Structural features of a sulfur-containing group 4 metalla[11]-crown-4 derivative

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Treatment of the ligand system (o-C₆H₄OH)-S-CH ₂-CH₂-S-(o-C₆H₄-OH) (2a) with TiCl₄ gave the metalla-crown ether derivative [(-S-CH ₂-CH₂-S-)(o-C₆

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Structural Features of a Sulfur-Containing Group 4 Metalla[11]-crown-4
Derivative
Alexander Snell§, Gerald Kehr, Birgit Wibbeling, Roland Fro¨hlich#, and Gerhard Erker
Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Universita¨t Mu¨nster,
Corrensstraße 40, D-48149 Mu¨nster, Germany
Reprint requests to Prof. Dr. G. Erker. E-mail: erker@uni-muenster.de
Z. Naturforsch. 58b, 838 – 842 (2003); received March 10, 2003
Treatment of the ligand system (o-C6H4OH)–S–CH2–CH2–S–(o-C6H4–OH) (2a) with TiCl4 gave
the metalla-crown ether derivative [(–S–CH2–CH2–S–)(o-C6H4O)2]TiCl2 (5a). Complex 5a was
characterized by an X-ray crystal structure analysis. It showed a pseudo-octahedral structure with
both sulfur atoms being cis-coordinated to the metal center. The chloride ligands are also cis-
positioned, whereas the remaining two Ti−oxygen bonds are trans to each other to complete the
distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The reaction of 2a with ZrCl4 gave the analogous com-
plex 5c. The related ligand system (o-C6H4OH)–O–CH2–CH2–O–(o-C6H4OH) (2b) was doubly de-
protonated by treatment with butyl lithium and then reacted with TiCl4 to yield the complex [(–O–
CH2–CH2–O–)(o-C6H4O)2]TiCl2 (5b).
Key words: Titanium Phenoxide Complexes, Internal Coordination, Thioether Chelate Ligands
Introduction
Crown ethers have a wide spread use in chemistry
due to their pronounced ability for selective metal
cation complexation [1]. If one of the hydrocarbylmoi-
eties is exchanged by an electrophilic metal center then
the interesting possibility arises that an internal coor-
dination to the metal center may occur. In the case of
incorporation of e. g. a [Ti]Cl2 or [Zr]Cl2 unit into the
crown ether framework this could lead to coordination
geometries at the group 4 metal that might be favorable
for catalytic purposes. Such systems could provide
new members in a series of donor-stabilized phenox-
ide group 4 derived olefin polymerization catalysts [2],
similar to the systems described by e.g. Kakugo [3],
Okuda [4], and others [5]. We have prepared a small se-
ries of such oxygen and sulfur-containing systems and
characterized one example by X-ray diffraction.
Scheme 1.
(2a) was isolated in ca. 40% yield. The corresponding
oxygen-containing ligand 2b was prepared selectively
in a slightly more complicated way following a proce-
dure published by Vo¨gtle et al. [7]. One hydroxy group
of catechol was selectively protected by benzylation.
The reagent 2-(benzyloxy)phenol (3) was then treated
with 1,2-dibromoethane in EtOH/KOH followed by
hydrogenolytic removal of the benzyl protecting group
to give 2b in a combined yield of ca. 50%.
Results and Discussion
The synthesis of the ligand system 2a was carried
out in analogy to a literature procedure [6] by treat-
ment of o-mercaptophenol with 1,2-dibromoethane in
refluxing ethanol under basic conditions. The product
# X-ray crystal structure analyses;
§ this work is part of Alexander Snell’s doctoral thesis.
Both the neutral ligand systems 2a (X = S) and
2b (X = O) were characterized by X-ray diffrac-
c
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Fig. 1. A projection of the molecular structure of 2b◦in
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the crystal. Selected bond lengths (A) and angles ( ):
Fig. 3. Molecular structure of 2a. Selected bond lengths
C1-O8 1.368(3), C1-C2 1.393(4), C2-O7 1.372(3), O8-
C9 1.416(3), C9-C9∗ 1.497(5), H7···O8 2.21, H7···O7∗
2.27; O7-C2-C1 119.8(3), C2-C1-O8 114.2(3), C1-O8-C9
117.8(2)∗, O8-C9-C9∗ 108.0(2), O7-H7···O8 111.8, O7-
H7···O7 149.2.
