Hydrogallation of Alkynes
Organometallics, Vol. 21, No. 12, 2002 2367
Ta ble 1. Cr ysta l Da ta , Da ta Collection
P a r a m eter s, a n d Str u ctu r e Refin em en t Deta ils for
Com p ou n d s 3 a n d 4
3
4
formula
cryst syst
space group
Z
C24H50Ga6
C32H66Ga6
tetragonal
orthorhombic
Pnma (No. 62)15 P43 (No. 78)
15
4
4
temp, K
Dcalcd, g/cm3
a, Å
193(2)
1.706
193(2)
1.568
19.342(2)
13.2690(10)
11.4840(10)
2947.4(5)
5.416
16.1617(8)
16.1617(8)
14.0998(8)
3682.9(3)
4.345
b, Å
c, Å
V, 10
µ, mm
-
30
m3
-
1
cryst dimens, mm
radiation
0.2 × 0.1 × 0.04 0.2 × 0.2 × 0.1
Mo KR; graphite-monochromator
2
θ range, deg
4.1 e 2θ e 49.7
-21 e h e 22
3.5 e 2θ e 49.7
-19 e h e 19
-19 e k e 19
-16 e l e 16
6347
index ranges
-
15 e k e 15
13 e l e 12
-
F igu r e 2. Molecular structure of 4. The thermal ellipsoids
are drawn at the 40% probability level. Methyl and butyl
groups are omitted for clarity. Important bond lengths (Å)
and angles (deg): Ga(1)-C(1) 1.976(4), Ga(1)-C(2) 1.978-
no. of unique rflns
2670
[
Rint ) 0.0557]
[Rint ) 0.0513]
no. of params
R1 (reflns I > 2σ(I))
wR2 (all data)
161
0.0301 (2003)
0.0579
354
0.0261 (5771)
0.0541
0.652/-0.502
(
4), Ga(2)-C(1) 1.981(4), Ga(2)-C(3) 1.965(4), Ga(3)-C(3)
max./min. residual electron 0.690/-0.413
1
.970(4), Ga(3)-C(4) 1.987(4), Ga(4)-C(2) 1.980(4), Ga(4)-
density, 10 e/m3
30
C(4) 1.972(4), Ga(5)-C(2) 1.972(4), Ga(5)-C(3) 1.991(4),
Ga(6)-C(1) 199.4(4), Ga(6)-C(4) 1.974(4), Ga(1)-C(11)
1
-pentyne (ACROS Organics) was employed without further
1
.999(4), Ga(2)-C(21) 1.995(4), Ga(3)-C(31) 2.060(7), Ga-
purification.
(4)-C(41) 1.993(4), Ga(5)-C(51) 1.990(5), Ga(6)-C(61)
Syn th esis of Deca eth yl-2,4,6,8,9,10-h exa ga lla a d a m a n -
ta n e (Ga Et) (CEt) , 3. Diethylgallium hydride (3.01 g, 0.023
6 4
1
.980(5), C-Ga-C (cage) 119.6 (av), Ga-C-Ga 103.9 (av).
mol) was frozen with liquid nitrogen. Propyne (0.234 g, 0.0058
mol) was distilled onto the solid in a vacuum. The mixture
was warmed to -30 °C and stirred for 1 h. Stirring was
continued for 2.5 h after warming to room temperature. Gas
evolution was observed. All volatile components were removed
in a vacuum (10 Torr). The yellow residue was recrystallized
from n-pentane (20/-30 °C). Yield: 0.931 g (85%), yellow
crystals. Mp (argon, sealed capillary): 95 °C. Anal. Calcd for
terized only with the lightest element, boron. They were
obtained by different routes: by thermolysis of tri-
methylborane at 450 °C,11 by treatment of a 1,5-dicarba-
1
2
-3
closo-pentaborane(5) with potassium and iodine, or by
thermolysis of organoboron halides such as CH(BCl2)3
and Me2BBr.13 Remarkably, a rearrangement was ob-
served on heating of one of these compounds, [(BEt)6-
24 6
C H50Ga (757.0): C, 38.1; H, 6.7. Anal. Found: C, 37.8; H,
1
3
CMe)4], to 160 °C.12 A nido-carbaborane was formed
6.7. H NMR (C
Hz, Ga ), 1.25 (12 H, t, J H‚‚‚H ) 7.3 Hz, Ga
C-CH3
.22 (18 H, t, J H‚‚‚H ) 7.8 Hz, Ga-C-CH ), 0.97 (12 H, q, J H‚
, 100.6 MHz): δ 94.8
6 6
D , 200 MHz): δ 2.78 (8 H, q, J H‚‚‚H ) 7.3
(
3
3
2
3
3
C-C-CH ),
which, in contrast to the adamantane starting com-
pound, had direct B-B and C-C bonding interactions
and which was found to possess a dynamic B6C4 mo-
lecular center. A similar rearrangement was not ob-
served with the gallium compounds 3 and 4 up to now.
