- Cyclic (Amino)(Aryl)Nitrenium Cations with Lewis Acidity Controlled by Remote Substituents
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N-Heterocyclic nitrogen Lewis acids are important in synthetic chemistry. Stable cyclic (amino)(aryl)nitrenium cations, cyc-1+—cyc-3+, were synthesized by chemical oxidation of aryl azo compounds with different substituents, iPr, H and I, at the para positions of the phenyl group. The excited triplet states of cyc-1+—cyc-3+ abstract H-atoms step by step to generate radical intermediates cyc-1H?+—cyc-3H?+ traced by EPR spectroscopy and products cyc-1H2+—cyc-3H2+ characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The Lewis acidity of species cyc-1+—cyc-3+ are remote substituent-dependent. Cyc-2+—cyc-3+ have much higher acidity than those previously reported congeners based on energies of LUMOs. The electrophilicity enables them to form Lewis adducts with neutral Lewis base Me3P, and to gain one-electron to produce neutral radicals cyc-1?—cyc-3?.
- Li, Shunjie,Wang, Wenqing,Wang, Xinping,Zhang, Leran,Zhao, Yue,Zheng, Xin
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supporting information
p. 311 - 316
(2021/12/24)
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- The palladium and copper contrast: A twist to products of different chemotypes and altered mechanistic pathways
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A novel contrast in palladium and copper catalysis is revealed to form products of different chemotypes resulting in a phenazine to azoarene twist through an altered mechanistic pathway (from non-radical C-H activation mode of C-N coupling to radical N-N coupling) during the oxidative self-coupling of anilines catalysed by Pd-Ag and Cu-Ag nanoclusters.
- Seth, Kapileswar,Roy, Sudipta Raha,Kumar, Asim,Chakraborti, Asit K.
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p. 2892 - 2896
(2016/05/24)
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- Protonolysis and Amide Exchange Reactions of a Three-Coordinate Cobalt Amide Complex Supported by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand
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A three-coordinate cobalt species, IPrCoCl{N-(SiMe3)2} [1; IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolin-2-ylidene], was synthesized by the reaction of {IPrCoCl2}2 with NaN(SiMe3)2. Compound 1 is a useful starting material for low-coordinate (IPr)Co species. 1 reacts with 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (BHT-H) via aminolysis of the Co-N bond to generate a three-coordinate phenoxide complex, IPrCoCl(O-2,6-tBu2-4-MeC6H2) (2). The reaction of 1 with 2,6-diisopropylaniline (NH2DIPP) generates IPrCoCl(NHDIPP) (4), which undergoes disproportionation to form a mixture of 4, {IPrCoCl2}2, and IPrCo(NHDIPP)2 (3). The same product mixture is formed by the reaction of 1 with Li[NH(DIPP)], which unexpectedly proceeds by amide exchange. Compound 3 was synthesized independently by the reaction of {IPrCoCl2}2 with 4 equiv of Li[NH(DIPP)]. The reaction of 1 with the bulkier lithium 2,6-dimesitylanilide (LiNHDMP) also proceeds by amide exchange to generate IPrCoCl(NHDMP) (5), which is stable toward disproportionation. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibit trigonal-planar geometries at cobalt in the solid state. The solid-state structure of 3 also contains a trigonal-planar cobalt center and exhibits close Co---H contacts involving the methine hydrogen atoms of the NH(DIPP) groups in the axial positions. The solid-state structure of 5 features an interaction between cobalt and a flanking aryl group of the anilide ligand, resulting in pyramidalization of the cobalt center. (Chemical Equation Presented).
- Hansen, Christopher B.,Jordan, Richard F.,Hillhouse, Gregory L.
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p. 4603 - 4610
(2015/05/27)
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- Reaction of (bisimido)niobium(V) complexes with organic azides: [3 + 2] cycloaddition and reversible cleavage of β-diketiminato ligands involving nitrene transfer
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We describe the unusual reactivity of a highly labile diethyl ether adduct of an asymmetric niobium(V) bis(imide) 2.OEt2 containing the monoazabutadiene (MAD) ligand. This species undergoes clean nitrene transfer on treatment with tert-butyl- or di-isopropylphenyl azide resulting in the unprecedented reformation of nacnac ligands bound to the metal center. Corresponding reactions with trimethylsilyl- or tert-butyl azide allowed the isolation of two rare intermediates prior to N2 loss; mechanistic studies support the involvement of two different niobium species.
- Obenhuber, Andreas H.,Gianetti, Thomas L.,Berrebi, Xavier,Bergman, Robert G.,Arnold, John
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p. 2994 - 2997
(2014/03/21)
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- Synthesis and reactivity of a conveniently prepared two-coordinate bis(amido) nickel(ii) complex
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A strictly two-coordinate nickel(ii) bis(amido) complex has been prepared and its reactivity towards a variety of small molecules is described. Ni[N(SiMe3)(DIPP)]2 reacts with DMAP and acetonitrile to form T-shaped three-coordinate complexes, and preliminary results show that Ni[N(SiMe3)(DIPP)]2 is a catalyst for the hydrosilation of olefins with secondary silanes at ambient temperature.
- Lipschutz, Michael I.,Tilley, T. Don
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 7146 - 7148
(2012/08/08)
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