Magnesium complexes with isomeric pyrazol-4-ylidene and imidazol-2-ylidene ligands
Abstract
Dimagnesium(I) complexes [{(Arnacnac)Mg}2], where Arnacnac = HC(MeCNAr)2, Ar = Dip = 2,6-iPr2-C6H3, Ar = Dep = 2,6-Et2-C6H3, Ar = Mes = 2,4,6-Me3-C6H2, react with iodoarenes in oxidative addition reactions. With iodobenzene, magnesium phenyl and magnesium iodide complex fragments were obtained, and from a reaction with 4-iodo-1,2,3,5-tetramethylpyrazolium iodide, [MePZI]I, the pyrazol-4-ylidene complex [(Dipnacnac)MgI(MePZ)] was structurally characterised, alongside other products. The isomeric imidazol-2-ylidene complex [(Dipnacnac)MgI(MeNHC)], where MeNHC is 1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene, was prepared and characterised. X-ray crystal structure determinations and DFT computational studies have been carried out to compare the related complexes. The results show that the MePZ ligand is higher in energy and more nucleophilic than its more common isomeric MeNHC carbene.
Citation
Burnett , S , de Vere-Tucker , M , Davitt , M , Cordes , D B , Slawin , A M Z , Ferns , R , van Mourik , T & Stasch , A 2022 , ' Magnesium complexes with isomeric pyrazol-4-ylidene and imidazol-2-ylidene ligands ' , Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie , vol. 648 , no. 19 , e202200207 . https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202200207
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Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie
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Peer reviewed
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Journal article
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Authors thank the University of St Andrews, the EPSRC doctoral training grant (EP/N509759/1), and the Centre for Doctoral Training in Critical Resource Catalysis (CRITICAT, EP/ L016419/1) for support. Part of this research was undertaken on the MX1 beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, Victoria, Australia. We gratefully acknowledge computational support via the EaStCHEM Research Computing Facility.Collections
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