Carbonyl Insertions into Metal-Nitrogen Bonds of Group 4 Dialkylamido Complexes. X-ray Structure of Cp*(Me2N)2Ti[O(Me2N)C]W(CO)5

Mikhail Galakhov, Avelino Martín, Miguel Mena, Federico Palacios, Carlos Yélamos, Paul R. Raithby

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Abstract

[Cp*M(NMe2)3] [Cp* = η5-C5Me5; 1, M = Ti; 2, M = Zr] reacts with metal carbonyls, M'(CO)n (n = 6, M' = Cr, Mo, W; n = 5, M' = Fe), to give the corresponding insertion products, Cp*(Me2N)2M[O(Me2N)C]M'(CO)n-1 (M = Ti; 3, M' = W; 4, M' = Mo; 5, M' = Cr; 6, M' = Fe; M = Zr; 7, M' = W; 8, M‘ = Mo; 9, M’ = Cr; 10, M' = Fe), in good yield. When complexes 3–5 were heated at 80 °C in toluene for several days, Cp*Ti(μ-NMe2)2[O(NMe2)C]M'(CO)3 (11, M' = W; 12, M' = Mo; 13, M' = Cr) were obtained. However, heating 6 under the same conditions gave Cp*(Me2N)Ti[O(Me2N)C]2Fe(CO)3 (14). Reactions of 12 with CO and But-NC have been carried out, giving compound 4 in the first case and Cp*(Me2N)2Ti[O(Me2N)C]-Mo(CO)3(CNBut)2 (15) in the second. The structure of 3 has been proved unequivocally by a X-ray diffraction study (space group P21, a = 8.828(2) Å, b = 13.001(4) Å, c = 12.045(2) Å, β = 98.22(2)°, Z = 2, R1 = 0.044 and wR2= 0.109). 3 consists of two moieties, Cp*Ti(NMe2)2 and W(CO)5, bridged by a [O(Me2N)C] unit where the oxygen atom is bound to the oxophilic titanium atom, while the carbon is forming a Fischer carbene-like complex with tungsten.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131-136
Number of pages6
JournalOrganometallics
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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