Transition Metal Alkane Complexes<sup>†</sup>

Hall, Chris; Perutz, Robin N.

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“…In addition to metal alkyl compounds, there are also metal alkane compounds, so-called -complexes (15), where the alkane is attached to the metal by an agostic interaction (16)(17)(18)(19), i.e., a 3-center-2-electron M-H-C interaction. By comparison with agostic alkyl compounds, however, metal alkane compounds have very limited stability, and bona fide examples have not been isolated in the solid state (20,21).…”

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Agostic interactions in transition metal compounds

Brookhart

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Parkin

2007

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“…By comparison with agostic alkyl compounds, however, metal alkane compounds have very limited stability, and bona fide examples have not been isolated in the solid state (20,21). f Excellent evidence for their existence, however, comes from (i) low-temperature IR spectroscopic and NMR spectroscopic studies (16) …”

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Agostic interactions in transition metal compounds

Brookhart

Green

Parkin

2007

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Although such complexes generally are very short-lived intermediates (4), they have been known for over 30 years. Early experiments involved the photolysis of complexes such as Cr(CO) 6 and Fe(CO) 5 to generate the unstable intermediates Cr(CO) 5 or Fe(CO) 4 in low-temperature matrices, where coordination to cocondensed CH 4 results in the formation of Cr(CO) 5 (CH 4 ) and Fe(CO) 5 (CH 4 ) (5,6).…”

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Time-resolved infrared (TRIR) study on the formation and reactivity of organometallic methane and ethane complexes in room temperature solution

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Portius

Kawanami

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We have used fast time-resolved infrared spectroscopy to characterize a series of organometallic methane and ethane complexes in solution at room temperature: W(CO)5(CH4) and M( 5 OC5R5)(CO)2(L) [where M ‫؍‬ Mn or Re, R ‫؍‬ H or CH3 (Re only); and L ‫؍‬ CH4 or C 2 H 6 ]. In all cases, the methane complexes are found to be short-lived and significantly more reactive than the analogous nheptane complexes. Re(Cp)(CO)2(CH4) and Re(Cp*)(CO)2(L) [Cp* ‫؍‬ 5 OC5(CH3)5 and L ‫؍‬ CH4, C2H6] were found to be in rapid equilibrium with the alkyl hydride complexes. In the presence of CO, both alkane and alkyl hydride complexes decay at the same rate. We have used picosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy to directly monitor the photolysis of Re(Cp*)(CO)3 in scCH4 and demonstrated that the initially generated Re(Cp*)(CO)2(CH4) forms an equilibrium mixture of Re(Cp*) ( T here is considerable interest in sigma-bonded organometallic alkane complexes, particularly since they have been identified as key intermediates in the transition metal-mediated COH activation process (1-3). Although such complexes generally are very short-lived intermediates (4), they have been known for over 30 years. Early experiments involved the photolysis of complexes such as Cr(CO) 6 and Fe(CO) 5 to generate the unstable intermediates Cr(CO) 5 or Fe(CO) 4 in low-temperature matrices, where coordination to cocondensed CH 4 results in the formation of Cr(CO) 5 (CH 4 ) and Fe(CO) 5 (CH 4 ) (5, 6).Flash photolysis experiments have demonstrated that the photolysis of Cr(CO) 6 in cyclohexane solution at room temperature forms Cr(CO) 5 (cyclohexane) (7). Subsequently, several examples of alkane complexes in solution have been reported, and studies on the mechanism of the COH activation process have clearly demonstrated the role of these complexes in oxidative addition reactions (1,8,9). Time-resolved infrared (TRIR) spectroscopy has proved to be a powerful tool for the study of metal carbonyl alkane complexes. Their reactivity decreases on going both across and down groups 5, 6, and 7 (10-12), and these observations led to the identification of a very long-lived alkane complex, Re(Cp)(CO) 2 (nheptane) (Cp ϭ 5 OC 5 H 5 ), which has a lifetime of Ϸ25 ms at room temperature (13). The relative stability of Re(Cp)(CO) 2 (alkane) complexes allowed Re(Cp)(CO) 2 (C 5 H 10 ) to be observed at 180 K by NMR spectroscopy (14), and subsequent NMR studies have been carried out to determine the binding modes of a series of related alkanes to the Re(CpЈ)(CO) 2 moiety (15, 16).The activation of methane is of particular interest because of the potential of using this abundant hydrocarbon as both an energy source and chemical feedstock (17). Organometallic methane complexes have been characterized in low-temperature matrix isolation experiments (5,6,18). In solution, the existence of methane complexes has been inferred by examining product ratios and from the rates of COH activation and reductive elimination reactions in isotopic labeling experiments (19).The lifetime of the...

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“…In all of these developments, selectivity in activation has been a critical issue, and rhodium and iridium transition metal complexes have been found to show a strong preference for the activation of the methyl C-H bonds in alkanes, despite the presence of weaker methylene C-H bonds. The intermediacy of -alkane complexes has been found to play a critical role in these activation reactions (11)(12)(13)(14). Binding of alkanes has been studied experimentally by using time-resolved IR (15)(16)(17) and NMR spectroscopies (18).…”

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