Formation and Redox Interconversion of Niobium Methylidene and Methylidyne Complexes

Searles, Keith; Smith, Kyle T.; Kurogi, Takashi; Chen, Chun‐Hsing; Carroll, Patrick J.; Mindiola, Daniel J.

doi:10.1002/ange.201511867

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“…Niobium-based complexes are of considerable interest, − e.g. , due to their potential catalytic applications in transformations such as group atom transfer − and polymerization ,− reactions as well as the (stoichiometric) activation of nitrogen − or phosphorous. − In this context, a variety of supporting ligands have been investigated, ranging from simple phenolates ,− or amides, , to bidentate BDI ligands ,,− and guinidinates − or formamidinates over to tridentate pincer-type PNP ,,, ligands. In contrast, N -heterocyclic carbene-based ligands have been rarely used in niobium chemistry.…”

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Reactivity and Structure of a Bis-phenolate Niobium NHC Complex

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We report the facile synthesis of a rare niobium(V) imido NHC complex with a dianionic OCO-pincer benzimidazolylidene ligand (L 1 ) with the general formula [NbL 1 (N t Bu)PyCl] 1-Py. We achieved this by in situ deprotonation of the corresponding azolium salt [H 3 L 1 ][Cl] and subsequent reaction with [Nb(N t Bu)Py 2 Cl 3 ]. The pyridine ligand in 1-Py can be removed by the addition of B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 as a strong Lewis acid leading to the formation of the pyridine-free complex 1. In contrast to similar vanadium(V) complexes, complex 1-Py was found to be a good precursor for various salt metathesis reactions, yielding a series of chalcogenido and pnictogenido complexes with the general formula [NbL 1 (N t Bu)Py(EMes)] (E = O (2), S (3), NH (4), and PH (5)). Furthermore, complex 1-Py can be converted to alkyl complex (6) with 1 equiv of neosilyl lithium as a transmetallation agent. Addition of a second equivalent yields a new trianionic supporting ligand on the niobium center (7) in which the benzimidazolylidene ligand is alkylated at the former carbene carbon atom. The latter is an interesting chemically "noninnocent" feature of the benzimidazolylidene ligand potentially useful in catalysis and atom transfer reactions. Addition of mesityl lithium to 1-Py gives the pyridine-free aryl complex 8, which is stable toward "overarylation" by an additional equivalent of mesityl lithium. Electrochemical investigation revealed that complexes 1-Py and 1 are inert toward reduction in dichloromethane but show two irreversible reduction processes in tetrahydrofuran as a solvent. However, using standard reduction agents, e.g., KC 8 , K-mirror, and Na/Napht, no reduced products could be isolated. All complexes have been thoroughly studied by various techniques, including 1 H-, 13 C{ 1 H}-, and 1 H-15 N HMBC NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis.

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