Transition metal hydrazone complexes

Low valent transition metal centers preferentially coordinate to the phosphorus in diazaphospholes. Accordingly, P-coordinated complexes of [l,2,3]diazapho-spholes with Cr, W, Fe, and Mn carbonyls were obtained as early as 1980 [1, 2,4], Later, Kraaijkamp et al. observed [108] both P- or -coordination modes in complexes of [l,2,3]diazaphospholes with MX2(PEt3) (M = Pt, Pd X = C1, Br). Methanolysis of these complexes led to the diazaphosphole ring opening and formation of five membered metallacyclic P,/V-chelates (103), incorporating P-bonded phosphonite and /V-coordinated hydrazone functionalities (Scheme 32) [109],... 

Transition Metal Complexes with Bis(Hydrazone) Ligands of 2, 6-Diacetylpyridine. Hepta-Coordination of 3d Metals... 

TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES WITH BIS(HYDRAZONE) LIGANDS OF 2,6-DIACETYLPYRIDINE. HEPTA-COORDINATION OF 3d METALS... 

Because there are at least three ways in which the hydrazone ligand could attach itself to a transition metal and because hydrazone complexes of transition metals barely have been investigated, this type of compound is interesting to us. 

Diazaphospholes 4 and 5 are colorless to pale yellow distillable liquids or crystalline solids that are stable to oxidation by air and do not react with elemental sulfur. They are readily hydrolyzed to give the hydrazone from which they originate and phosphorus acid. While only a few reactions of 1/7-1,2,3-diazaphospholes 4 are reported, the chemistry of the 2//-isomers 5 is well studied. In CHEC-II(1996), the following reactions of 1,2,3-diazaphos-pholes are described in detail N-protonation and alkylation, polar addition to the P=C bond and substitution at C-4, cycloaddition reactions, substituent reactions, and the formation of transition metal complexes <1996CHEC-II(4)771>. 

Kogan, V.A. Zelentsov, V.V. Larin, G.M. Lukov, V.V. Complexes of Transition Metals with Hydrazones. Physico-Chemical Properties and Structures. Science Moscow, 1990. 

The transition metal catalyzed synthesis of arylamines by the reaction of aryl halides or tri-flates with primary or secondary amines has become a valuable synthetic tool for many applications. This process forms monoalkyl or dialkyl anilines, mixed diarylamines or mixed triarylamines, as well as N-arylimines, carbamates, hydrazones, amides, and tosylamides. The mechanism of the process involves several new organometallic reactions. For example, the C-N bond is formed by reductive elimination of amine, and the metal amido complexes that undergo reductive elimination are formed in the catalytic cycle in some cases by N-H activation. Side products are formed by / -hydrogen elimination from amides, examples of which have recently been observed directly. An overview that covers the development of synthetic methods to form arylamines by this palladium-catalyzed chemistry is presented. In addition to the synthetic information, a description of the pertinent mechanistic data on the overall catalytic cycle, on each elementary reaction that comprises the catalytic cycle, and on competing side reactions is presented. The review covers manuscripts that appeared in press before June 1, 2001. This chapter is based on a review covering the literature up to September 1, 1999. However, roughly one-hundred papers on this topic have appeared since that time, requiring an updated review. 

Transition Metal Complexes with Bis(Hydrazone) Ligands of... 

In addition, a number of reports on the indole synthesis utilizing a similar concept of the in sUu generation of the key reactive arylhydrazones, similar to 284, with the aid of transition metal catalysts recently appeared in the literature. Among them, the domino Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation [263] of alkenes leading to aldehydes followed by a subsequent hydrazone formation and Fischer indolization process, which was introduced by Eilbracht [264—267] and later investigated by Beller [268], represents an attractive and efficient 3 + 1 + 1 approach for a one-pot construction of complex indoles. 

To resolve this reactivity problem, we explored the possibility of employing a Lewis acid to activate the iV-acyl hydrazone by lowering its LUMO energy (Scheme 22) [145-147]. If successful, such an achievement would expand the possibilities for the development of new NHC reactions. The most important challenge to this idea is the known ability of carbenes to act as ligands and form stable complexes, particularly with late transition metals such as palladium and copper [148-151]. We hypothesized that early metals would react reversibly with NHCs, allowing for the development of a cooperative catalytic system. After... 

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