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Zincocene and dizincocene N-heterocyclic carbene complexes and catalytic hydrogenation of imines and ketones
Jochmann, Phillip,Stephan, Douglas W.
, p. 8370 - 8378 (2014)
The N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) adducts Zn(CpR) 2(NHC)] (CpR=C5HMe4, C 5H4SiMe3; NHC=ItBu, IDipp (Dipp=2,6- diisopropylphenyl), IMes (Mes=mesityl), SIMes) were prepared and shown to be active catalysts for the hydrogenation of imines, whereas decamethylzincocene [ZnCp*2] is highly active for the hydrogenation of ketones in the presence of noncoordinating NHCs. The abnormal carbene complex [Zn(OCHPh2)2(aItBu)]2 was formed from spontaneous rearrangement of the ItBu ligand during incomplete hydrogenation of benzophenone. Two isolated ZnI adducts [Zn2Cp* 2(NHC)] (NHC=ItBu, SIMes) are presented and characterized as weak adducts on the basis of 13C NMR spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction experiments. A mechanistic proposal for the reduction of [ZnCp* 2] with H2 to give [Zn2Cp*2] is discussed.
