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Published on: January 3, 2018
Alkali-metal-mediated manganation(II) of naphthalenes: constructing metalla-anthracene and metalla-phenanthrene
Victoria L Blair1, William Clegg, Robert E Mulvey
1WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XL, United Kingdom. r.e.mulvey@strath.ac.uk
Abstract:
Alkali-metal-mediated manganation (AMMMn) reactions of the synergic base sodium monoalkyl-bisamidomanganate [(tmeda)Na(tmp)(CH(2)SiMe(3))Mn(tmp)] (1) with naphthalene, 1-methoxynaphthalene, or 2-methoxynaphthalene are reported. These novel direct manganation [Mn(II)] reactions produced the crystalline ortho-manganated naphthyl products [(tmeda)Na(tmp)(2-C(10)H(7))Mn(tmp)] (3), [(tmeda)Na(tmp){2-(1-MeOC(10)H(6))}Mn(CH(2)SiMe(3))] (4), and [(tmeda)Na(tmp){3-(2-MeOC(10)H(6))}Mn(tmp)] (5) in reasonable to good isolated yields of 88, 65, and 85%, respectively. All three new complexes have been crystallographically characterized, showing discrete molecular structures with trigonal planar Mn centers forming sigma bonds to the deprotonated C atoms of the naphthyl ligands, whereas Na interacts with the aromatic pi system in 3 or with the MeO substituent in 4 and 5. These latter interactions lead to interesting 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrophenanthrene-like and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroanthracene-like metallacyclic motifs in 4 and 5, respectively. The sensitivity of these AMMMn reactions to impurities has been illustrated in the serendipitous preparation of the benzenediide complex [(tmeda)(2)Na(2)(tmp)(2)(1,4-C(6)H(4))Mn(2)(tmp)(2)] (6) from one attempted repeat synthesis of 5. An "open inverse crown" arrangement with a 1,4-dimanganated benzene molecule is revealed in the crystal structure of 6.
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