Insertion reactions bonds

The reaction of Grignard reagents with a carbonyl group can be understood as an insertion reaction of an unsaturated C=0 bond of the carbonyl group into... 

Insertion Reactions. Isocyanates also may undergo iasertion reactions with C—H bonds. Acidic compounds, such as 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds (6), react readily at room temperature to form carboxyamides. At higher temperatures carboxyamides frequentiy undergo secondary reactions leading to cyclized products (33,34). 

Organometallic Compounds. Mononuclear carbon monoxide complexes of palladium are relatively uncommon because of palladium s high labihty, tendency to be reduced, and competing migratory insertion reactions in the presence of a Pd—C bond (201). A variety of multinuclear compounds... 

The phosphido complex, Th(PPP)4 [143329-04-0], where PPP = P(CH2CH2P(CH2)2)2) has been prepared and fully characterized (35) and represents the first actinide complex containing exclusively metal—phosphoms bonds. The x-ray stmctural analysis indicated 3-3-electron donor phosphides and 1-1-electron phosphide, suggesting that the complex is formally 22-electron. Similar to the amido system, this phosphido compound is also reactive toward insertion reactions, especially with CO, which undergoes a double insertion (35,36). 

The catalytic cycle (Fig. 5) (20) is well estabUshed, although the details of the conversion of the intermediate CH COI and methanol into the product are not well understood the mechanism is not shown for this part of the cycle, but it probably involves rhodium in a catalytic role. The CH I works as a cocatalyst or promoter because it undergoes an oxidative addition with [Rh(CO)2l2]% and the resulting product has the CO ligand bonded cis to the CH ligand these two ligands are then poised for an insertion reaction. 

This conceptual link extends to surfaces that are not so obviously similar in stmcture to molecular species. For example, the early Ziegler catalysts for polymerization of propylene were a-TiCl. Today, supported Ti complexes are used instead (26,57). These catalysts are selective for stereospecific polymerization, giving high yields of isotactic polypropylene from propylene. The catalytic sites are beheved to be located at the edges of TiCl crystals. The surface stmctures have been inferred to incorporate anion vacancies that is, sites where CL ions are not present and where TL" ions are exposed (66). These cations exist in octahedral surroundings, The polymerization has been explained by a mechanism whereby the growing polymer chain and an adsorbed propylene bonded cis to it on the surface undergo an insertion reaction (67). In this respect, there is no essential difference between the explanation of the surface catalyzed polymerization and that catalyzed in solution. 

Methylene from diazirine has higher energy of vibration than the product from photolysis of ketene, but it is more discriminating in insertion reactions into primary and secondary C—H bonds. 

Thermal insertion reactions of dihydndobis(T) - cyclopentadienyl)molybdenum with tnfluoromethylacetylene give exclusively syn addition At —40 °C, hexafluoro-2-butyne inserts to the Mo-H bond to give anti addition [40] equation 30)... 

If the starting material contains M-H or M-C bonds a further complication can arise due to the possibility of a CO2 insertion reaction. Thus, both [Ru(H)2(N2)(PPh3)3] and [Ru(H)2(PPh3)4] react to give the formate [Ru(H)(OOCH)(PPh3)3], and similar CO2 insertions into M-H are known for M = Co, Fe, Os, Ir, Pt. These normal insertion reactions are consistent with the expected bond polarities M +-H and 0 =C +=0, but occasionally abnormal insertion occurs to give metal carboxylic acids... 

Photolytically generated carbene, as mentioned above, undergoes a variety of undiscriminated addition and insertion reactions and is therefore of limited synthetic utility. The discovery (3) of the generation of carbenes by the zinc-copper couple, however, makes carbene addition to double bonds synthetically useful. The iodo-methylzinc iodide complex is believed to function by electrophilic addition to the double bond in a three-center transition state giving essentially cis addition. Use of the... 

It has been proposed that the monomer undergo an insertion reaction into the V—Cl bond of the photoexcited chelate molecule, resulting in decomposition of the chelate in the anon-radical route. 

