Influence of the Nature of the Ligand on Dirhodium(II) Carbene Species: A Theoretical Analysis

The influence of three prototypic families of bridging ligands (carboxylate, carboxamidate, and ortho-metalated arylphosphines) on the electronic structure of dirhodium(II) carbene complexes was theoretically analyzed. The calculations indicated that the electron donation of the ligand to the Rh atom, rather than the chelating ability or the metal−ligand orbital mixing, was responsible for tuning carbene charge via back-donation, which can influence the reactivity and selectivity of the dirhodium complexes in catalytic carbene transfer reactions.

Acid-Promoted Rearrangement of the Metalated Thienyl Rings in Dirhodium(II) Complexes with Thienyl Phosphines as Ligands

Several mono- and bis-cyclometalated compounds have been prepared and characterized from the thermal reaction of dirhodium(II) tetraacetate and tris(2-thienyl)phosphine, P(2-C4H3S)3 (1), in toluene/acetic acid mixtures. In refluxing acetic acid, the mono-cyclometalated compound Rh2(O2CCH3)3[(2-C4H2S)P(2-C4H3S)2] (CH3CO2H)2 (2A) isomerizes to Rh2(O2CCH3)3[(3-C4H2S)P(2-C4H3S)2](CH3CO2H)2 (2B), which results from the selective rearrangement of the metalated ring from a 2-thienyl to a 3-thienyl structure. In the same conditions, the bis-cyclometalated compounds of formula Rh2(O2CCH3)2[(2-C4H2S)P(2-C4H3S)2]2(CH3CO2H)2 and with head-to-tail (3AA) or head-to-head (4AA) configuration of the phosphi…

Enantio- and Diastereocontrol in Intermolecular Cyclopropanation Reaction of Styrene Catalyzed by Dirhodium(II) Complexes with Bulky ortho-Metalated Aryl Phosphines:  Catalysis in Water as Solvent. Study of a (+)-Nonlinear Effect

Enantiomerically pure dirhodium(II) complexes with ortho-metalated para-substituted aryl phosphines have been shown to lead to an enantio- and diastereoselective cyclopropanation of styrene with ethyl diazoacetate. Enantioselectivities up to 91% and diastereoselectivities up to 90% are observed for ethyl cis-2-phenylcyclopropanecarboxylate. High enantio- and diastereoselectivities are observed for the synthesis of ethyl cis-2-phenylcyclopropanecarboxylate using water as solvent. Additionally, a (+)-nonlinear effect, (+)-NLE, has been observed and studied in the asymmetric catalytic reaction developed in n-pentane.

Dirhodium(II) compounds with bridging thienylphosphines: studies on reversible P,C/P,S coordination.

Monocyclometalated compound [Rh(2){(C(8)H(4)S)P(C(8)H(5)S)(2)}(CH(3)CO(2)H)(2)(O(2)CCH(3))(3)] (1 a) and bis-cyclometalated compound [Rh(2){(C(8)H(4)S)P(C(8)H(5)S)(2)}(2)(CH(3)CO(2)H)(2)(O(2)CCH(3))(2)] (2 a) have been isolated from the reaction of dirhodium tetraacetate and tris(2-benzo[b]thienyl)phosphine (2 BTP) using low acidic solutions. By contrast, in pure acetic acid the reaction of Rh(2)(O(2)CCH(3))(4) with 2 BTP and tris(2-thienyl)phosphine (2 TP), followed by replacement of the axial acetate ligands by chlorides, led to [Rh(2){(2-C(8)H(5)S)P(2-C(8)H(5)S)(2)}(2)Cl(2)(O(2)CCH(3))(2)] (3 b) and [Rh(2){(2-C(4)H(3)S)P(C(4)H(3)S)(2)}(2)Cl(2)(O(2)CCH(3))(2)] (5 b), respectively. These n…

Immobilized Chiral ortho-Metalated Dirhodium(II) Compounds as Catalysts in the Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of Styrene with Ethyl Diazoacetate

Immobilization of ortho-metalated dirhodium(II) compounds has been achieved by a carboxylate interchange reaction between (M)-Rh2(l-protos)2[(p-XC6H3)P(p-XC6H4)2]2 diastereoisomers and carboxyethylpolystyrene polymer (PS-C6H4(CH2)2CO2H). The immobilized chiral catalysts have been tested in the standard reaction of asymmetric cyclopropanation of styrene with ethyl diazoacetate, giving higher yields than homogeneous chiral trifluoroacetate derivatives, but their diastereo- and enantioselectivities were lower. Some of the immobilized catalysts have proved to be very robust. The catalytic behavior of (M)-Rh2(O2C(CH2)2C6H5)2[(p-XC6H3)P(p-XC6H5)2]2 compounds has been studied as a model for the im…

