The palladium(II) chloro methyl complexes bearing the bidentate 6-R-C 5 H 3 N-2-CH 2 SR′ (RN-SR′; R ) H, Me, Cl; R′ ) Me, t-Bu, Ph) and the potentially terdentate 2,6-(CH 2 SR′) 2 -C 5 H 3 N (S-N-S(R′); R′ ) Me, t-Bu, Ph) pyridylthioethers as ancillary ligands were synthesized, characterized, and reacted with substituted alkynes ZCtCZ (Z ) COOMe, Z′ ) COOt-Bu, Z′′ ) COOEt). The reactions were followed under second-order conditions by 1 H NMR technique, and the reaction rates were determined. The corresponding vinyl derivatives were synthesized, and in the case of the complexes [PdCl(ZCdCZMe)(MeN-SPh)] and [PdCl(ZCd CZMe)(C1N-St-Bu)] (Z ) COOMe) reaction rates for alkyne insertion yielding the corresponding butadienyl complexes were also determined. The rate of insertion of the second alkyne on the vinyl complex is more than 3 orders of magnitude lower than the first insertion rate in both the studied complexes, thereby allowing easy separation between vinyl and butadienyl derivatives and an easy preparation of mixed butadienyl esters. Furthermore, the reaction rates are strongly dependent on the steric and electronic features of the ancillary ligands. In particular, the distortion of the complex main coordination plane, induced by the substituent in position 6 of the pyridine ring, was found to significantly influence the substrate reactivity. The structures of the mono-inserted vinyl [PdCl(ZCdCZMe)(MeN-St-Bu)] (1) and the bis-inserted butadienyl [PdCl((ZCdCZ) 2 Me)(MeN-St-Bu)] (2) complexes were determined by X-ray diffraction, and the persistence of a structural distortion of the complex skeleton was observed. Moreover, the distortion may be related to facile ancillary ligand displacement, a feature that can be exploited for the synthesis of substrates that would not be easily obtained otherwise.
The rate of insertion of methyl-substituted allenes into the Pd-Me bond in chelate pyridinethioether complexes [PdCl(Me)derivatives is remarkably enhanced by the presence of a methyl group in position 6 of the pyridine ring, which induces distortion on the main coordination plane, resulting in a metal substrate more prone to allene insertion. The flexibility of the sulfur-donor chelate ligand appears to be a paramount requisite.
The formation of metallacyclopentadienyl derivatives was studied under controlled conditions, and the kinetics and mechanism of reactions between pyridylthioether olefin Pd(0) substrates and substituted alkynes of the type ZCtCZ (Z ) COOMe, COOEt, COOt-Bu) leading to the corresponding palladacyclopentadienyl species were systematically investigated. In the case of less hindered ancillary ligands the attack of the alkyne forming a reactive monoalkyne intermediate was found to be the rate-determining step. In this respect the rates of reaction were discussed in terms of the substituent-induced basicity of sulfur and nitrogen of the ancillary ligands. The associative nature of the attack was unequivocally established, and the formation of a transition state bearing a monodentate ancillary ligand was proposed. In the case of more hindered ancillary ligands a partially stabilized monoalkyne intermediate is formed irrespective of the olefin in the starting complex, and this species strongly influences the reaction progress. Formation of hexamethylmellitate under mild conditions is also observed.
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