The insertion reaction between alkenylcarbene complexes and electron-rich alkynes such as 1-alkynylamines (ynamines) leads to mixtures of two regioi-someric cyclopentyl derivatives [78]. Thus, if the insertion occurs on the carbon-metal bond a new aminocarbene complex is produced which evolves to a cyclopentenylmetal derivative. On the other hand, if the insertion reaction occurs on the carbon=carbon double bond of the alkenyl complex, the reaction gives a l-metala-4-amino-l,3,5-triene complex which finally generates a different regioisomer of the cyclopentenylmetal derivative (Scheme 31). 

The insertion of a carbene into a Z-H bond, where Z=C, Si, is generally referred to as an insertion reaction, whereas those occurring from Z=0,N are based on ylide chemistry [75]. These processes are unique to carbene chemistry and are facilitated by dirhodium(II) catalysts in preference to all others [1, 3,4]. The mechanism of this reaction involves simultaneous Z-H bond breaking, Z-car-bene C and carbene C-H bond formation, and the dissociation of the rhodium catalyst from the original carbene center [1]. 

The highly reactive species methylene inserts into C—H bonds,both aliphatic and aromatic,though with aromatic compounds ring expansion is also possible (see 15-62). This version of the reaction is useless for synthetic purposes because of its nonselectivity (see p. 248). This contrasts with the metal carbene insertion reaction, which can be highly selective, and is very useful in synthesis. Alkylcarbenes usually rearrange rather than give insertion (p. 249), but, when this is impossible. 

Scheme 19 Synthesis by the insertion reaction of sulfur atoms into the M-C and M-M bond...

The insertion reaction of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) into the S-S bond of a cyclic disulfido complex of niobium, Nb(S2)(S2CNEt2)3, takes place to give the corresponding dithiolene complex, Nb S2C2(C02Me)2 (S2CNEt2)3 (Scheme 56) [134]. 

The dinuclear rhenium disulfido complex with n,rj -S2 ligands (ReCp )2(/U-S2)2 (Cp =7j -C5Me4Et) (type IIa2 complex in Fig. 2) undergoes an insertion reaction of acetylene and ethylene into the S-S bond according to Scheme 57. 

A. Insertion Reactions into Metal-Carbon Bonds... 

The subjects of structure and bonding in metal isocyanide complexes have been discussed before 90, 156) and will not be treated extensively here. A brief discussion of this subject is presented in Section II of course, special emphasis is given to the more recent information which has appeared. Several areas of current study in the field of transition metal-isocyanide complexes have become particularly important and are discussed in this review in Section III. These include the additions of protonic compounds to coordinated isocyanides, probably the subject most actively being studied at this time insertion reactions into metal-carbon bonded species nucleophilic reactions with metal isocyanide complexes and the metal-catalyzed a-addition reactions. Concurrent with these new developments, there has been a general expansion of descriptive chemistry of isocyanide-metal complexes, and further study of the physical properties of selected species. These developments are summarized in Section IV. 

In the reaction of Ni(CNBu )4 and methyl iodide oligomerization of the isocyanide was observed the only isolable nickel complex was (I), shown below. This product is believed to arise through sequential insertions of three isocyanides into a nickel-carbon bond. Upon further treatment with additional isocyanide at a temperature greater than 60° C one obtains a polymer (RNC) presumably through multiple isocyanide insertion reactions. The addition of benzoyl chloride to Ni(CNBu )4 gave two isolable compounds Ni(CNBu )3(COPh)Cl (74%) and (II) (8.2%). This latter reaction, and the isolation of (II) in particular, suggests that the proposed mechanism for polymerization of isocyanides is reasonable. 

Mention was made earlier about insertion reactions into nickel alkyl bonds 108, 164), and about polymerizations of oleiins by isocyanide nickel complexes 31,174). 

Insertion reactions of platinum(II) alkyl and aryl complexes (144, 153, 171), nucleophilic displacement of isocyanide from [Pt(PRj)2(CNCH3)2] (147) and additions of alcohols and related substances to isocyanides bonded to platinum (8, 9, 25, 33, 34, 100, 117) were discussed earlier. 

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