6921-34-2Relevant articles and documents
Highly variable Zr-CH2-Ph bond angles in tetrabenzylzirconium: Analysis of benzyl ligand coordination modes
Rong, Yi,Al-Harbi, Ahmed,Parkin, Gerard
, p. 8208 - 8217 (2012)
Analysis of a monoclinic modification of Zr(CH2Ph)4 by single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that the bond angles Zr-CH 2-Ph in this compound span a range of 25.1° , which is much larger than previously observed for the orthorhombic form (12.1°). In accord with this large range, density functional theory calculations demonstrate that little energy is required to perturb the Zr-CH2-Ph bond angles in this compound. Furthermore, density functional theory calculations on Me 3ZrCH2Ph indicate that bending of the Zr-CH2-Ph moiety in the monobenzyl compound is also facile, thereby demonstrating that a benzyl ligand attached to zirconium is intrinsically flexible, such that its bending does not require a buffering effect involving another benzyl ligand.
Scalable Continuous Synthesis of Grignard Reagents from in Situ-Activated Magnesium Metal
Deitmann, Eva,G?ssl, Lars,Hofmann, Christian,L?b, Patrick,Menges-Flanagan, Gabriele
, p. 315 - 321 (2020/03/10)
The continuous synthesis of Grignard reagents has been investigated under continuous processing conditions using Mg turnings at variable liquid throughputs and concentrations. A novel process window easily accessible through continuous processing was employed, namely, using a large molar access of Mg turnings within the reactor and achieving Mg activation by mechanical means. A laboratory and a 10-fold-increased pilot-scale reactor setup were built and evaluated, including integrated inline analytics via ATR-IR measurements. The main goal of this work was to explore the full potential of classic Grignard reagent formation through the use of scalable flow chemistry and to allow for fast and safe process optimization. It was found that on both the laboratory and pilot scales, full conversion of the employed halides could be achieved with a single passage through the reactor. Furthermore, Grignard reagent yields of 89-100% were reached on the laboratory scale.
Redox-Active Ligand-Assisted Two-Electron Oxidative Addition to Gallium(II)
Fedushkin, Igor L.,Dodonov, Vladimir A.,Skatova, Alexandra A.,Sokolov, Vladimir G.,Piskunov, Alexander V.,Fukin, Georgii K.
, p. 1877 - 1889 (2018/01/27)
The reaction of digallane (dpp-bian)Ga?Ga(dpp-bian) (2) (dpp-bian=1,2-bis[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene) with allyl chloride (AllCl) proceeded by a two-electron oxidative addition to afford paramagnetic complexes (dpp-bian)Ga(η1-All)Cl (3) and (dpp-bian)(Cl)Ga?Ga(Cl)(dpp-bian) (4). Treatment of complex 4 with pyridine induced an intramolecular redox process, which resulted in the diamagnetic complex (dpp-bian)Ga(Py)Cl (5). In reaction with allyl bromide, complex 2 gave metal- and ligand-centered addition products (dpp-bian)Ga(η1-All)Br (6) and (dpp-bian-All)(Br)Ga?Ga(Br)(dpp-bian-All) (7). The reaction of digallane 2 with Ph3SnNCO afforded (dpp-bian)Ga(SnPh3)2 (8) and (dpp-bian)(NCO)Ga?Ga(NCO)(dpp-bian) (9). Treatment of GaCl3 with (dpp-bian)Na in diethyl ether resulted in the formation of (dpp-bian)GaCl2 (10). Diorganylgallium derivatives (dpp-bian)GaR2 (R=Ph, 11; tBu, 14; Me, 15; Bn, 16) and (dpp-bian)Ga(η1-All)R (R=nBu, 12; Cp, 13) were synthesized from complexes 3, 10, Bn2GaCl, or tBu2GaCl by salt metathesis. The salt elimination reaction between (dpp-bian)GaI2 (17) and tBuLi was accompanied by reduction of both the metal and the dpp-bian ligand, which resulted in digallane 2 as the final product. Similarly, the reaction of complex 10 with MentMgCl (Ment=menthyl) proceeded with reduction of the dpp-bian ligand to give the diamagnetic complex [(dpp-bian)GaCl2][Mg2Cl3(THF)6] (18). Compounds 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16 were thermally robust, whereas compound 14 decomposed when heated at reflux in toluene to give complex (dpp-bian-tBu)GatBu2 (19). Both complexes 7 and 19 contain R-substituted dpp-bian ligand: in the former compound the allyl group was attached to the imino-carbon atom, whereas in complex 19, the tBu group was situated on the naphthalene ring. Crystal structures of complexes 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, and 19 were determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The presence of dpp-bian radical anions in 3, 6, 8, and 10–16 was determined by ESR spectroscopy.