title: Carbonyl olefination using readily prepared tungsten metallacycles.
abstract: Treating the bis(imido) W(NAr)(2)Cl(2)(DME) with 2 equiv of cyclooctyne in pentane results in precipitation of a yellow complex containing a 6-membered metallacycle, W(C(8)H(12)C(8)H(12)NAr)(NAr)Cl(2) (1). This easily accessible compound was tested for its ability to effect carbonyl olefination/ring-closing metathesis (CO/RCM) with two substrates. One ketone was tested, 1-acetyl-1-(3-butenyl)cyclopentane, which generates 1-methylspiro[4.4]non-1-ene on CO/RCM. An ester, 4-benzoyloxybut-1-ene, was also test with 1 for CO/RCM. The dichloride 1 was found to be inactive; consequently, several derivatives were prepared, fully characterized including X-ray diffraction, and tested: W(C(8)H(12)C(8)H(12)NAr)(NAr)(OEt)(2) (2), W(C(8)H(12)C(8)H(12)NAr)(NAr)(OC(6)H(4)-p-OMe)(2) (3), W(C(8)H(12)C(8)H(12)NAr)(NAr)(OC(6)F(5))(2) (4), and W(C(8)H(12)C(8)H(12)NAr)(NAr)(Cl)(OTf) (5). In addition, synthesis of cationic complexes was attempted using 1 with Na[B(Ar(F))(4)] or AlCl(3). We were unsuccessful in fully characterizing the cations; however, these cations generated in situ show very high activity for CO/RCM with these substrates.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, USA.
authors.forename: Kapil S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lokare
authors.forename: Aaron L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Odom