Nido-Carborane building-block reagents. 2. Bulky-substituent (alkyl)/sub 2/C/sub 2/B/sub 4/H/sub 6/ derivatives and (C/sub 6/H/sub 5/)/sub 2/C/sub 2/B/sub 4/H/sub 6/: synthesis and properties
The preparation and chemistry of nido-2,3-R/sub 2/C/sub 2/C/sub 2/B/sub 4/H/sub 6/ carboranes in which R is n-butyl, isopentyl, n-hexyl, and phenyl was investigated in order to further assess the steric and electronic influence of the R groups on the properties of the nido-C/sub 2/B/sub 4/ cage, especially with respect to metal complexation at the C/sub 2/B/sub 3/ face and metal-promoted oxidative fusion. The three dialkyl derivatives were prepared from the corresponding dialkylacetylenes via reaction with B/sub 5/H/sub 9/ and triethylamine, but the diphenyl compound could not be prepared in this manner and was obtained instead in a thermal reaction of B/sub 5/H/sub 9/ with diphenylacetylene in the absence of amine. All four carboranes are readily bridge-deprotonated by NaH in THF, and the anions of the dialkyl species, on treatment with FeCl/sub 2/ and air oxidation, generate the respective R/sub 4/C/sub 4/B/sub 8/H/sub 8/ carborane fusion products were R = n-C/sub 4/H/sub 9/, i-C/sub 5/H/sub 11/ or n-C/sub 6/H/sub 13/. The diphenylcarborane anion Ph/sub 2/C/sub 2/B/sub 4/H/sub 5//sup /minus// did not form detectable metal complexes with Fe/sup 2+/, Co/sup 2+/, or Ni/sup 2+/, and no evidence of a Ph/sub 4/C/sub 4/B/sub 8/H/sub 8/ fusion product has been found. Treatment of Ph/sub 2/C/sub 2/B/sub 4/H/sub 6/ with Cr(CO)/sub 6/ did not lead to metal coordination of the phenyl rings, unlike (PhCH/sub 2/)/sub 2/C/sub 2/B/sub 4/H/sub 6/, which had previously been shown to form mono- and bis(tricarbonylchromium) complexes. However, the reaction of Ph/sub 2/C/sub 2/B/sub 4/H/sub 5//sup /minus//, CoCl/sub 2/, and (PhPCH/sub 2/)/sub 2/ did give 1,1-(Ph/sub 2/PCH/sub 2/)/sub 2/-1-Cl-1,2,3-Co(Ph/sub 2/C/sub 2/B/sub 4/H/sub 4/), the only case in which metal complexation of the diphenylcarborane was observed. 14 references, 3 figures, 3 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5762150
- Journal Information:
- Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 27:18
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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