Iridaoxacyclohexadiene-bridged mixed-valence iridium cyclooctadiene complex: Oxidative addition and hydrogen-transfer to coordinated cyclooctadiene

Itzia Irene Padilla-Martínez, Marisol Cervantes-Vásquez, Marco Antonio Leyva-Ramirez, M. Angeles Paz-Sandoval

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Abstract

The systematic exploration of the synthesis of heteropentadienyl metal complexes leads us to study the metathesis reaction of [(η4-COD)Ir(μ2-Cl)]2 with lithium 2,4-dimethyloxopentadienide, which affords the dinuclear Ir0-IrII compound (η4-COD)Ir[η1:124-CHC(Me)CHC(Me)O)]Ir(η4-COD) (1) with a metal-metal bond. The COD ligands are coordinated η4 to each Ir center, whereas the oxopentadienyl ligand is bridging both Ir atoms, allowing the formation of a novel iridapyran complex with IrII and bonding η4 with Ir0. The addition of CO, PMe3, and PMe2Ph to the coordinatively unsaturated complex 1 has led, under mild conditions, to the corresponding dinuclear coordinatively saturated compounds (η4-COD)Ir[η1:123-CHC(Me)CHC(Me)O)]Ir(η4-COD)(μ2-CO) (2) and (η4-COD)Ir[η1:124-CHC(Me)CHC(Me)O)]Ir(η4-COD)(PR3) (R = Me, 3; PR3 = PMe2Ph, 4). Compound 3 showed a reversible reaction by dissociation of PMe3, recovering compound 1. The reaction of 1 with H2 and PMe3, PMe2Ph, and P(n-Bu)3 allows the isolation of cyclooctenyl derivatives (η4-COD)Ir[η1:123-CHC(Me)CHC(Me)O)]Ir(μ2-H)( η12-C8H13)(PR3) (R = Me, 5; R3 = Me2Ph, 6; R = n-Bu, 7), where the hydrogen promotes the formation of a metal-hydride, as well as hydrogen-transfer to one of the coordinated cyclooctadiene ligands. In the presence of molecular hydrogen, 4 leads also to the formation of 6 in better yield. The iridaoxacycle bridging ligand stabilizes these dinuclear iridium complexes, which easily undergo intermolecular insertion into activated C-H bonds. When the more sterically demanding phosphine P(i-Pr)3 is added in the presence of H2, a different reaction takes place, with the displacement of one COD ligand and the formation of (η4-COD)Ir(μ2-H)[ η1:123-CHC(Me)CHC(Me)O)]Ir(H)(Pi-Pr3)2 (8). The novel complexes 1-8 have been fully characterized, where 1 shows dynamic behavior in one of the COD ligands in solution and gives evidence of two different isomers present in the crystalline structure. Molecular structures of 1-3 and 5-8 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6305-6318
Number of pages14
JournalOrganometallics
Volume33
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Nov 2014

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