title: Dihapto coordination of carboxylic acid derivatives with an asymmetric rhenium pi-base: a new mechanism for amide isomerization?
abstract: The asymmetric pi basic metal fragment [TpRe(CO)(MeIm)] (Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate, MeIm = 1-methylimidazole) forms thermally stable complexes with ethyl acetate, acetic anhydride, N-methylsuccinimide, N-acetylpyrrole, and N-methylmaleimide in which the metal binds a carbonyl group in a pi fashion. In all cases a single diastereomer is observed, indicating that one enantioface of the carbonyl is selectively coordinated. X-ray and NMR data for the compound TpRe(CO)(MeIm)(eta(2)-N-methylsuccinimide) indicate that metal coordination effectively removes the pi interaction between the bound carbonyl and the nitrogen of the succinimide ring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22901, USA. wdh5z@virginia.edu
authors.forename: Scott H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Meiere
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Lee A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabat
authors.forename: W Dean
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Harman
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry*; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007536:Isomerism; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012211:Rhenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012211:Rhenium