Tuck-in complex

In organometallic chemistry, a tuck-In complex usually refers to derivatives of Cp* ligands wherein a methyl group is deprotonated and the resulting methylene attaches to the metal. The C5-CH2-M angle is acute. The term "tucked-in" was coined to describe derivatives of organotungsten complexes.[1] Although most "tucked-in" complexes are derived from Cp* ligands, other pi-bonded rings undergo similar reactions.

Double tuck-in derivative of decamethyltungstocene.

Scope and bonding

The "tuck-in" process is related to ortho-metalation in the sense that it is an intramolecular cyclometalation.[2] Tuck-in complexes derived from Cp* ligands are derivatives of tetramethylfulvene, sometimes abbreviated Me4Fv. A variety of complexes are known for Me4Fv and related ligands. In these complexes, the Fv can serve as a 4-electron or as a 6-electron ligand.

η4- and η6-fulvene complexes.

Examples

The original example proceeded via sequential loss of two equivalents of H2 from decamethyltungstocene dihydride, Cp*2WH2. The first dehydrogenation step affords a simple tuck-in complex:[1]

(C5Me5)2WH2 → (C5Me5)(η6-C5Me4CH2)WH + H2

The second dehydrogenation step affords a "double tuck-in" complex:

(C5Me5)(η6-C5Me4CH2)WH → (C5Me5)(η7-C5Me3(CH2)2)W + H2

In organouranium chemistry, both tuck-in and tuck-over complexes are recognized, e.g. in the dihydrido diuranium complex [Cp*3(η7-C5Me3(CH2))U2H2]. In this complex the two methylene groups bind to different uranium centers.[3] The tuck-over mode is binding of the Cp* methylene to a metal center elsewhere in the molecule rather than the one coordinated to that Cp* ligand.

Reactions

Tuck-in complexes retain nucleophilicity at the methylene carbon. They can be activated by Lewis acids to generate active catalysts for use in Ziegler–Natta catalysis. The Lewis acid attaches to the CH2 group, exposing a vacant site on the electrophilic Zr(IV) centre.[4]

gollark: Exactly!
gollark: But using actual relational databases can provide faster access, transactions, fast search, not having to deal with XML, that sort of thing.
gollark: I like SQLite.
gollark: What would be neat is if we used SQLite databases instead of stupid stuff like `.docx`'s weird zipped XML thing.
gollark: So it's a poorly optimised file format?

References
  1. Cloke, G. N.; Green, J. C.; Green, M. H.; and Morley, C. P. "Metal Atom Synthesis and Photochemistry of Bis(q-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)-tungsten Dihydride" J. Chem. Soc, Chem. Commun. 1985 3430-3434. doi:10.1039/C39850000945
  2. Hartwig, J. F. Organotransition Metal Chemistry, from Bonding to Catalysis; University Science Books: New York, 2010. ISBN 189138953X
  3. Elizabeth Montalvo , Kevin A. Miller , Joseph W. Ziller, William J. Evans "Reactivity of Tuck-in and Tuck-over Uranium Metallocene Complexes" Organometallics, 2010, vol. 29, pp 4159–4170. doi:10.1021/om1007538
  4. Sun, Y.; Rupert, E.; Spence, H.; Piers, W. E.; Parvez, M.; and Yap, G. P. "Intramolecular Ion-Ion Interactions in Zwitterionic Metallocene Olefin Polymerization Catalysts Derived from "Tucked-In" Catalyst Precursors and the Highly Electrophilic Boranes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, vol. 119, pp 5132–5143. doi:10.1021/ja970140h
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.