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62 Science of Synthesis 1.1 Organometallic Complexes of Nickel<br />

allowed to warm to 258C and worked up. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography<br />

(silica gel, hexane/Et 2O 20:1), affording the ester 68 as a white powder; yield:<br />

1.13 g (71%); (Z/E) > 99:1.<br />

1.1.4 Product Subclass 4:<br />

Nickel–Alkene Complexes<br />

Nickel complexes of alkenes are involved in many catalytic transformations. Many of the<br />

reaction classes of alkenes involve migratory insertion of an alkylnickel or a hydridonickel<br />

species. Alternatively, some transformations are initiated by the oxidative cyclization<br />

of nickel–alkene complexes with a second unsaturated component to produce five-membered<br />

metallacycles. Several examples of nickel–bis(alkene) complexes and nickel<br />

metallacyclopentanes are known, and the interconversion of these two structural classes<br />

has been studied (Scheme 55). [109,110]<br />

Scheme 55 Ligand Dependence of Nickel Metallacycle Decomposition [109,110]<br />

LNi L 2Ni L 3Ni<br />

L = trialkyl- or triarylphosphine<br />

Synthesis of Product Subclass 4<br />

1.1.4.1 Method 1:<br />

Ligand Exchange with Nickel(0) Complexes<br />

2 H 2C CH 2<br />

Many crystal structures of nickel–alkene complexes have been reported. As demonstrated<br />

in Scheme 55, bis(alkene) complexes may exist in equilibrium with the corresponding<br />

metallacyclopentane complex. However, several alkene complexes which have the potential<br />

to undergo oxidative cyclization to a metallacycle have been fully characterized. The<br />

substitution chemistry of bis(ç 4 -cycloocta-1,5-diene)nickel(0) (2) is representative of most<br />

nickel(0)–alkene complexes, which are readily substituted by a variety of ligands.<br />

Bis(ç 2 -ethene)(tricyclohexylphosphine)nickel(0) has been prepared and fully characterized,<br />

[111,189] and a variety of complexes of electron-deficient alkenes such as 69 have been<br />

prepared which tend to be more stable than the complexes of ethene (Scheme 56). [112–114]<br />

The alkene complexes may be prepared directly from bis(ç 4 -cycloocta-1,5-diene)nickel(0)<br />

(2) [113] or from nickel(II) chloride [112] that is reduced by zinc metal.<br />

Scheme 56 Preparation of Bis(methyl acrylate)(pyridine)nickel(0) [112]<br />

NiCl 2 6H 2O + Zn +<br />

N<br />

+<br />

CO2Me THF, 60 oC 70%<br />

N Ni<br />

CO2Me<br />

CO2Me 69

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