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Organolanthanide and organoactinide oxidative additions exhibiting enhanced reactivity. 5. Stoichiometry, kinetic, and mechanistic studies of (C5Me5)2YbII·OEt2 oxidative-addition reactions and of (C5Me5)2YbIIIR (R = R, X) YbIII ...
Finke,Keenan,Watson
, p. 263 - 277 (2008/10/08)
Full title: Organolanthanide and organoactinide oxidative additions exhibiting enhanced reactivity. 5. Stoichiometry, kinetic, and mechanistic studies of (C5Me5)2YbII·OEt2 oxidative-addition reactions and of (C5Me5)2YbIIIR (R = R, X) YbIII-Grignard reactions with alkyl and aryl halides. Evidence for the dominance of inner-sphere mechanisms. (C5Me5)2YbII·OEt 2 undergoes atom-abstraction oxidative addition with alkyl and aryl halides according to the generalized stoichiometry 1.0(C5Me5)2YbII·OEt 2 + (1 + a)RX → (1 - a)(C5Me5)2YbIIIX + (a)(C5Me5)1YbIIIX2 + (a)C5Me5R + 1.0Et2O + 1.0[R-R, R-H(alkanes), R(-H)(olefins)]. A reactive Yb-alkyl intermediate, (C5Me5)2YbIIIR, is formed from R? trapping by diamagnetic (C5Me5)2YbII. This (C5Me5)2YbIIIR intermediate and the initial product (C5Me5)2YbIIIX react further with RX in subsequent YbIII-Grignard reactions that are retarded by added Et2O and, therefore, apparently operate via an inner-sphere pathway. The observed YbIII-Grignard stoichiometries are (C5Me5)2YbIIIR + 2RX → (C5Me5)2YbIIIX2 + C5Me5R + R-R and (C5Me5)2YbIIIX + RX → (C5Me5)1YbIIIX2 + C5Me5R. The absolute rates of reaction of RX with (C5Me5)2YbII·OEt2 are found to be first-order each in (C5Me5)2YbII·OEt-2 and RX, with an added inverse dependence upon Et2O. The Et2O dependence is consistent with a requirement for a site of coordinative unsaturation and an inner-sphere pathway. Comparison of the rates of reactions of (C5Me5)2UIII(Cl)(THF) and (C5Me5)2YbII·OEt2 with RX provides compelling evidence for participation of electron transfer in these net atom-abstraction reactions.
