Nickel O

Miyoshi, T. Iwamoto, and Y. Sasaki, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1972, 6, 59. 

A new general method of preparation of raetal-PF3 complexes using [Ni-(PF3) ] as the reactant has been reported. The reactions performed and their products are given in Table 4. The structure of [ [(cyclohexyl)2P]2CH2 2Ni] shows the metal to have distorted tetrahedral co-ordination and the acute P—Ni—P angle of 77° is suggested as indicating bent Ni—P bonds. 

RCOX + [Ni(CNBu )J [RCONiX(CNBu )3] [RNiX(CNBu )3] 

ROCOCl + [Ni(PPh3)J [NiCl(C03R)(PPh3)J (R = Me,Et,orCH,Ph) -R 

Ni(azobenzene)]had been postulated as containing a ti-N=N bond a structural study confirms this. The structure is shown in (118) the N—N bond length of 1.385(5) A is longer than in the free ligand and very close to the single-bond length. The structure of [Ni(PhC=CPh)(CNBu )2] has also been reported and the acetylene ligand is also bonded side-on to nickel. The co-ordination 

The mixed-ligand complex (dipy)Ni(PPhg)2 is formed by reaction of nickel(ii)- 

Tatsumi, T. Fueno, A. Nakamura, and S. Otsuka, Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 1976, 49, 2164. 

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Nickel(O) forms a n-complex with three butadiene molecules at low temperature. This complex rearranges spontaneously at 0 °C to afford a bisallylic system, from which a large number of interesting olefins can be obtained. The scheme given below and the example of the synthesis of the odorous compound muscone (R. Baker, 1972, 1974 A.P. Kozikowski, 1976) indicate the variability of such rearrangements (P. Heimbach, 1970). Nowadays many rather complicated cycloolefins are synthesized on a large scale by such reactions and should be kept in mind as possible starting materials, e.g. after ozonolysis. 

A plausible mechanism accounting for the catalytic role of nickel(n) chloride has been advanced (see Scheme 4).10 The process may be initiated by reduction of nickel(n) chloride to nickel(o) by two equivalents of chromium(n) chloride, followed by oxidative addition of the vinyl iodide (or related substrate) to give a vinyl nickel(n) reagent. The latter species may then undergo transmetala-tion with a chromium(m) salt leading to a vinyl chromium(m) reagent which then reacts with the aldehyde. The nickel(n) produced in the oxidative addition step reenters the catalytic cycle. 

Coordination-catalyzed ethylene oligomerization into n-a-olefins. The synthesis of homologous, even-numbered, linear a-olefins can also be performed by oligomerization of ethylene with the aid of homogeneous transition metal complex catalysts [26]. Such a soluble complex catalyst is formed by reaction of, say, a zero-valent nickel compound with a tertiary phosphine ligand. A typical Ni catalyst for the ethylene oligomerization is manufactured from cyclo-octadienyl nickel(O) and diphenylphosphinoacetic ester ... 

Nickel-acetylacctonat wird in Gegenwart von 1,5-Cyclooctadien Oder Cyclooctatetraen am Aluminium zu Bis- cyclooctadien-(l,5)]-(SA 70%) bzw. Cyclooctatetraen-nickel(O) (SA 93%)12 reduziert. 

In a similar vein, we observe nickel(O), possessing ten electrons in its valence shell, to require four carbonyl ligands to satisfy the eighteen electron rule and form [Ni(CO)4l, whilst chromium(O), with six electrons in its valence shell forms [Cr(CO)6]. These latter compounds are tetrahedral and octahedral respectively. 

Virtually all work on nickel isocyanide complexes centers on nickel(O) species. Malatesta and Bonati 90) describe complexes of the formula NiL4 and Ni(CO) L4 jj. The former are formed in a variety of reactions, including reductions of nickel(II) in the presence of isocyanides, and by the replacement of other ligands by isocyanides. The latter are, of course, derivatives of Ni(CO)4. In addition, a few ill-defined nickel(II) complexes are reported, as is the formally nickel(I) species (C5H5NiCNC6Hj)2. 

Several studies have expanded this work on nickel(O) complexes somewhat. Substituted NiLjL complexes (L = CNBu, CNPr, CNCsH, ... 

A few comments on infrared spectra of these substituted nickel(O) isocyanides should be mentioned. Haas and Sheline (64) measured vqq for... 

Some of the most interesting work on nickel(O) complexes has been carried out by Otsuka et al. (107, 110). These workers have succeeded in obtaining a complex, [Ni(CNBu )2],. This complex is prepared from bis(l,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel and the isocyanide, carefully restricting the amount of the latter to 2 moles per mole of nickel [Eq. (28)]. 

