POCN-type Pincer Complexes of NiII and NiIII : synthesis, reactivities, catalytic activities and physical properties

Cette thèse décrit la synthèse, la caractérisation, les réactivités, et les propriétés physiques de complexes divalents et trivalents de Ni formés à partir de nouveaux ligands «pincer» de type POCN. Les ligands POCN de type amine sont préparés d’une façon simple et efficace via l’amination réductrice de 3-hydroxybenzaldéhyde avec NaBH4 et plusieurs amines, suivie par la phosphination de l’amino alcool résultant pour installer la fonction phosphinite (OPR2); le ligand POCN de type imine 1,3-(i-Pr)2PC6H4C(H)=N(CH2Ph) est préparé de façon similaire en faisant usage de PhCH2NH2 en l’absence de NaBH4. La réaction de ces ligands «pincer» de type POCN avec NiBr2(CH3CN)x en présence d’une base résulte en un bon rendement de la cyclométalation du lien C-H situé en ortho aux fonctions amine et phosphinite. Il fut découvert que la base est essentielle pour la propreté et le haut rendement de la formation des complexes «pincer» désirés. Nous avons préparé des complexes «pincer» plan- carrés de type POCN, (POCNRR΄)NiBr, possédant des fonctions amines secondaires et tertiaires qui démontrent des réactivités différentes selon les substituants R et R΄. Par exemple, les complexes possédant des fonctions amines tertiaires ArCH2NR2 (NR2= NMe2, NEt2, and morpholinyl) démontrent des propriétés rédox intéressantes et pourraient être convertis en leurs analogues trivalents (POCNR2)NiBr2 lorsque réagis avec Br2 ou N-bromosuccinimide (NBS). Les complexes trivalents paramagnétiques à 17 électrons adoptent une géométrie de type plan-carré déformée, les atomes de Br occupant les positions axiale et équatoriale. Les analyses «DSC» et «TGA» des ces composés ont démontré qu’ils sont thermiquement stables jusqu’à ~170 °C; tandis que la spectroscopie d’absorption en solution a démontré qu’ils se décomposent thermiquement à beaucoup plus basse température pour regénérer les complexes divalents ne possédant qu’un seul Br; l’encombrement stérique des substitutants amines accélère cette route de décomposition de façon significative. Les analogues NMe2 et N(morpholinyl) de ces espèces de NiIII sont actifs pour catalyser la réaction d’addition de Kharasch, de CX4 à des oléfines telles que le styrène, tandis qu’il fut découvert que l’analogue le moins thermiquement stable (POCNEt2)Ni est complètement inerte pour catalyser cette réaction. Les complexes (POCNRH)NiBr possédant des fonctions amines secondaires permettent l’accès à des fonctions amines substituées de façon non symétrique via leur réaction avec des halogénures d’alkyle. Un autre avantage important de ces complexes réside dans la possibilité de déprotonation pour préparer des complexes POCN de type amide. De telles tentatives pour déprotoner les fonctions NRH nous ont permis de préparer des espèces dimériques possédant des ligands amides pontants. La nature dimérique des ces complexes [P,C,N,N-(2,6-(i-Pr)2PC6H3CH2NR)Ni]2 (R= PhCH2 et Ph) fut établie par des études de diffraction des rayons-X qui ont démontré différentes géométries pour les cœurs Ni2N2 selon le substituant N : l’analogue (PhCH2)N possède une orientation syn des substitutants benzyles et un arrangement ressemblant à celui du cyclobutane du Ni et des atomes d’azote, tandis que l’analogue PhN adopte un arrangement de type diamant quasi-planaire des atomes du Ni et des atomes d’azote et une orientation anti des substituants phényles. Les espèces dimériques ne se dissocient pas en présence d’alcools, mais elles promouvoient l’alcoolyse catalytique de l’acrylonitrile. De façon intéressante, les rendements de ces réactions sont plus élevés avec les alcools possédant des fonctions O-H plus acides, avec un nombre de «turnover» catalytique pouvant atteindre 2000 dans le cas de m-cresol. Nous croyons que ces réactions d’alcoolyse procèdent par activation hétérolytique de l’alcool par l’espèce dimérique via des liaisons hydrogènes avec une ou deux des fonctions amides du dimère. Les espèces dimériques de Ni (II) s’oxydent facilement électrochimiquement et par reaction avec NBS ou Br2. De façon surprenante, l’oxydation chimique mène à l’isolation de nouveaux produits monomériques dans lesquels le centre métallique et le ligand sont oxydés. Le mécanisme d’oxydation fut aussi investigué par RMN, «UV-vis-NIR», «DFT» et spectroélectrochimie.This thesis describes the synthesis, characterization, reactivities, and physical properties of divalent and trivalent complexes of Nickel based on new POCN-type pincer ligands. The amino-type POCN ligands were prepared in a simple and efficient manner via reductive amination of 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde with NaBH4 and various amines, followed by phosphination of the resulting amino alcohol to install the phosphinite (OPR2) functionality. The imino-type POCN ligand 1,3-(i-Pr)2PC6H4C(H)=N(CH2Ph) was prepared similarly using PhCH2NH2 in the absence of NaBH4. Reaction of these POCN-type pincer ligands with NiBr2(CH3CN)x in the presence of a base results in the high yield cyclometalation of the C-H bond which is ortho to the amine and phosphinite functionalities. The base was found to be essential for a clean and high yield formation of the desired pincer complexes. We have thus prepared square planar POCN-type pincer complexes (POCNRR΄)NiBr featuring tertiary or secondary amine moieties that exhibit different reactivities as a function of amine substituents R and R΄. For instance, complexes bearing the tertiary amine moieties ArCH2NR2 (NR2= NMe2, NEt2, and morpholinyl) displayed interesting redox properties and could be converted into their trivalent analogues (POCNR2)NiBr2 when reacted with Br2 or N-bromosuccinimide (NBS). These 17-electron, paramagnetic trivalent complexes adopt a distorted square pyramidal geometry with Br atoms at axial and equatorial positions. DSC and TGA analyses of these compounds revealed them to be thermally stable up to ~170 °C; whereas absorption spectroscopy in solution showed that they undergo thermal decomposition at much lower temperatures to regenerate the monobromo divalent complexes; increased steric bulk of the amine substituents accelerate this decomposition pathway significantly. The NMe2 and N(morpholinyl) analogues of these NiIII species are active catalysts for the Kharasch addition of CX4 to olefins such as styrene, whereas the least thermally stable analogue (POCNEt2)Ni was found to be completely inert for this reaction. The complexes (POCNRH)NiBr featuring secondary amine moieties allow access to unsymmetrically substituted amine moieties via reaction with alkyl halides. Another important advantage of these complexes lies in the possibility of deprotonation to prepare amide-type POCN complexes. Such attempts at deprotonating the NRH moieties have allowed us to prepare dimeric species featuring bridging amido ligands. The dimeric nature of these complexes [P,C,N,N-(2,6-(i-Pr)2PC6H3CH2NR)Ni]2 (R= PhCH2 and Ph) was established through X-ray diffraction studies that showed different geometries for the Ni2N2 cores as a function of N-substituent: the (PhCH2)N analogue featured a syn orientation of the benzyl substituents and a cyclobutane-like arrangement of Ni and of the nitrogen atoms, whereas the PhN analogue adopted a nearly planar diamond-like arrangement of the Ni and of the nitrogen atoms and an anti orientation of the phenyl substituents. These dimeric species do not dissociate in the presence of alcohols, but they promote the catalytic alcoholysis of acrylonitrile. Interestingly, yields of these reactions are higher with alcohols possessing more acidic O-H moieties, with a catalytic turnover number reaching up to 2000 in the case of m-cresol. These alcoholysis reactions are believed to proceed through heterolytic activation of the alcohol by dimeric species via hydrogen bonding with one or two amido moieties in the dimer. The dimeric Ni (II) species were found to undergo facile oxidation both electrochemically and in reaction with NBS or Br2. Surprisingly, chemical oxidation led to isolation of new monomeric products in which both the metallic center and the ligand were oxidized. giving a trivalent species featuring an imine-type POCN ligand. Oxidation mechanism was investigated in detail by NMR, UV-vis-NIR, DFT and spectroelectrochemistry