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(A) and angles ( ): C3-S2 1.774(2),∗C3-C8 1.397(3), C8-
O9 1.353(2), S2-C1 1.840(3), C1-C1 1.504(5); O9-C8-C3
123.0(2), C8-C3-S2 119.0(2), C3-S2-C1 100.7(1), S2-C1-
C1∗ 110.9(3).
minal arene substituents are markedly rotated from the
central S2C2 plane (dihedral angle C1*–C1–S2–C3:
64.8(3)◦). A view of the molecular structure of com-
pound 2a is given in Fig. 3.
A solution of 2a (X = S) in dichloromethane was
reacted with titanium tetrachloride at room tempera-
ture. The mixture turned orange within a few minutes
and an orange precipitate of complex 5a was formed.
Complex 5a was isolated in > 85% yield from the reac-
tion mixture. In THF-d8 solution the product exhibits
an 1H NMR singlet at δ = 3.12 (s, 4H) [corresponding
13C NMR signal at δ = 41.1] of the –S–CH2–CH2–S–
Fig. 2. A view of the layered superstructure made by con-
necting the molecules of 2b in the solid state by hydrogen
bridges.
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bridge aside from an H NMR ABCD pattern of sig-
nals (δ = 7.49, 7.39, 7.01, 6.93) of the pair of unsym-
metrically substituted phenylene units [corresponding
13C NMR features at δ = 134.0, 133.1, 125.0, 123.7,
ipso-carbon signals at δ = 158.5(C1) and 116.5(C2)].
Single crystals of complex 5a (X = S) were obtained
tion. Single crystals of 2b were obtained from chlo-
roform/petrolether. Molecules of 2b adopt a C2-
symmetric conformation in the crystal, that is char-
acterized by a dihedral angle θ (O8–C9–C9∗–O8∗) of
66.9(4)◦. The almost ideal gauche arrangement of the
two catecholate subunits at the bridging –CH2–CH2–
moiety brings all four oxygen atoms relatively close
together (see Fig. 1). The C1–O8–C9 angle amounts to
117.8(2)◦. The oxygen atoms O7 und O7* both have
hydrogens bonded, that are used to connect the single
molecules of 2b by hydrogen bridges with their neigh-
boring 2b units to form a layered superstructure (see
Fig. 2) [8].
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from a dichloromethane solution at −30 C. Complex
5a shows a distorted octahedral coordination geome-
try around the central titanium atoms, featuring bonds
to both oxygen and both sulfur atoms (similarly as de-
scribed by Okuda et al. in related complexes [10]) in
addition to a pair of remaining chlorides. The two chlo-
ride ligands and the sulfur atoms are oriented in one
plane. Both oxygen atoms are coordinated cis to these,
i.e. they are occupying the pseudo-apical positions
Single crystals of the sulfur compound 2a were ob- in this arrangement. The O11–Ti–O28 angle conse-
tained from a 1:3 petrolether/chloroform mixture. The quently is very large at 158.07(8)◦, being ca. 22◦ away
molecular structure of 2a is characteristically differ- from the ideal value of 180◦. This deviation is even
ent from the oxygen analogue. The compound attains a smaller for the other two trans-orientations: Cl2–Ti–
conformation in the solid state that shows an antiperi- S18 164.88(3)◦ and Cl1–Ti–S21 164.49(3)◦. The over-
planar arrangement of the two sulfur substituents at all geometry of 5a is chiral and close to C2-symmetric
the bridging ethylene unit (dihedral angle θ (S2–C1– (but not crystallographically) with a gauche-like con-
C1∗–S2∗) = 180.0◦). The angle at the sulfur atoms is formation of the S21–C20–C19–S18 bridge (dihedral
100.7(1)◦, which is in the expected range [9]. The ter- angle −57.1(2)◦). Eleven out of the twelve cis-angles
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lents of TiCl4 in diethyl ether to yield 5b (> 90% iso-
lated). Complex 5b shows similar spectroscopic fea-
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tures as 5a (5b: H NMR: δ = 4.39 (s, 4H, –OCH2–
CH2O–). The complex 5b shows 13C NMR features
of the pair of o-phenylene moieties at δ = 161.0 (C1),
143.3 (C2), 121.8, 119.3, 114.4, 112.1 (C3–C6) and
67.2 (OCH2CH2O). We assume a similar structure as
found for 5a, although this must remain to be proven
by an X-ray crystal structure analysis. Treatment of 2a
with a suspension of ZrCl4 in dichloromethane gave
the corresponding complex 5c (85% isolated, for de-
Fig. 4. Molecular structure of the titanium complex 5a. Se-
tails see the Experimental Section).
