Rhenium chemistry of diazabutadienes and derived iminoacetamides spanning the valence domain II-VI. Synthesis, characterization, and metal-promoted regiospecific imine oxidation

Das, Samir ; Chakraborty, Indranil ; Chakravorty, Animesh (2003) Rhenium chemistry of diazabutadienes and derived iminoacetamides spanning the valence domain II-VI. Synthesis, characterization, and metal-promoted regiospecific imine oxidation Inorganic Chemistry, 42 (20). pp. 6545-6555. ISSN 0020-1669

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Abstract

The reaction of diazabutadienes of type R'N=C(R)-C(R)=NR', L (R = H, Me; R' = cycloalkyl, aryl) with ReVOCl3(AsPh3)2 has furnished ReVOCl3(L), 1, from which ReIII(OPPh3)Cl3(L), 2, and ReV(NAr)Cl3(L), 3, have been synthesized. Chemical oxidation of 2(R = H) by aqueous H2O2 and of 3(R = H) by dilute HNO3 has yielded ReIV(OPPh3)Cl3(L'), 5, and ReVI(NAr)Cl3(L'), 4, respectively, where L' is the monoionized iminoacetamide ligand R'N=C(H)-C(=O)NR'-. Finally, the reaction of ReVO(OEt)X2(PPh3)2 with L has furnished bivalent species of type ReIIX2(L)2, 6(X = Cl, Br). The X-ray structures of 1 (R = Me, R' = Ph), 3 (R = H, R' = Ph, Ar = Ph), and 4 (R = H, R' = cycloheptyl, Ar = C6H4Cl) are reported revealing meridional geometry for the ReCl3 fragment and triple bonding in the ReO (in 1) and ReNAr (in 3 and 4 ) fragments. The cis geometry (two Re-X stretches) of ReX2(L)2 is consistent with maximized ReII-L back-bonding. Both ReX2(L)2 and Re(NAr)Cl3(L') are paramagnetic (S = 1/2) and display sextet EPR spectra in solution. The g and A values of Re(NAr)Cl3(L') are, respectively, lower and higher than those of ReX2(L)2. All the complexes are electroactive in acetonitrile solution. The Re(NAr)Cl3(L) species display the ReVI/ReV couple near 1.0 V versus SCE, and coulometric studies have revealed that, in the oxidative transformation of 3 to 4, the reactive intermediate is ReVI(NAr)Cl3(L)+ which undergoes nucleophilic addition of water at an imine site followed by induced electron transfer finally affording 4. In the structure of 3 (R = H, R' = Ph, Ar = Ph), the Re-N bond lying trans to the chloride ligand is ~0.1 Å shorter than that lying trans to NPh. It is thus logical that the imine function incorporating the former bond is more polarized and therefore subject to more facile nucleophilic attack by water. This is consistent with the regiospecificity of the imine oxidation as revealed by structure determination of 4 (R = H, R' = cycloheptyl, Ar = C6H4Cl).

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