Dimethyl amine coordination

Similarly, alcoholysis of Mo(NMe2)4 allows a ready entry into Molv alkoxide chemistry,75 although reactions with silanols76 and phenols77 typically produce adducts in which the liberated dimethyl-amine remains coordinated to the metal center (equation 12). 

Octamethylpyrophosphoramide, OMPA, (Me2N)2P(0)-0-P(0)(NMe2)2, is obtained if dimethyl-amine is used in place of ammonia in reaction (7.73). This colourless hygroscopic and very toxic compound has a melting point of 20°C and is ether-soluble. It can be distilled without decomposition and it is an effective insecticide if first absorbed by plants (Chapter 12.12). It is capable of forming numerous phosphoryl coordination complexes as, for example, Co(OMPA)3 CIO4, Cu(OMPA)2 CuCU, Fe(OMPA)3 (FeCUs. 

Although neutral dialkyl ami no radicals generally do not add to simple alkenes it was possible to observe some addition of dimethylamino radicals to styrene and a-methylstyrene (48). Photolysis of tetramethy1-2-tetrazene (TMT) in cyclohexane, at room temperature, in the presence of a-methylstyrene resulted in the formation of small but reproducible yields of addition products. The bulk of the amino radicals were consumed in the formation of tetramethylhydrazine and dimethyl amine. The relative rate of formation of the adducts from substituted a-methylstyrenes were correlated by the Hammett equation yielding a p = +0.69 + 0.03 (corr. coeff.. 99). This result indicates that the dimethylamino radical behaves like a nucleophile in addition reactions i.e. the styrenes substituted by electron attracting substituents reacted more rapidly than the electron rich styrenes. This result is in marked contrast to that obtained for dimethylamino radicals coordinated by zinc chloride (48). These... 

The desired pyridylamine was obtained in 69 % overall yield by monomethylation of 2-(aminomethyl)pyridine following a literature procedure (Scheme 4.14). First amine 4.48 was converted into formamide 4.49, through reaction with the in situ prepared mixed anhydride of acetic acid and formic acid. Reduction of 4.49 with borane dimethyl sulfide complex produced diamine 4.50. This compound could be used successfully in the Mannich reaction with 4.39, affording crude 4.51 in 92 % yield (Scheme 4.15). Analogous to 4.44, 4.51 also coordinates to copper(II) in water, as indicated by a shift of the UV-absorption maximum from 296 nm to 308 nm. 

Imines, either acyclic or macrocyclic but invariably multidentate, have a rich coordination chemistry that has been investigated at length. The 7r-accepting ability of imine donors results in the stabilization of lower oxidation states relative to their saturated amine analogs, and there exist many air-stable divalent imine complexes of Co, in contrast to amine relatives. The hexa-methyl-diene (52) has been the most intensively studied ligand of this class, particularly when complexed with Co. In addition, Co complexes of the dimethyl (53),295,296 tetramethyl (54),297 pentamethyl (55)298 and octamethyl (56)299 macrocyclic dienes are also known. In the presence of... 

A template synthesis employing Ni(OAc)2, 2,5-dihydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-1,4-dithiane, and 3,3 -iminobis(propylamine) gave the water-soluble five-coordinate complex [Ni(495)], the crystal structure of which shows trigonal bipyramidal coordination of Ni11 with the central amine and terminal thiolates in plane and the two imino nitrogens in axial positions. Solvatochromism of the complex is interpreted in terms of S" H bonding, which may be of relevance to the catalytic cycle in hydrogenases.1341... 

Aliphatic amines, which are hard bases, are unfavorable for coordination to soft Ni°. If the principles of ligand preorganization and donor prepositioning are applied, however, (diamine)Ni° complexes are accessible, which has been demonstrated for complex (1020) with a rigid N,N -dimethyl-3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1 ]nonane ligand.2468... 

A zinc-mediated carbon-carbon coupling reaction can be carried out on the metallated form of (t-butyldimethylsilyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)amine, formed in reaction with dimethylzinc. The isolated dimeric species can be reacted with further dimethyl zinc to give bis(methylzinc)-l,2-dipyridyl-l,2-bis(t-butyldimethylsilylamido)ethane, which contains two N3C coordinated zinc centers.89... 

Several reports have appeared on the effect of additives on the Pauson-Khand reaction employing an alkyne-Co2(CO)6 complex. For example, addition of phosphine oxide improves the yields of cyclopentenones 119], while addition of dimethyl sulfoxide accelerates the reaction considerably [20]. Furthermore, it has been reported that the Pauson-Khand reaction proceeds even at room temperature when a tertiary amine M-oxide, such as trimethylamine M-oxide or N-methylmorpholine M-oxide, is added to the alkyne-Co2(CO)6 complex in the presence of alkenes [21]. These results suggest that in the Pauson-Khand reaction generation of coordinatively unsaturated cobalt species by the attack of oxides on the carbonyl ligand of the alkyne-Co2(CO)6 complex [22] is the key step. With this knowledge in mind, we examined further the effect of various other additives on the reaction to obtain information on the mechanism of this rearrangement. 

Coordinated a-amino amides can be formed by the nucleophilic addition of amines to coordinated a-amino esters (see Chapter 7.4). This reaction forms the basis of attempts to use suitable metal coordination to promote peptide synthesis. Again, studies have been carried out using coordination of several metals and an interesting early example is amide formation on an amino acid imine complex of magnesium (equation 75).355 However, cobalt(III) complexes, because of their high kinetic stability, have received most serious investigation. These studies have been closely associated with those previously described for the hydrolysis of esters, amides and peptides. Whereas hydrolysis is observed when reactions are carried out in water, reactions in dimethyl-formamide or dimethyl sulfoxide result in peptide bond formation. These comparative results are illustrated in Scheme 91.356-358 The key intermediate (126) has also been reacted with dipeptide... 

Dimethylphenol is oxidatively polymerized to poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenyl-ene ether) with a copper-amine complex by a laccaselike reaction. The activated phenols are coupled to form a dimer. The dimer is activated by a mechanism similar to that by which the polymerization proceeds. The effects of the amine ligands are to improve the solubility and the stability of the copper complex as well as the phenol-coordinated complex and to control the redox potential of the copper complex. 

The silver-silver distance is 3.386 A, indicating a weak silver-silver interaction (Fig. 6.3). Observing the disilver structure for the second time, the authors studied the importance of the disilver structure on reactivity. By testing different phenanthrolines, they found that 2,9-substituted phenanthrolines did not catalyze the amination reaction. This result was supported by structural evidence—the silver-2,9-dimethyl-phenanthroline complex did not form disilver structure two ligands coordinated one silver in a tetrahedral geometry, blocking the approach of any other molecule to the silver center. Even one bulky mesityl group in the 2 position inhibits the reactivity completely (Scheme 6.6). 

A further possibility for the stabilization of low-valent silicon complexes is the intramolecular coordination exhibited by the DMBA ligand (DMBA = 2-dimethyl-benzyl-amine) [li3—12]. 

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