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Binuclear biscarbene complexes of furan.

Chantelle Crause1, Helmar Görls, Simon Lotz

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.

Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
|April 27, 2005
PubMed
Summary

New chromium and tungsten carbene complexes featuring a furan ring were synthesized. These complexes offer new pathways for creating mixed heterobinuclear carbene compounds and undergo reactions like benzannulation and carbene-carbene coupling.

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Area of Science:

  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Synthetic Chemistry
  • Coordination Chemistry

Background:

  • Fischer carbene complexes are versatile organometallic compounds.
  • Furan substituents can influence the reactivity and electronic properties of carbene complexes.
  • Developing efficient synthetic routes to novel carbene complexes is crucial for exploring their potential applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize novel carbene complexes of chromium and tungsten featuring a bridging furan substituent.
  • To develop a method for synthesizing mixed heterobinuclear carbene complexes.
  • To investigate the reactivity of these complexes in benzannulation and other coupling reactions.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of monocarbene and binuclear biscarbene complexes using lithiated furan precursors and metal hexacarbonyls.

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  • Protection of the carbene moiety to improve yields and enable synthesis of mixed heterobinuclear complexes.
  • Reaction of binuclear complexes with alkynes for benzannulation reactions.
  • Palladium-catalyzed reactions to investigate alternative reaction pathways.
  • X-ray structure analysis to confirm molecular structures.

    • Main Results:

    • Successful synthesis of monocarbene and binuclear biscarbene complexes of chromium and tungsten with furan substituents.
    • Development of a high-yield method for synthesizing mixed heterobinuclear carbene complexes.
    • Demonstration of regioselective benzannulation reactions with 3-hexyne, occurring preferentially at the chromium-carbene center.
    • Identification of various products from palladium-catalyzed reactions, including ester complexes and carbene-carbene coupled olefins.
    • Confirmation of molecular structures and investigation of electronic conjugation via X-ray crystallography.

    Conclusions:

    • The study successfully synthesized novel furan-substituted chromium and tungsten carbene complexes.
    • A robust method for preparing mixed heterobinuclear carbene complexes was established.
    • The reactivity studies revealed regioselective benzannulation and complex product distributions in palladium-catalyzed reactions, offering insights into carbene complex transformations.