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Calix[4]arene stabilized transition metal imido complexes
Radius
, p. 957 - 972 (2004)
The usage of calix[n]arenes as ancillary poly(phenolate) ligands is a rapidly developing area in coordination chemistry. This article focuses on the synthesis, structure and reactivity of calix[4]arene- and calix[4]arene ether-stabilized imido complexes of group 4 - 6 transition metals as well as on the comparison of calix[4]arene dialkyl ethers in particular with other widely employed related ligand systems such as salenes, porphyrins and tetraazaannulenes. Contrary to these nitrogen containing systems, it is much easier to control the charge of the ligand system through the degree of alkylation of the calixarene's lower rim without a major change in the geometry of the resulting metal complex. This could lead to isoelectronic and structurally closely related transition metal complex fragments for metals in neighboring groups of the periodic table or for metals in different oxidation states. The intrinsic reactivity of metal imido linkages might therefore be explored using calix[4]arenes and calix[4]arene ethers and first results are summarized in this research report.
Calix[4]arene supported group 5 imido complexes
Dürr, Simon,Bechlars, Bettina,Radius, Udo
, p. 4215 - 4226 (2006)
The reaction of imidoyl chlorides [V(NR)Cl3] (R = Ph 1, Tol 2, tBu 3) and calix[4]arene methyl ether H3Mecalix unexpectedly leads to the formation of the structurally characterized vanadium (IV) complex [VCl(Mecalix)] (4). Calix[4]arene methyl ether stabilized imido complexes of the type [V(NR)(Mecalix)] (R = Ph 7, Tol 8, tBu 9) were afforded from the reaction of [V(NR)Cl3] (R = Ph 1, Tol 2, tBu 3) and the tris(lithium) or tris(sodium) salt of the calix[4]arene ether. The lithium salt [{Li3(Mecalix)}2] (5) is a dimer in the solid state, in which two monomeric trianions are bridged by lithium cations. Imido complexes [M(NR)(Mecalix)] (M = Nb: R = tBu, 12, R = Tol 13, R = Mes 14, R = Dipp 15; M = Ta: R = tBu 16, R = Tol 17) (Tol = 4-C6H4Me, Mes = 2,6-C6H3Me2; Dipp = 2,6-C6H3iPr2) have been prepared from structurally characterized [NbCl2(Mecalix)] (10) and previously known [TaCl2(Mecalix)] (11) via reaction with two equivalents of the appropriately metallated (Li, K) primary amine. The molecular structures of 13 and 15 confirm the mononuclear nature of these complexes.