Rhodium (II) compounds with functionalized metalated phosphines as bridging ligands

Abstract The reaction of Rh2(O2CCH3)4 · 2CH3OH with the phosphine P(4-BrC6H4)2(C6H5), 2, results in the formation of the monometalated compound Rh2(O2CCH3)3[PC] · 2CH3CO2H (PC representing a metalated P(4-BrC6H4)2(C6H5)). The reaction involves selective metalation of the phosphine at one Br-substituted ring (12:1 isomer ratio). The reaction of Rh2(O2CCH3)3[(4-BrC6H3)P(4-BrC6H4)(C6H5)] · 2CH3CO2H, 4, with one additional mol of triphenylphosphine yields a mixture of two main stereoisomers Rh2(O2CCH3)2[(4-BrC6H3)P(4-BrC6H4)(C6H5)] [(C6H4)P(C6H5)2] · 2CH3CO2H, 5a and 5b, that were isolated as pure compounds. These two compounds were resolved in the corresponding M and P enantiomers as trifluoro…

Synthesis of Dirhodium(II) Complexes with Several Cyclometalated Thienylphosphines

The thermal reaction of dirhodium tetraacetate with tris(3-thienyl)phosphine (3TP), diphenyl(3-thienyl)phosphine (3TPPh2), and diphenyl(2-thienyl)phosphine (2TPPh2) gives rise to mono-cyclometalated and bis-cyclometalated compounds; the latter can have a head-to-head (H−H) or head-to-tail (H−T) configuration. Bis-cyclometalated compounds with H−T configuration can be prepared in high yield under photochemical conditions or by combining irradiation with subsequent thermal treatment in acetic acid. The reactivity order of aromatic ring C−H activation is phenyl < 2-thienyl ≪ 3-thienyl, which leads to a selective activation of the thienyl ring. Thus, only one mono-cyclometalated compound is obt…

Enantio- and diastereocontrol in intermolecular cyclopropanation reaction of styrene catalyzed by dirhodium(II) complexes with bulky ortho-metalated aryl phosphines

Enantiomerically pure dirhodium(II) complexes with ortho-metalated p-substituted aryl phosphines have been shown to be enantio- and diastereoselective in the cyclopropanation of styrene by ethyl diazoacetate. Enantioselectivities up to 91% and diastereoselectivities up to 90% are observed for ethyl cis-2-phenylcyclopropanecarboxylate. Estevan Estevan, Francisco, Francisco.Estevan@uv.es ; Lahuerta Peña, Pascual, Pascual.lahuerta@uv.es ; Lloret Fillol, Julio, Julio.Lloret@uv.es ; Sanau Torrecilla, Mercedes, Mercedes.Sanau@uv.es ; Ubeda Picot, M Angeles, Angeles.Ubeda@uv.es ; Vila Gomez, Jaume Llorenc, Jaume.Vila@uv.es

Reaction of Tris(2-thienyl)phosphine with Dirhodium(II) Acetate. Orthometalation of a Heteroaromatic π-System and an Unusual Ring Rearrangement

The reaction of tris (2-thienyl)phosphine (1) with dirhodium(II) acetate in a 9:1 refluxing toluene/ acetic acid mixture for 2 h leads to the formation of two metalated compounds. The structure of one of them contained two new orthometalated phosphines in a head-to-head arrangement, and, surprisingly, the metalated thiophene rings, but not the nonmetalated ones, were rearranged to a 3-thienyl structure. Both types of dirhodium compounds were assessed in a catalytic α-diazo ester transformation.

Determination of equilibrium constants and computational interaction energies for adducts of [Rh2(RCO2)(4-n)(PC)n] (n = 0-2) with Lewis bases.

Properties of dirhodium catalysts with cyclometalated aryl phosphine ligands have been studied. We report here the study of the acid−base reaction of Rh2(RCO2)2(PC)2(H2O)2 catalysts (PC = cyclometalated aryl phosphine) with different Lewis bases. The determination of the equilibrium constants of these reactions can be used to study to which extent the properties of the axial coordination site of the catalyst, considered the active site, are affected by modification of the metalated phosphines, the carboxylate ligands, or the incoming axial ligand. The trends in the computational density functional theory interaction energies show good agreement with the major trends in the equilibrium const…

AC3-Symmetric Palladium Catalyst with a Phosphorus-Based Tripodal Ligand

ortho-Metalated Dirhodium(II) Catalysts Immobilized on a Polymeric Cross-Linked Support by Copolymerization. Study of their Catalytic Activity in the Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of Styrene with Ethyl Diazoacetate

Chiral ortho-metalated dirhodium(II) compounds containing the phosphine P(p-CH2═CHC6H4)3 have been efficiently immobilized by radical copolymerization with styrene and 1,4-divinylbenzene. Their cat...