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lected bond lengths (A) and angles ( ): Ti-Cl1 2.251(1),
Ti-Cl2 2.257(1), Ti-O11 1.882(2), Ti-O28 1.861(2), Ti-
Our study has shown that metalla-crown ether and
S18 2.651(1), Ti-S21 2.643(1), O11-C12 1.352(3), C17-S18 -thioether derivatives, such as the complexes 5, are
1.778(2), S18-C19 1.823(3), C19-C20 1.510(4), C20-S21
readily available. It would be interesting to learn if
1.817(3), S21-C22 1.776(3), C27-O28 1.349(3); Cl1-Ti-
some specific organometallic chemistry can be devel-
oped based on such systems, e.g. by substituting the
pair of chloride ligands by suitable hydrocarbyl or con-
jugated diene ligands. Such studies are currently being
carried out in our laboratory.
Cl2 106.10(3), Cl1-Ti-O11 99.26(6), Cl1-Ti-O28 94.97(6),
Cl1-Ti-S18 87.57(3), Cl1-Ti-S21 164.49(3), Cl2-Ti-O11
93.96(6), Cl2-Ti-O28 98.04(6), Cl2-Ti-S18 164.88(3),
Cl2-Ti-S21 88.24(3), O11-Ti-O28 158.07(8), O11-Ti-S18
77.14(5), O11-Ti-S21 85.32(6), O28-Ti-S18 86.94(6),
O28-Ti-S21 76.81(5), S18-Ti-S21 78.96(2), Ti-O11-C12
131.6(2), Ti-O28-C27 133.1(2), Ti-S18-C17 94.65(8), Ti-
S18-C19 105.58(9), Ti-S21-C22 94.97(9), Ti-S21-C20
105.22(8), C17-S18-C19 101.4(1), C22-S21-C20 101.4(1),
S18-C19-C20 113.4(2), S21-C20-C19 113.7(2).
Experimental Section
Reactions involving metal-containing compounds were
carried out under argon using Schlenk-type glassware or in
a glove box. Solvents, including deuterated solvents used
for NMR spectroscopy, were dried and distilled under argon
prior to use. The known compounds 2a and 2b were prepared
analogously as described in the literature [6, 7]. X-ray crystal
structure analyses: Data sets were collected with Enraf Non-
ius CAD4 or Nonius Kappa CCD diffractometers, the latter
one equipped with a rotating anode generator Nonius FR591.
The following programs were used: Data collection EX-
PRESS (Nonius B.V., 1994) and COLLECT (Nonius B.V.,
1998), data reduction MolEN (K. Fair, Enraf-Nonius B.V.,
1990) and Denzo-SMN (Z. Otwinowski, W. Minor, Methods
in Enzymology, 1997, 276, 307 – 326), absorption correction
for CCD data SORTAV (R.H. Blessing, Acta Cryst. 1995,
A51, 33 – 37; R. H. Blessing, J. Appl. Cryst. 1997, 30, 421 –
426), structure solution SHELXS-97 (G. M. Sheldrick, Acta
Cryst. 1990, A46, 467 – 473), structure refinement SHELXL-
97 (G. M. Sheldrick, Universita¨t Go¨ttingen, 1997), graphics
SCHAKAL (E. Keller, Universita¨t Freiburg, 1997).
at the pseudo-octahedral titanium center vary between
76.81(5)◦ (O28–Ti–S21) and 99.26(6)◦ (O11–Ti–Cl1).
The Cl1–Ti–Cl2 angle is larger (106.10(3)◦), being in
the typical range of Cl–M–Cl angles at the group 4 bent
metallocene dichlorides [11]. The S21–Ti–S18 angle is
much smaller (78.96(2)◦).
In 5a the titanium-oxygen bond lengths are rather
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short (Ti–O11 1.882(2) A, Ti–O28 1.861(2) A) and
the bond angles at oxygen are markedly enlarged
(C12–O11–Ti 131.6(2)◦, C27–O28–Ti 133.1(2)◦),
which may indicate some residual oxygen–Ti π-
interaction [12]. The Ti–S21 and Ti–S18 bond lengths
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are found at 2.643(1)A and 2.651(1)A, respectively,
which is in the expected range of a titanium-SR2 coor-
dination [13]. The sulfur atom coordination is pyrami-
dal. Typical bond angles at S21 are: 94.97(9)◦ (C22–
S21–Ti), 105.22(8)◦ (C20–S21–Ti) and 101.4(1)◦
(C22–S21–C20; sum of the bonding angles at S21:
301.6◦, the bonding features at S18 are analogous).
