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García-Romero Á, Martín-Álvarez JM, Colebatch AL, Plajer AJ, Miguel D, Álvarez CM, García-Rodríguez R. Synthesis of tris(3-pyridyl)aluminate ligand and its unexpected stability against hydrolysis: revealing cooperativity effects in heterobimetallic pyridyl aluminates. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:13059-13065. [PMID: 34581366 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02351a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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We report the elusive metallic anion [EtAl(3-py)3]- (3-py = 3-pyridyl) (1), the first member of the anionic tris(3-pyridyl) family. Unexpectedly, the lithium complex 1Li shows substantial protic stability against water and alcohols, unlike related tris(2-pyridyl)aluminate analogues. This stability appears to be related to the inability of the [EtAl(3-py)3]- anion to chelate Li+, which precludes a decomposition pathway involving Li/Al cooperativity.
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- Álvaro García-Romero
- GIR MIOMeT-IU Cinquima-Química Inorgánica Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid; Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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- GIR MIOMeT-IU Cinquima-Química Inorgánica Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid; Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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- Chemistry Department. Cambridge University, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.,Research School of Chemistry. Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Chemical Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- GIR MIOMeT-IU Cinquima-Química Inorgánica Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid; Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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- GIR MIOMeT-IU Cinquima-Química Inorgánica Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid; Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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- GIR MIOMeT-IU Cinquima-Química Inorgánica Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid; Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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Garcia OJ, Vendier L, Etienne M, Gwaltney S, Ressler A, Muñoz-Hernández MÁ. Cyclooctadiene Rh(I) Bis- and Tris(pyrazolyl)aluminate Complexes and Their Catalytic Activity on the Polymerization of Phenylacetylene. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:10757-10763. [PMID: 34227812 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this work, we report the transfer of alkyl bis- and tris(pyrazolyl)aluminates metalloligands to an electron-rich organotransition metal center. The 16-electron heterobimetallic complexes of rhodium [Rh(COD){Al(Ph2pz)2Me2}] (3) and [Rh(COD){Al(Ph2pz)3Me}] (4) were obtained by metathesis reaction of the sodium bis- (1) and tris(pyrazolyl)aluminate (2) with [RhCl(COD)]2. For 3, 1H and 13C NMR in solution along with DFT calculations are consistent with a κ2-coordination mode of the bis(pyrazolyl)aluminate to a square-planar Rh(I) center. The X-ray structure of 4 shows a similar κ2-coordination mode of the tris(pyrazolyl)aluminate to Rh(I) with a pendant pyrazolyl moiety. The attempted synthesis of aluminate-rhodium complexes with R = CF3, tBu on the pyrazolate ring afforded [Rh(R2pz)(COD)]2 and [R2pzAlMe2]2. Complexes 3 and 4 were investigated as homogeneous catalysts in the polymerization of phenylacetylene (PA). Both complexes showed enhanced catalytic activity compared to analogous rhodium poly(pyrazolyl)borates. Optimized gas-phase DFT geometries of 3, 4, [Rh(COD){B(Ph2pz)2Me2}], and [Rh(COD){B(Ph2pz)3Me}] were used to compare bite angles, while DFT geometries of 3-CO, 4-CO, [Rh(CO)2{B(Ph2pz)2Me2}], and [Rh(CO)2{B(Ph2pz)3Me}] were employed to probe the electronic situation of the rhodium center through IR CO stretching modes. The wider bite angles and the less electron-rich rhodium center of the poly(pyrazolyl)aluminates compared with their borate analogues could be implicated in the better performance of the active catalytic species during polymerization of PA.
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- Omar J Garcia
- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Box 9573, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, United States
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- LCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- LCC-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Box 9573, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Box 9573, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Box 9573, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, United States
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Plajer AJ, Crusius D, Jethwa RB, García-Romero Á, Bond AD, García-Rodríguez R, Wright DS. Coordination chemistry of the bench-stable tris-2-pyridyl pnictogen ligands [E(6-Me-2-py) 3] (E = As, As[double bond, length as m-dash]O, Sb). Dalton Trans 2021; 50:2393-2402. [PMID: 33291126 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03732j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Tripodal ligands with main group bridghead units are well established in coordination chemistry and single-site organometallic catalysis. Although a large number of tris(2-pyridyl) main group ligands [E(2-py)3] (E = main group element, 2-py = 2-pyridyl) spanning across the whole p-block are now synthetically acessible, only limited work has been done on the coordination chemistry on the tris(2-pyridyl) group 15 ligands for the heavier elements (As, Sb). In the current study we investigate the coordination chemistry of the ligand family E(6-Me-2-py)3 (E = As, Sb) and of the As(v) ligand O[double bond, length as m-dash]As(6-Me-2-py)3. The air- and mositure-stability of all of these main group ligands makes them especially attractive in future catalytic applications.
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- Alex J Plajer
- Chemistry Department, Cambridge University, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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Peel AJ, Waters JE, Plajer AJ, García-Rodríguez R, Wright DS. Recent advances in the synthesis and application of tris(pyridyl) ligands containing metallic and semimetallic p-block bridgeheads. ADVANCES IN ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.adomc.2021.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Whitelaw MT, Kennedy AR, Mulvey RE. Structural Similarity in a Series of Alkali Metal Aluminates with Heteroleptic
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‐Butoxide–Isobutyl Ligand Sets. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael T. Whitelaw
- WestCHEM Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry University of Strathclyde 295 Cathedral Street G1 1XL Glasgow U.K
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- WestCHEM Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry University of Strathclyde 295 Cathedral Street G1 1XL Glasgow U.K
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- WestCHEM Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry University of Strathclyde 295 Cathedral Street G1 1XL Glasgow U.K
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García-Romero Á, Plajer AJ, Miguel D, Wright DS, Bond AD, Álvarez CM, García-Rodríguez R. Tris(2-pyridyl) Bismuthines: Coordination Chemistry, Reactivity, and Anion-Triggered Pyridyl Coupling. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:7103-7116. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Álvaro García-Romero
- GIR MIOMeT-IU, Cinquima, Quı́mica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- GIR MIOMeT-IU, Cinquima, Quı́mica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- GIR MIOMeT-IU, Cinquima, Quı́mica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- GIR MIOMeT-IU, Cinquima, Quı́mica Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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