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38 Science of Synthesis 1.1 Organometallic Complexes of Nickel<br />
Scheme 12 Preparation of a Nickel–ç 3 -Allyl Complex from Nickel(0) and<br />
Allyl Electrophiles [35]<br />
Ni(cod) 2 +<br />
2<br />
OMe<br />
20<br />
Br<br />
Br<br />
MeO Ni Ni OMe<br />
Br<br />
21<br />
benzene<br />
4−25 oC 55%<br />
Br<br />
MeO Ni Ni OMe<br />
Br<br />
21<br />
+ Ph3P Et2O<br />
97%<br />
MeO<br />
Br<br />
Ni<br />
PPh3<br />
22<br />
Di-ì-bromobis[(ç 3 -2-methoxyallyl)nickel] (21): [35]<br />
[Ni(cod) 2](2; 2.63 g, 9.60 mmol) was suspended in argon-sat. benzene (40 mL) in a 100-mL<br />
two-necked flask fitted with a stopcock and a dropping funnel and was cooled to 4 8C. 3-<br />
Bromo-2-methoxypropene (20; 1.45 g, 9.6 mmol) in benzene (5 mL) was added dropwise to<br />
the stirred slurry. A deep red color developed immediately, and some metallic nickel precipitated.<br />
The mixture was allowed to warm to 25 8C and was stirred at this temperature<br />
for 0.5 h. It was then filtered under argon and concentrated to ~ 20 mL under aspirator<br />
vacuum, and petroleum ether (75 mL) was added. The resulting red slurry was cooled to<br />
–20 8C to complete crystallization, and the supernatant was removed with a syringe. Compound<br />
21 was obtained as a brick-red solid; yield: 1.00 g (55%).<br />
Bromo(ç 3 -2-methoxyallyl)(triphenylphosphine)nickel (22): [35]<br />
Ph 3P (0.29 g, 1.10 mmol) in Et 2O (5 mL) was added to complex 21 (0.23 g, 0.55 mmol) in<br />
Et 2O (10 mL) under argon at 25 8C. An orange precipitate formed immediately. After stirring<br />
at 258C for 0.5 h the slurry was allowed to settle, and the supernatant was removed<br />
with a syringe. Washing with Et 2O (10 mL) and drying under vacuum afforded compound<br />
22; yield: 0.50 g (97%).<br />
1.1.2.2 Method 2:<br />
Additionof Allylmagnesium Halides to Nickel(II) Salts<br />
Electrophilic nickel(II) salts, when treated with allyl organometallics, afford nickel(II)–ðallyl<br />
complexes. [8,36] Rather than producing dimeric halo-bridged complexes as observed<br />
by the oxidative addition route (Section 1.1.2.1), monomeric bis(allyl) complexes are instead<br />
obtained (Scheme 13). Although both the method described in Section 1.1.2.1 and<br />
this method afford structurally different ð-allyl complexes, disproportionation may, in<br />
some instances, allow the interconversion of a bis(allyl) complex 23 and the corresponding<br />
halo-bridged dimer 24 if a dihalonickel species is present.<br />
Scheme 13 Preparation of a ç 3 -Allylnickel Complex from Nickel(II) and<br />
Allyl Nucleophiles [8,36]<br />
MgBr<br />
Ni<br />
23<br />
+<br />
NiBr2<br />
+<br />
NiBr 2<br />
Et2O, −10 o C<br />
Ni<br />
23<br />
Br<br />
Ni Ni<br />
Br<br />
24<br />
+<br />
MgBr2