The all-oxygen analogue 5b (X = O) was prepared
in a slightly different way. First, the neutral ligand
system (2b) was doubly deprotonated at the pheno-
lic OH groups by treatment with butyl lithium. The
dilithio compound (6) was isolated as a solid, which
X-ray crystal structure analysis of 2a
Formula C14H14O2S2, M = 278.4, colourless crystal
0.45 × 0.15 × 0.15 mm, a = 5.267(1), b = 9.625(1), c =
3
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13.133(1) A, β = 100.79(1), V = 654.0(2) A , ρcalc
=
1.414 g cm−3, µ = 36.13 cm−1, empirical absorption cor-
rection via ψ scan data (0.293 ≤ T ≤ 0.613), Z = 2, mono-
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was then subsequently treated with 0.5 molar equiva- clinic, space group P21/c (no. 14), λ = 1.54178 A, T =
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223 K, ω/2θ scans, 1483 reflections collected (−h, −k, l), ω and ϕ scans, 7291 reflections collected ( h, k, l),
[(sinθ)/λ] = 0.62 A−1, 1338 independent (Rint = 0.034) and [(sinθ)/λ] = 0.68 A−1, 3961 independent (Rint = 0.049) and
1221 observed reflections [I ≥ 2σ(I)], 93 refined parameters, 2944 observed reflections [I ≥ 2σ(I)], 190 refined parame-
R = 0.041, wR2 = 0.108, max. residual electron density 0.40 ters, R = 0.050, wR2 = 0.073, max. residual electron density
˚
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(−0.50) eA−3, positional disorder at C1 refined with split 0.33 (−0.33) e A−3, hydrogens calculated and refined as rid-
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positions to a ratio of 0.72 to 0.28, hydrogens calculated and ing atoms.
refined as riding atoms.
Crystallographic data (excluding structure factors) for the
structures reported in this paper have been deposited with
the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as supplemen-
tary publication CCDC 197914, 197915, and 197916. Copies
of the data can be obtained free of charge on application
to The Director, CCDC, 12 Union Road, CambridgeCB2
1EZ, UK [fax: int. code +44(1223)336-033, e-mail: de-
posit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk].
X-ray crystal structure analysis of 2b
Formula C14H14O4, M = 246.3, colourless crystal 0.35×
0.25 × 0.02 mm, a = 25.335(15), b = 5.697(3), c =
3
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˚
8.505(2) A, β = 101.16(3), V = 1204.3(10) A , ρcalc
=
1.358 g cm−3, µ = 8.25 cm−1, empirical absorption cor-
rection via ψ scan data (0.761 ≤ T ≤ 0.984), Z = 4, mon-
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oclinic, space group C2/c (No. 15), λ = 1.54178 A, T =
Reaction of 2a with zirconium tetrachloride, preparation of
5c
223 K, ω/2θ scans, 1040 reflections collected ( h, −k, l),
[(sinθ)/λ] = 0.59 A−1, 1015 independent (Rint = 0.043) and
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Zirconium tetrachloride (0.42 g, 1.80 mmol) was sus-
pended in 10 ml of dichloromethane. At room tempera-
ture the reagent 2a (0.50 g, 1.80 mmol) was added in sev-
eral portions with stirring. After 2 h solvent was removed
from the then clear solution. The product was isolated as
499 observed reflections [I ≥ 2σ(I)], 84 refined parameters,
R = 0.048, wR2 = 0.087, max. residual electron density 0.15
(−0.17) eA−3, hydrogens calculated and refined as riding
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atoms, poorly diffracting crystal, probably twinned plates.
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a yellow solid, yield of 5c: 675 mg, 85%. IR (KBr): ν =
Reaction of 2a with titanium tetrachloride, preparation of 5a
3058 (m), 2967 (m), 1584 (s), 1473 (s), 1275 (s), 1229 (s),
1064 (m), 854 (s), 755 (s), 597 (s) cm−1. – 1H NMR
The neutral ligand precursor 2a (0.50 g, 1.80 mmol) was (200 MHz, d8-THF, 300 K): δ = 7.5 – 6.9 (m, 4H, 3-H, 6-H),
1
dissolved in 10 ml of dichloromethane. Titanium tetrachlo- 6.8 – 6.5 (m, 4H, 4-H, 5-H), 3.12 (s, 4H, 7-H). – 13C{ H}
ride (0.34 g, 1.80 mmol) was added slowly at room tempera- NMR (50 MHz, d8-THF, 300 K): δ = 156.2 (C1), 135.0,
ture via syringe. The reaction mixture turned orange immedi- 130.5, 120.0, 114.2 (C3 to C6), 116.5 (C2), 34.8 (C7). –
ately and the product began to precipitate as a bronze colored C14H12Cl2O2S2Zr (438.5): calcd. C 38.35, H 2.76; found
solid after a few minutes. After 2 h of stirring the solvent C 37.90, H 2.89.
