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Metal‐induced B–H Activation. Addition of Methyl Acetylene Carboxylates to Cp*Rh‐ and Cp*Ir 16 e Halfsandwich Complexes containing a Chelating 1,2‐Dicarba‐ closo ‐dodecaborane‐1,2‐diselenolato Ligand
Author(s) -
Herberhold Max,
Yan Hong,
Milius Wolfgang,
Wrackmeyer Bernd
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3749(200007)626:7<1627::aid-zaac1627>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - acetylene , chemistry , rhodium , metalation , carborane , ligand (biochemistry) , medicinal chemistry , carbene , stereochemistry , chalcogen , oxidative addition , iridium , selenium , crystallography , organic chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry , receptor
Reactions of the 16e halfsandwich complexes Cp*M[Se 2 C 2 (B 10 H 10 )] ( 5 M = Rh, 6 M = Ir) with both methyl acetylene monocarboxylate and dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate were studied in order to obtain information on the influence of the chalcogen (selenium versus sulfur), as well as further evidence for B–H activation, ortho ‐metalation and substitution of the carborane. In the case of the rhodium‐selenium complex 5 , the reaction with methyl acetylene monocarboxylate gave products which were all structurally different compared to those of the sulfur analogue of 5 : a polycyclic derivative 12 with a B(6)‐substituted carborane cage was obtained as one of the final products; in addition, both geometrical isomers containing a Rh–B bond ( 10 , 11 ) and isomers without a Rh–B bond ( 8 , 9 ) were isolated, the latter being the result of twofold insertion into one of the Rh–Se bonds. In the case of the iridium‐selenium complex 6 , the reaction with methyl acetylene monocarboxylate led to the geometrical isomers 13 and 14 (similar to 10 and 11 ) with structures possessing an Ir–B bond. Both 5 and 6 reacted with dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate at room temperature to give the complexes 15 and 16 which are formed by addition of the C≡C unit to the metal center and insertion into one of the metal‐selenium bonds. The proposed structures in solution were deduced from NMR data ( 1 H, 11 B, 13 C, 77 Se, 103 Rh NMR), and an X‐ray structural analysis was carried out for the rhodium complex 12 .