Kumar D, Prakasham AP, Das S, Datta A, Ghosh P. Cyanosilylation of Aromatic Aldehydes by Cationic Ruthenium(II) Complexes of Benzimidazole-Derived O-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbenes at Ambient Temperature under Solvent-Free Conditions.
ACS OMEGA 2018;
3:1922-1938. [PMID:
31458504 PMCID:
PMC6641528 DOI:
10.1021/acsomega.7b02090]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
A series of ruthenium complexes, namely, [{1-(N-R1-2-acetamido)-3-(R2)-benzimidazol-2-ylidine}Ru(p-cymene)Cl]Cl, where {R1 = 2,6-(i-Pr)2C6H3, R2 = i-Pr (1c); R1 = 2,6-(i-Pr)2C6H3, R2 = Et (2c); R1 = 2,4,6-(CH3)3C6H2, R2 = Et (3c)}, of benzimidazole-derived N/O-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligands successfully carried out the cyanosilylation reaction of aromatic aldehydes and heteroaryl aldehydes with trimethylsilyl cyanide, providing good to excellent yields (ca. 60-95%) at room temperature under solvent-free condition. The ruthenium (1-3)c complexes were synthesized from the silver (1-3)b analogues in ca. 67-80% yields. The silver (1-3)b complexes exhibited an argentophilic d 10···d 10 interaction in its dinuclear macrometallacyclic motif, as observed by a short Ag···Ag contact of 3.1894(3) Å in single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies for a representative silver complex 2b and also in photoluminescence studies that showed characteristic emission band(s) at ca. 534-536 nm in the CHCl3 solution and at ca. 482-487 and 530-533 nm in the solid state.
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