Transition-metal metallacycles

Metallacycle fomiation has also been observed in bis-Cp complexes. Heating Cp 2UR[P(Si(CH2)2)2] (R = Cl [146840-37-17, CH [146840-39-3]) results in the metaHation of the phosphido ligand. These complexes are stmcturaHy similar to the group 4 and 6 transition-metal metallacycle complexes, but show a dramatically reduced reactivity. 

The interest1 in transition-metal metallacycles has led to an intensive study of a number of such complexes from the structural and chemical point of view. In this context, the availability of metallacyclopentane derivatives of the cobalt-triad metals, which are implicated in so many catalytic and stoichiometric reactions, enables one to extend the range of studies of the chemistry of this class of organometallics. 

A supramolecular assembly of macromolecules bearing antenna dendron has been reported. Pyrazole-anchored PBE dendrons were synthesized to examine the coordination behavior to transition-metal cations (Cu, Au, Ag) [31]. Self-assembled metallacycles were found. The Cu-metallacycle further formed luminescent fibers about 1 pm in diameter. The luminescence (605 nm) occurred by the excitation of the dendron (280 nm) and the excitation spectrum was coincident with the absorption spectrum of the dendron, suggesting the antenna effect. Interestingly, the luminescence of the Cu-metallacycle fiber disappeared when the fiber was dissociated into the individual metallacycles in C2H2. 

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],... 

The transition-metal induced rearrangement of strained cyclopropanes is mostly caused by inserting metal atoms into a three-membered ring, thus producing metallacycles and/or rf- allyl metal complexes. Tipper reported the first example of the metallacycles obtained from [Pt(C2H4)Cl2]2 [3]. The stereospecific addition of cyclopropanes has been investigated from both mechanistic and synthetic view points [4],... 

Substitution of cyclopropane rings with the alkenyl group permits unique ring transformations based on metal coordination interaction with four -electrons. The transition-metal-induced ring-opening rearrangement also results in the formation of metallacycles. Further elaboration is attained by insertion and reductive elimination. 

In view of the extensive and fruitful results described above, redox reactions of small ring compounds provide a variety of versatile synthetic methods. In particular, transition metal-induced redox reactions play an important role in this area. Transition metal intermediates such as metallacycles, carbene complexes, 71-allyl complexes, transition metal enolates are involved, allowing further transformations, for example, insertion of olefins and carbon monoxide. Two-electron- and one-electron-mediated transformations are complementary to each other although the latter radical reactions have been less thoroughly investigated. 

In contrast to the severe difficulty of cracking a sigma bond, insertion of a transition metal into a pi bond can proceed in facile fashion. This can be illustrated by the attack of Ti on the pi bond of ethylene, which leads to metallacycle formation in the reaction... 

Cycloaddition refers to a process of unsaturated moieties forming a metallacyclic compound. It is sometimes categorised under oxidative additions, but we prefer this separate listing. Examples of the process are presented in Figure 2.22. Metal complexes which actually have revealed these reactions are M = L2Ni for reaction a, M = Cp2Ti for reactions b and c, M = Ta for d, and M = (RO)3W for e. The latter examples involving metal-to-carbon multiple bonds have only been observed for early transition metal complexes, the same ones mentioned under a-elimination, 2.20. 

In addition to the [3-1-2] and [2-I-2-I-1] carbocycHzations that facilitate the formation of five-membered rings, the [4-t-l] carbocycHzation also has merit. Several transition metals have been engaged in this transformation [37], wherein it was found that vinylallene 63 a reacts with 1 equiv of WiUdnson catalyst to afford the planar (T2-bonded (vinylallene)rhodium complex 64a upon simple ligand displacement (Scheme 11.16). The stmcture of 64a was confirmed unambiguously by X-ray crystallography, and represents the first structural characterization of a metallacycle intermediate [38 a]. 

A transition metal complex such as bpyNi(COD), generalized as LjNi, reacts with NCA in a complex reaction sequence that generates a propagating species XLV whose active center is a 5-membered amido-amidate metallacyclic complex. Propagation involves a nucleophilic attack by the amido nitrogen of the amido-amidate at the C-5 carbonyl of NCA. The... 

MONONUCLEAR TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES Part III METALLACYCLIC COMPLEXES... 

Fan, J.,Whitehold, J.A., Olenyuk, B., Levin, M.D., Stang, P.J. and Fleischer, E.B. (1999) Self assembly of porphyrin arrays via coordination to transition metal bisphosphine complexes and the unique spectral properties of the product metallacyclic ensembles. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 121 (12), 2741-2752. 

More recently, the doubly lithiated derivatives of [4.1.1]- and [3.1.1]propellasilanes underwent bridging metathesis at the bicyclobutane ends with dihalides of germanium, tin and transition metal titanium, to give the corresponding highly strained metallacyclic propellanes (equation 7)29. 

Attempt to prepare Jt-complexes of triafulvenes and related methylene cyclopro-parenes285,427 428 directly by ligand exchange reaction with transition metal complexes resulted in metal insertion into the sigma bond, forming metallacyclic complexes. Thus reaction of the electron-poor triafulvene l,2-diphenyl-3-dicyanomethylenecyclopropene with (ethylene)bis(triphenylphosphine)platinum in refluxing benzene gave two crystalline products whose platinacyclobutene structure was confirmed by X-ray structure analysis (equation 364)429. 

A number of transition metal complexes react with alkenes, alkynes and dienes to afford insertion products (see Volume 4, Part 3). A general problem is that the newly formed carbon-metal bond is usually quite reactive and can undergo a variety of transformations, such as -hydride elimination or another insertion reaction, before being trapped by an electrophile.200 Usually, a better stability and lower reactivity is observed if the first carbometallation step leads to a metallacycle. It is worthy to note that the carbometallation of perfluorinated alkenes and alkynes constitutes a large fraction of the substrates investigated with transition metal complexes.20015... 

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