Scheme 7.2 Reactivity of pentafluoropyridine with nickel(O) complexes...

Nickel(O) reacts with the olefin to form a nickel(0)-olefin complex, which can also coordinate the alkyl aluminum compound via a multicenter bond between the nickel, the aluminum and the a carbon atom of the trialkylaluminum. In a concerted reaction the aluminum and the hydride are transferred to the olefin. In this mechanistic hypothesis the nickel thus mostly serves as a template to bring the olefin and the aluminum compound into close proximity. No free Al-H or Ni-H species is ever formed in the course of the reaction. The adduct of an amine-stabihzed dimethylaluminum hydride and (cyclododecatriene)nickel, whose structure was determined by X-ray crystallography, was considered to serve as a model for this type of mechanism since it shows the hydride bridging the aluminum and alkene-coordinated nickel center [31]. 

Dimethylindene derivatives were hydroaluminated with BujAlH using Ni(acac)2 as the nickel(O) precursor (Scheme 2-13) [9]. Hydroalumination of the trisubstituted double bond in 9 was also achieved, although more forcing conditions... 

In spite of the modest asymmetric induction it was concluded that at least one of the chiral ligands is coordinated to the nickel in the catalyticaUy active species. An alternative interpretation was given by Wilke and coworkers [29]. They could show that (methylsalicyhdene)dimethylaluminum forms a stable adduct with nickel(O) complexes. It was concluded that the asymmetric induction in Pino s experiment might be attributed to a complex in which the chiral Hgand is complexed to the Lewis acidic aluminum. 

Nickel(O) complexes are extremely effective for the dimerization and oligomerization of conjugated dienes [8,9]. Two molecules of 1,3-butadiene readily undergo oxidative cyclization with a Ni(0) metal to form bis-allylnickel species. Palladium(O) complexes also form bis-allylpalladium species of structural similarity (Scheme 2). The bis-allylpalladium complexes show amphiphilic reactivity and serve as an allyl cation equivalent in the presence of appropriate nucleophiles, and also serve as an allyl anion equivalent in the presence of appropriate electrophiles. Characteristically, the bis-allylnickel species is known to date only as a nucleophile toward carbonyl compounds (Eq. 1) [10,11],... 

In a series of studies of the spectroscopy and photochemistry of nickel(O) -a-diimine complexes, the structural differences among the complexes NiL2 and Ni(CO)2L (L Q-diimine) have been examined by means of molecular orbital calculations and electronic absorption Raman resonance studies.2471, 472 Summing up earlier work, the noninnocence of a-diimine ligands with a flat — N=C—C=N— skeleton in low-valent Ni chemistry and the course of substitution reactions of Ni° complexes with 1,4-diaza-1,3-dienes or a,a -bipyridine have been reviewed.2473... 

Dibenzofuran is also formed when phenoxathiin is desulfurized by bis( 1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel(O) and 2,2 -bipyridyl, but limited synthetic application can be envisaged for this type of reaction despite the high yield obtained (see Scheme 77).140... 

Table II also lists several isomerizations and skeletal rearrangements (examples 4-7) which are related to butadiene-ethylene dimerization. Protonation of phosphorus-containing nickel(O) complexes is sufficient to achieve skeletal rearrangement of 1,4-dienes in a few seconds at room temperature, probably via cyclopropane intermediates (example 6, Table II). For small ring rearrangements see Bishop (69).

Tertiary phosphines are oxidized catalytically by nickel(O) complexes with formation of phosphine oxides. Also, complexed tert-butylisonitriles can be oxidized to the corresponding isocyanates (examples 1 and 2, Table IX) (225-226). 

Insertion of carbon dioxide into olefin oxides gives olefin carbonates, and is an example of basic catalysis with nickel(O) complexes (example 14, Table XI). 

Direct homo-coupling of vinyl halides is a simple way of generating 1,3-dienes. This transformation can be achieved employing various transition metal catalysts such as nickel(O) reagent in the presence of phosphine ligand202 or a nickel(O) reagent in the presence of potassium iodide and thiourea (equation 116)203. 

Two catalytic cycles are proposed to explain the difference in selectivity. In both cases, catalytic cycle is initiated by the oxidative addition of an alkynylstannane to nickel(O) species, leading to the formation of alkynylnickel(ll) complex 77 (Scheme 24).92 Then, an allene is inserted into the nickel(ll) complex in a manner which avoids steric repulsion with the butyl group to afford the anti-ir-a y complex 80. The carbometallation of the terminal alkyne can take place at the non-substituted allylic carbon of the corresponding syn-Ti-a y complex 78. The stereoselectivity is determined by the relative rate of the two possible insertion modes which depend on the ligand used. A bidentate... 

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