ISSN:
1434-1948
Keywords:
Rhenium
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Oxacyclocarbene complexes
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Vinylidene comlexes
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Alkynols
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Tripodal ligands
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Chemistry
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General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Various β-, γ-, and δ-alkynols have been reacted with the 16e- fragment [(triphos)Re(CO)2]+ generated in situ by H2 elimination from [(triphos)Re(CO)2(η2-H2)]BF4 [triphos = MeC(CH2PPh2)3]. Irrespective of the length of the alkyl chain between the C≡C and OH functional groups in the ω-alkynol, 2-oxacyclocarbene complexes are obtained. These include the 2-oxacyclopentylidene derivatives [(triphos)Re(CO)2{=CCH2CH2CH2O}]BF4 and [(triphos)Re(CO)2{=CCH2CH2CH(Me)O}]BF4, the 2-oxacyclohexylidene dervivatives [(triphos)Re(CO)2{=CCH2CH2CH2CH2O}]BF4 and[(triphos)Re(CO)2{=CCH2CH2CH2CH(Me)O}]BF4, and the 2-oxacycloheptylidene complex [(triphos)Re(CO)2{=CCH2CH2- CH2CH2CH2O}]BF4. The latter compound contains a unprecedented seven-membered oxacarbene ring. The rhenium-assisted δ-alkynol to 2-oxacyloheptylidene rearrangement proceeds via the hydroxybutylvinylidene kinetic intermediate [(triphos)Re(CO)2{C=C(H)CH2CH2CH2CH2OH}]BF4, which has been characterized in both the solid state and solution. An X-ray analysis has been carried out on a single crystal of [(triphos)Re(CO)2{=CCH2CH2CH(Me)O}]BF4. The structure of this complex consists of [(triphos)Re(CO)2{=CCH2CH2CH(Me)O}]+ cations and tetrafluoroborate anions with no interspersed solvent molecules. A facial triphos ligand, two cis-disposed carbonyl groups and a 2-oxacyclopentylidene ligand coordinate the Re centre in a slightly distorted octahedral environment.
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