Chelate Silylene-Silyl Ligand Can Boost Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization Reactions
Zhenbo Mo1, Arseni Kostenko1, Yu-Peng Zhou1
1Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Sekr. C2, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
The first N-heterocyclic silylene (NHSi)-silane scaffold LSi-R-Si(H)Mes2 (1) (L=PhC(NtBu)2 ; R=1,12-xanthendiyl spacer; Mes=2,4,6-Me3 C6 H2 ) was synthesized and used to form the unique rhodium(III) complex (LSi-R-SiMes2 )Rh(H)Cl 2 through its reaction with 0.5 molar equivalents of [Rh(coe)2 Cl]2 (coe=cyclooctene). An X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that 2 has a (SiII SiIV )Rh(H)Cl core with three short Rh⋅⋅⋅H-C contacts with Me groups of the ligand 1, which cause a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal coordination of the Rh center. Unexpectedly, the reaction of 2 with tBuONa gives the new bis(silyl)hydridorhodium(III) complex 4. Due to the strong donor ability of the chelate SiII -SiIV ligand, 2 and 4 can act as highly efficient pre-catalysts in the Rh-mediated selective C-H functionalization of 2-phenylpyridines with C-C unsaturated organic substrates under mild reaction conditions.
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