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92 Science of Synthesis 2.6 Complexes of Cr, Mo, and W without CO Ligands<br />

CH 2CH 2CH 3]; 13 C NMR (benzene-d 6, ä): 272 [d, WC(Pr)H, 1 J CW = 180 Hz, 1 J CH = 142 Hz], 41.6<br />

(WCCH 2CH 2CH 3), 29.5 (WCCH 2CH 2CH 3), 14.5 (WCCH 2CH 2CH 3).<br />

2.6.1.1.2 Variation 2:<br />

Ligand Addition<br />

When di- or polyalkyl complexes do not spontaneously give rise to Æ-hydrogen elimination,<br />

this process may often be accomplished by addition of two-electron ligands (e.g.,<br />

phosphines). [14,15] Thus, the tris(2,2-dimethylpropyl)(2,2-dimethylpropylidyne)tungsten<br />

complex 5 transforms into the (2,2-dimethylpropyl)(2,2-dimethylpropylidene)(2,2-dimethylpropylidyne)<br />

product 6 upon addition of trimethylphosphine (Scheme 2). The conditions<br />

required to induce this process depend on the system, from –788C for dibromotetrakis[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]dimolybdenum(III)(Mo”Mo)<br />

[15] to room temperature for cyclopentadienylbis(2,2-dimethylpropyl)nitrosylmolybdenum(II).<br />

[16]<br />

In the synthesis of compound 7, substitution of two alkoxide ligands with the less<br />

sterically encumbering (and also poorer ð-donor) chlorides opens up the coordination<br />

sphere to the coordination of a bidentate 1,2-dimethoxyethane molecule, inducing carbene<br />

formation. The dialkoxo precursor, albeit five coordinate, does not spontaneously<br />

undergo the alkane elimination process. [17] The increase of the coordination sphere can<br />

also be achieved by replacement of a monodentate ligand (e.g., chloride) with a polyfunctional<br />

ligand, e.g. hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate [18] or 2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyl (see<br />

synthesis of 8) (Scheme 2). [19] This strategy has also been utilized in other cases via replacement<br />

of a bulky alkyl with chloride by protonation with LH + Cl – in the presence of excess<br />

ligand L. [10]<br />

Scheme 2 Æ-Hydrogen Elimination Induced by Ligand Addition [14,17,19]<br />

ButH2C W CBut But Bu<br />

H2C<br />

tH2C 5<br />

OBu<br />

W N<br />

t<br />

OBut ButH2C But Pr<br />

H2C i<br />

Pri CH2TMS<br />

NPh<br />

Cl W<br />

CH2TMS<br />

CH2TMS Me3P (neat)<br />

100 oC, 5 min<br />

quant<br />

PCl5, DME<br />

−35 oC 90%<br />

2-Me 2NCH 2C 6H 4Li<br />

Et 2O, −78 o C<br />

70%<br />

But Me3P t CBu<br />

H2C W<br />

CHBu<br />

Me3P<br />

t<br />

6<br />

Pr i<br />

Cl<br />

N<br />

W<br />

Cl<br />

CHBut O<br />

O<br />

Pri Me<br />

Me<br />

8<br />

7<br />

NMe2<br />

NPh<br />

W<br />

CHTMS<br />

CH2TMS Dichloro[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imido](1,2-dimethoxyethane-O,O¢)(2,2-dimethylpropylidene)tungsten(VI)<br />

(7); Typical Procedure: [17]<br />

Finely ground PCl 5 (2.25 g, 10.8 mmol) was added to a chilled (–358C) soln of [W(CH 2t-<br />

Bu) 2(Ot-Bu 2) 2(=NC 6H 3-2,6-iPr 2) (7.0 g, 10.8 mmol) in DME (120 mL). The mixture was<br />

warmed to rt and stirred for an additional 1 h after all the solids had disappeared. The<br />

mixture was then concentrated in vacuo until an orange powder formed. This material<br />

was washed with cold pentane to give the product as a yellow-orange powder. This synthesis<br />

can fail virtually completely if the DME is not scrupulously dried and the PCl 5 not

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