Elemental gallium precipitated upon heating of 3 and
3
1
‚
3
1
3
‚H ) 7.8 Hz, Ga-CH
Ga C), 26.6 (Ga C-C), 24.1 (Ga
.2 (GaC-CH ). IR (CsBr plates, paraffin, cm ): 1302 m δ-
2
). C NMR (C
6 6
D
(
9
3
3
3
C-C-CH
3
2
), 10.5 (GaCH ),
-1
3
(
CH); 1084 w, 1067 w, 1043 m, 1000 w, 981 w, 966 w, 931 w,
891 m ν(CC), δ,F(CH); 722 m, 664 vs, 650 vs, 633 vs δ(CC);
519 s, 431 s ν(GaC). Raman (powder, 633 nm, cm- ): 1449 w,
1419 vw, 1372 vw, 1308 vw, 1268 vw δ(CH); 1188 m, 1170 w,
1
4
without a solvent to 200 or 220 °C, respectively, but
in all cases the NMR spectra showed the resonances of
the starting components almost exclusively. New, un-
known compounds were formed in trace amounts, as
indicated by their very low NMR intensities; they could
not be enriched by recrystallization.
1
074 vw, 1047 w, 958 vw, 906 vw, 891 vw ν(CC), δ,F(CH); 534
m, 518 m, 440 m, 427 w, 275 m, 195 vs ν,δ(GaC). UV/vis (n-
hexane; λmax, nm (log ꢀ)): 260 (3.8), 280 (3.9).
Syn th esis of 2,4,6,8,9,10-Hexa eth yl-1,3,5,7-tetr a bu tyl-
2
6 4
,4,6,8,9,10-h exa ga lla a d a m a n ta n e (Ga Et) (CBu ) , 4. Di-
ethylgallium hydride (1.82 g, 0.014 mol) was treated with 0.24
g (0.0035 mol) of 1-pentyne without a solvent at room tem-
perature. The mixture was stirred at that temperature for 4
h. Gas evolution was observed, and a solid precipitated. All
volatile components were removed in a vacuum (10 Torr).
The yellowish residue was recrystallized from n-pentane (20/
Exp er im en ta l Section
All procedures were carried out under purified argon.
n-Pentane was dried over LiAlH
4
; toluene over Na/benzophe-
-3
none. Dimethylgallium hydride and diethylgallium hydride
were obtained according to literature procedures. Gaseous
propyne (Aldrich) was dried by passing it through P
7
-
30 °C). Yield: 0.603 g (79%), colorless crystals. Mp (argon,
sealed capillary): 114 °C. Anal. Calcd for C32 (869.2):
C, 44.2; H, 7.7. Anal. Found: C, 43.8; H, 7.6. Molar mass (in
4
O10, and
H
66Ga
6
(
11) (a) Brown, M. P.; Holliday, A. K.; Way, G. M. J . Chem. Soc.,
Dalton Trans. 1975, 148. (b) Rayment, I.; Shearer, H. M. M. J . Chem.
Soc., Dalton Trans. 1977, 136.
12) (a) K o¨ ster, R.; Seidel, G.; Wrackmeyer, B. Angew. Chem. 1985,
7, 317; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1985, 24, 326. (b) K o¨ ster, R.;
Horstsch a¨ fer, H.-J .; Binger, P.; Mattschei, P. K. Liebigs Ann. Chem.
975, 1339.
13) Haubold, W.; Keller, W.; Sawitzki, G. J . Organomet. Chem.
989, 367, 19.
1
benzene by cryoscopy). Found: 842 g/mol. H NMR (C
MHz): δ 2.82 (8 H, pseudo-t, Ga C-CH ), 1.54 (16 H, m, br,
Ga C-C-CH CH ), 1.26 (18 H, t, H‚‚‚H ) 7.9 Hz, Ga-C-
C-C -CH ), 1.00 (12
, partially covered by the
, 100.6 MHz): δ 93.0
2 4
-Me), 34.3 (Ga C-CH -C H -
6 6
D , 300
3
2
3
(
3
2
2
J
9
3
CH
3
), 1.04 (12 H, t, J H‚‚‚H ) 7.4 Hz, Ga
3
3
3
H, q, 3
J
H‚‚‚H ) 7.9 Hz, Ga-CH
2
1
1
3
preceding resonance). C NMR (C
(Ga C), 43.8 (Ga C-CH -C
6 6
D
(
1
3
3
2
2
H
4
3
2