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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