Multiple C-H Bond Activations and Ring-Opening C-S Bond Cleavage of Thiophene by Dirhenium Carbonyl Complexes
Richard D Adams1, Poonam Dhull1, Jonathan D Tedder1
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , United States.
Abstract:
The reaction of Re2(CO)8(μ-C6H5)(μ-H) (1) with thiophene in CH2Cl2 at 40 °C yielded the new compound Re2(CO)8(μ-η2-SC4H3)(μ-H) (2), which contains a bridging σ-π-coordinated thienyl ligand formed by the activation of the C-H bond at the 2 position of the thiophene. Compound 2 exhibits dynamical activity on the NMR time scale involving rearrangements of the bridging thienyl ligand. The reaction of compound 2 with a second 1 equiv of 1 at 45 °C yielded the doubly metalated product [Re2(CO)8(μ-H)]2(μ-η2-2,3-μ-η2-4,5-C4H2S) (3), formed by the activation of the C-H bond at the 5 position of the thienyl ligand in 2. Heating 3 in a hexane solvent to reflux transformed it into the ring-opened compound Re(CO)4[μ-η5-η2-SCC(H)C(H)C(H)][Re(CO)3][Re2(CO)8(μ-H)] (4) by the loss of one CO ligand. Compound 4 contains a doubly metalated 1-thiapentadienyl ligand formed by the cleavage of one of the C-S bonds. When heated to reflux (125 °C) in an octane solvent in the presence of H2O, the new compound Re(CO)4[η5-μ-η2-SC(H)C(H)C(H)C(H)]Re(CO)3 (5) was obtained by cleavage of the Re2(CO)8(μ-H) group from 4 with formation of the known coproduct [Re(CO)3(μ3-OH)]4. All new products were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.
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