title: C-H activation of cycloalkenes by dimetallynes (M = Ge, Sn) under ambient conditions.
abstract: Treatment of the dimetallynes Ar'EEAr' [E = Ge, Sn; Ar' = C(6)H(3)-2,6-(C(6)H(3)-2,6-iPr(2))(2)] with a cyclic olefin-cyclopentadiene (CpH), cyclopentene, 1,4-cyclohexadiene (CHD), or cyclohexene-showed that, with the exception of cyclohexene, they react readily, affording C-H activation at room temperature. Reaction of the digermyne and distannyne with CpH gave the cyclopentadienyl anion, which is bound in a π-fashion to a mononuclear group 14 element center, along with evolution of hydrogen gas. Unusually, the digermyne also reacted with cyclopentene to give the same dehydroaromatization product, formed from triple C-H activation/dehydrogenation. It also was found to react with CHD to give a mixture of (Ar'GeH)(2), benzene, and a new 7-germanorbornadiene species bound to a cyclohex-2-enyl fragment.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
authors: Owen T
authors: OT
authors: Summerscales
authors: James C
authors: JC
authors: Fettinger
authors: Philip P
authors: PP
authors: Power