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Reactions of Dianionic α-Diimine-Supported Dimagnesium(I) Compound [K(THF)3]2[LMg–MgL] with Nitriles
- Source :
- Organometallics. 38:2674-2682
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2019.
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Abstract
- The Mg–Mg-bonded compound, [K(THF)3]2[LMg–MgL] (1, L = [(2,6-iPr2C6H3)NC(Me)]22–), exhibits good reactivity toward a series of nitriles (RC≡N). Reaction of 1 with 2.0 equiv of Me3SiCN proceeded through reductive Si–C(CN) bond cleavage to generate the cyanide ions (CN–), which serve as bridges to link the tetrameric complex [L4Mg4(μ-CN)4K4(THF)6] (2). When more (3.0 equiv) of the nitrile substrates Me3SiCN or tBuCN were reacted with 1, both Si–C(CN) [or C–C(CN)] bond cleavage and terminal coordination of the nitriles occurred, leading to the tetramers [L4Mg4(μ-CN)4(RCN)2K4(THF)4] (R = Me3Si, 3 and R = tBu, 4). More interestingly, reaction of precursor 1 with 2.0 equiv of isobutyronitrile (iPrCN) or cyclohexyl nitrile (CyCN) that has α-hydrogen atoms afforded the dinuclear complexes [{K(THF)2LMg(μ-N═C═CMe2)}2] (6) and [{K(Tol)LMg(μ-N═C═CC5H10)}2] (7) with bridging keteniminate ligands, representing a rare reductive deprotonation pathway for nitriles. All products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, NMR...
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- ISSN :
- 15206041 and 02767333
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Organometallics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c33fef93e4bccbf2b14440e115c7b8ba