was removed in vacuo and the product collected as a bronze
colored solid; yield of 5a: 610 mg (86%). M. p. 300 C. –
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Deprotonation of 2b, formation of 6
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IR (KBr): ν = 3052 (m), 2960 (m), 1579 (m), 1455 (s),
The neutral ligand precursor 2b (246 mg, 100 mmol) was
dissolved in 10 ml of THF. At −78 ◦C 1.25 ml (200 mmol)
of a 1.6 M solution of n-butyl lithium in n-hexane was added
dropwise with stirring. The mixture was slowly warmed to
room temperature. After 4 h reaction time the solvent was re-
moved in vacuo to yield 6 as a colorless solid, yield 242 mg
1279 (s), 1240 (s), 1181 (w), 1161 (w), 1135 (m), 873 (s),
756 (s), 639 (s), 528 (s) cm−1. – 1H NMR (200 MHz, d8-
THF, 300 K): δ = 7.49 (d, 3J = 7.8 Hz, 2H, 6-H), 7.39 (dd,
3J = 7.8 Hz, J = 8.2 Hz, 2H, 4-H), 7.01 (d, J = 8.2 Hz,
3
3
2H, 3-H), 6.93 (dd, 3J = 7.8 Hz, 3J = 8.2 Hz, 2H, 5-H), 3.12
(s, 4H, 7-H). – 13C{ H} NMR (50 MHz, d8-THF, 300 K):
1
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(94%). M. p. 165 C. – IR (KBr): ν = 3027 (m), 1596 (m),
1497 (s), 1458 (s), 1313 (s), 1254 (m), 1115 (m), 1050 (m),
918 (m), 852 (m), 747 (s), 595 (m), 457 (m), cm−1. –
1H NMR (200 MHz, d8-THF, 300 K): δ = 6.82 (m, 4H),
6.69 (m, 2H), 6.35 (m, 2H, C6H4), 4.18 (s, 4H, 7-H). –
δ = 158.5 (C1), 134.0, 133.1, 125.0, 123.7 (C3 to C6),
116.5 (C2), 41.1 (C7). – C14H12Cl2O2S2Ti (395.2): calcd.
C 42.55, H 3.06; found C 41.97, H 3.09.
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13C{ H} NMR (50 MHz, d8-THF, 300 K): δ = 159.9 (C1),
X-ray crystal structure analysis of 5a
149.5 (C2), 123.3, 121.2, 114.3, 113.7 (arom. CH), 68.5
Single crystals were obtained from a dichloromethane so-
(C7).
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lution at −30 C. Formula C14H12Cl2O2S2Ti, M = 395.2,
red crystal 0.30 × 0.07 × 0.03 mm, a = 12.686(1), b =
Reaction of 6 with titanium tetrachloride, synthesis of com-
plex 5b
3
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10.779(1), c = 22.905(1) A, V = 3132.1(4) A , ρcalc
=
1.676 g cm−3, µ = 11.53 cm−1, empirical absorption correc-
tion via SORTAV (0.724 ≤ T ≤ 0.966), Z = 8, orthorhombic,
Titanium tetrachloride (95 mg, 0.50 mmol) was added
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space group Pbca (No. 61), λ = 0.71073 A, T = 198 K, dropwise at ambient temperature to a solution of 6 (129 mg,
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0.50 mmol) in 10 ml of diethyl ether. The reaction was in- 7-H). – 13C{ H} NMR (50 MHz, d-chloroform, 300 K):
stantaneous. After 2 h of stirring the precipitated lithium δ = 161.0 (C1), 143.3 (C2), 121.8, 119.3, 114.4, 112.1 (C3
chloride was removed by filtration. Solvent was removed to C6), 67.2 (C7). – C14H12Cl2O4Ti (363.1): calcd. C 46.32,
from the clear ◦filtrate in vacuo to y◦ield 169 mg (93%) of H 3.33; found C 46.31, H 3.70.
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5b. M. p. 189 C (decomp. at 217 C). – IR (KBr): ν =
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