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Abstract
This thesis describes investigations into the metal-mediated formation of nitrogen-carbon bonds from hydrazines and alkynes. Rh, Ir, Ru and Os metal complexes containing bidentate P,N- and N,N-donor ligands were all studied during the course of this work.
A series of stereoisomers of metal complexes of general formula MCl2(PyP)2 (where M = Ru and Os, PyP = 1-(2-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl)pyrazole) (2.01-2.05) were synthesised. The isomerisation process of complexes 2.01-2.05 in solution was investigated. The ruthenium complex RuCl2(CO)(1-P-PyP)(2-P,N-PyP) (2.14), which contains one pendant PyP ligand bound through the P-donor ligand was synthesised, confirming the potential hemilability of the mixed P,N-donor ligand PyP.
Chloride abstraction from the ruthenium complex trans,cis,cis-RuCl2(PyP)2 (2.01) was achieved using either a sodium or silver salt to yield the dimeric complexes of general formula [Ru(μ-Cl)(PyP)2]2[X]2 (where M = Ru, X = OSO2CF3 (2.06), BF4 (2.07), BPh4 (2.08), and BArF 2.09). [Os(μ-Cl)(PyP)2]2[BPh4]2 (2.10) was synthesised from sodium tetraphenylborate and trans,cis,cis-OsCl2(PyP)2 (2.04).
The reactivity of dimeric complexes 2.06 and 2.08 towards substituted hydrazines was investigated. The methylhydrazine complex [Ru(PyP)2(NH2NHMe)][Cl][BPh4] (3.12) was synthesised. The methylhydrazine adduct of 3.12 binds to the metal centre in an end-on fashion via the NH2 group in solution, and in a bidentate fashion in the solid-state. This is the first reported example of a ruthenium complex containing a bidentate hydrazine ligand.
The ruthenium-vinylidene complexes [RuCl(Me2PyP)2(=C=C(H)Ph)]BPh4 (4.15) and [RuCl(Me2PyP)2(=C=C(H)n-Bu)]BPh4 (4.16) (Me2PyP = 1-(2-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazole) were synthesised from trans,cis,cis-RuCl2(Me2PyP)2 (4.10) and the appropriate terminal alkyne. The reaction of alkynes with ruthenium complexes containing the PyP ligand was also investigated.
Nitrogen-carbon bond formation was achieved through reaction of mono-substituted hydrazines with 4.06 and 4.07 to yield complexes of general formula [RuCl(1-P-Me2PyP)(2-P,N-Me2PyP)(2-N,C-(NH2N(R2)C(CH2R1)]BPh4 (where R1 = R2 = Ph (4.19), R1= Ph, R2 = Me (4.20), R1 = n-Bu, R2 = Ph, (4.21) or R1 = n-Bu, R2 = Me (4.22)). The mechanism of the formation of the stable metallocyclic complexes 4.19-4.22 was elucidated through studies of the reactivity of 4.15 towards a series of amines and hydrazines and relies on the labile nature of the N-donor of the P,N-donor ligand Me2PyP.
A method for the synthesis of triflate complexes of rhodium Rh(PyP)(CO)(OSO2CF3) (5.13) and Rh(PyPhP)(CO)(OSO2CF3) (PyPhP = 1-(2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)pyrazole) (5.14) from rhodium chloride complexes was developed. The solid-state structure of rhodium triflate complex 5.14, which contained the more sterically rigid ligand PyPhP, exhibited a much greater distortion from the ideal square planar geometry than the rhodium analogue 5.13 which contains the PyP ligand. The triflate group of 5.13 and 5.14 was displaced by substituted hydrazines to yield new hydrazine complexes of rhodium.
A series of Rh and Ir complexes with bidentate P,N- and N,N-donor ligands were found to catalyse the intermolecular hydroamination of alkynes with hydrazines. [Ir(bpm)(CO)2]BArF (6.08) was found to be the most efficient catalyst of those studies for this transformation, and was amongst the most efficient catalysts reported to date for this transformation. The influence of counter-ion was highly significant in the catalysed intermolecular hydroamination reaction. The substrate scope of the intermolecular hydroamination of alkynes with hydrazines was investigated using [Ir(bpm)(CO)2]BArF (6.08) as the catalyst.