38). 

Significant advances in organonickel chemistry followed the discovery of frtzws,fraws,fraws-(l,5,9-cyclododecatriene)nickel, Ni(cdt), and bis(l,5-cycloocta-diene)nickel Ni(cod)2 by Wilke et. al.1 In these and related compounds, in which only olefinic ligands are bonded to the nickel, the metal is especially reactive both in the synthesis of other compounds and in catalytic behavior. Extension of this chemistry to palladium and to platinum has hitherto been inhibited by the lack of convenient synthetic routes to zero-valent complexes of these metals in which mono- or diolefins are the only ligands. Here we described the synthesis of bis(l,5-cyclooctadiene)platinum, tris(ethylene)-platinum, and bis(ethylene)(tricyclohexylphosphine)platinum. The compound Pt(cod)2 (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) was first reported by Muller and Goser,2 who prepared it by the following reaction sequence ... 

Bis(l,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel(0) is useful for the synthesis of a variety of novel nickel complexes,1"5 since the cyclooctadiene ligands are easily displaced. The procedure given here is based on that described by Wilke 6 butadiene is used to prevent the formation of nickel metal.6... 

As shown by Scheme 1 in Fig. 4.2, the first method for the synthesis of bimetallic DENs is called co-complexation, in which two metal ions are mixed with dendrimers at the same time and are reduced simultaneously after both of them form complexes with the dendrimers. Bimetallic DENs, such as Pd/Pt and Pd/Rh, have been synthesized by this method and have shown enhanced activity in the catalytic hydrogenation of 1,3-cyclooctadiene and allyl alcohol [69-72]. 

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