Oxophilicity

The only reports of directed synthesis of coordination complexes in ionic liquids are from oxo-exchange chemistry. Exposure of chloroaluminate ionic liquids to water results in the formation of a variety of aluminium oxo- and hydroxo-contain-ing species [4]. Dissolution of metals more oxophilic than aluminium will generate metal oxohalide species. FFussey et al. have used phosgene (COCI2) to deoxochlori-nate [NbOa5] - (Scheme 6.1-1) [5]. 

These limitations were overcome with the introduction of the well-defined, single-component tungsten and molybdenum (14) alkylidenes in 1990. (Fig. 8.4).7 Schrock s discoveiy revolutionized the metathesis field and vastly increased die utility of this reaction. The Schrock alkylidenes are particularly reactive species, have no side reactions, and are quite effective as polymerization catalysts for both ROMP and ADMET. Due to the oxophilicity of molybdenum, these alkylidenes are moisture and air sensitive, so all reactions using these catalysts must be performed under anaerobic conditions, requiring Schlenk and/or glovebox techniques. 

LP-DE has a weaker catalytic activity than BF3-Et20, AICI3 and TiCU because the Lewis acidity of the lithium cation is moderated by complex-ing with diethyl ether and perchlorate anion [37], but it becomes a highly oxophilic Lewis acid when concentrated solutions are used [38]. The concentration of LP-DE is therefore sometimes essential for the success of the reaction. 

The oxophilicity of silicon is also the driving force that allows the reaction of the same silylated reagent 29 with oxiranes [134], aldehydes and ketones [135,136], and enones [136] for yielding functionalized AT-silylphosphazenes (Scheme 31). 

The catalytic cycle was devised relying on a ligand exchange between the iron complex and a chlorosilane, regenerating the iron (111) halide due to the more oxophilic character of the silicon (Scheme 34). 

When a supported metal on an oxide is prepared from an adsorbed precursor incorporating a noble metal bonded to an oxophilic metal, the result may be small noble metal clusters, each more-or-less nested in a cluster of atoms of the oxophilic metal, which is cationic and anchored to the support through metal-oxygen bonds [44,45]. The simplest such structure is modeled on the basis of EXAFS data as Re4Pt2, made from Re2Pt(CO)i2 (Fig. 6) [45]. 

First, deprotonation of dimethyl phosphite accompanied by coordination of oxygen to the oxophilic lanthanide gives 33. Nucleophilic attack of P on the imine carbon along with N-coordination gives 34 proton transfer followed by product de-complexation regenerates the catalyst [33],... 

The catalytic process is also achieved in the Pd(0)/Cr(II)-mediated coupling of organic halides with aldehydes (Scheme 33) [74], Oxidative addition of a vinyl or aryl halide to a Pd(0) species, followed by transmetallation with a chromium salt and subsequent addition of the resulting organo chromate to an aldehyde, leads to the alcohol 54. The presence of an oxophile [Li(I) salts or MesSiCl] allows the cleavage of the Cr(III) - 0 bond to liberate Cr(III), which is reduced to active Cr(II) on the electrode surface. 

The zirconocene catalysts described above are very oxophilic, which provides several synthetically useful transformations. Oxygen substitution at the al-lylic or homoallylic position of an olefin substrate allows for excellent regio-and diastereocontrol in the ethyl magnesiation reactions of a-olefins and dienes [21]. When 29 is substituted with a hydroxyl group (29a), syn 30a is favored over anti in a 95 5 ratio, while substitution with OCH3 (29b) reversed the diastereoselectivity to 11 89 (Eq. 6). Use of THF in place of diethyl ether as the reaction solvent for the reaction of 29a lowered the overall diastereo-... 

Scheme 8 displays reactions where 43 behaves as a source of a Zr(II) derivative.30 They can be formally viewed as oxidative additions to the [p-Bu -calix[4]-(0Me)2(0)2Zr] fragment. The main driving force in the case of ketones is the high oxophilicity of the metal, which induces the reductive coupling of benzophenone leading to 45, or the addition of dibenzoyl causing the formation of the dioxo-metallacycle in 46, which contain a C-C double bond. It has to be mentioned that... 

In the absence of an excessive driving force derived, as in the case of CO, from the oxophilicity of the metal, the reaction with Bu NC allowed one to better single out almost all of the steps of the migratory insertion of the isocyanide into the Zr-C bonds, as shown in Scheme 19.47... 

In contrast, Fe-Hg-X complexes show little tendency to form halide bridged species and less is known about complexes containing Zn. We first reported the formation of Fe-Si-O-M four membered ring systems with soft metals M = Ag, Rh, Pd, and Pt, and then prepared bimetallic complexes with more oxophilic metals in order to better understand the conditions for the occurrence of this unusual (t-alkoxy-silyl bridging mode. We have expanded our studies on Cd-containing complexes [3b-d] to Group 13 elements and we report here about the synthesis and reactivity of new, stable heterometallic Fe-M (M =... 

The highly oxophilic nature of the cobalt powder was readily demonstrated by its reaction with nitrobenzene at room temperature. Reductive coupling was quickly effected by 2 to give azo- and azoxy derivatives. Nitrobenzene reacted with 2 to give azobenzene in yields up to 37%. In some cases small amounts of azoxybenzene were also formed. With 1,4-diiodonitrobenzene, 2 reacted to give low yields of 4,4-diiodoazoxy-benzene and 4,4-diiodoazobenzene. 

The reactivity of (C, Me-)pSm(THF)2 with CO can also be compared with that of (C Me Ti. Both organometallic reagents are soluble, strongly reducirrg complexes of oxophilic metals. As shown in reaction 7, decamethyltitanocene forms a carbonyl complex rather than... 

C Me )2Sm(THF)2 appears to be a ur iqi e reducing agent in the periodic table. The combination of strong reducing power, oxophilicity, solubility, and lack of d valence orbitals is not duplicated by any other reducing agent presently available. 

The oxophilic character of the early transition metals may provide such stabilization in the form of dihapto binding (I). This unusual donor behavior was first... 

Another aspect of tin as a constituent of electrode material is shown by tin(IV)TPP complexes incorporated into PVC membrane electrodes. These increase the selectivity to salicylate over anions such as Cl-, Br- I-, I()4, Cl()4, citrate, lactate and acetate. The specificity is attributed to the oxophilic character of the Sn ion in TPP at the axial coordination sites. Indeed, carboxyl groups incorporated into the membrane polymer compete for these binding sites. The complete complex structure is important. Substitution of TPP with octaethylporphirine results in loss of salicylate selectivity231. Preparation and analytical evaluation of a lead-selective membrane electrode, containing lead diethyldithiocarbamate chelate, has also been described232. 

Ytterbium triflate [Yb(OTf)3] combined with TMSG1 or TMSOTf are excellent reagents for the conversion of a-methyl styrene and tosyl-imines into homoallylic amides 32 (Equation (19)) (TMS = trimethylsilyl).29 These conditions produce the first examples of intermolecular imino-ene reactions with less reactive imines. Typically, glyoxalate imines are necessary. A comprehensive examination of the lanthanoid metal triflates was done and the activity was shown to directly correlate with the oxophilicity scale. The first report used preformed imines, and subsequently it was found that a three-component coupling reaction could be effected, bypassing the isolation of the intermediate imine.30 Particularly noteworthy was the successful participation of aliphatic aldehydes to yield homoallylic amines. 

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