Ruthenium complexes with an N-heterocyclic carbene NNC-pincer ligand: preparation and catalytic properties

1-Methyl-3-(2-((pyridin-2-ylmethylene)amino)ethyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium bromide was prepared and used as an N-heterocyclic carbene NNC-pincer ligand precursor. Depending on the coordination strategy, a monometallic [Ru(NNC)(CO3)(PPh3)] complex, or the [Ru(μ-Cl)(NNC)]2(2Cl−) dimer, was obtained. A di-silver complex in which two ligands are monocoordinated to the metal center through the NHC groups was also obtained and characterised. The dimetallic ruthenium complex reacts with alcohols yielding a monohydride species. The preliminary studies on the catalytic activity of the ruthenium dimer indicate that the complex is active in the reduction of ketones and aldehydes under transfer hydrogenation conditions

Sigma-bond activation reactions induced by unsaturated Os(IV)-hydride complexes

Unsaturated osmium(IV)-hydride complexes are diamagnetic six-coordinate d4 species, which undergo distortion from the octahedral geometry to form unusual D4d or C2v geometries. They display a notable ability to activate H–H, B–H, C–H, C–C, C–O, C–Br, Si–H, Sn–H, N–H, or O–H bonds of a wide range of inorganic, organic, and organometallic molecules, including: molecular hydrogen, boranes, phosphines, heterocycles, olefins, dienes, enynes, allenes, allenedienes, alkynamides, alkylhalides, silanes, stannanes, diamines, oximes, metal-nucleosides, or molecular oxygen. The activations yield, among other organometallic derivatives, dihydrogen, borane, borinium, alkylidene, alkylidyne, vinylidene, NHC, silylene, stannyl, osmafuran, osmaisobenzofuran, osmabenzimidazolium, or azavinylidene complexes. A characteristic of these activation processes is that they do not result in an increase of the formal oxidation state of the metal center. Given the wide range of s-bond activations promoted by these compounds and the wide variety of complexes formed, future interesting applications for them can be anticipated

Alkaline-earth phosphonate MOFs with reversible hydration-dependent fluorescence

A new rigid tritopic phosphonic ligand, 2,4,6-tris(4-phosphonophenyl)pyridine (H6L), was synthesized and used to assemble isostructural barium (1) and strontium (2) phosphonate metal organic frameworks that exhibit fully reversible and selective water-dependent fluorescence red-shift at room temperature

Use of tridentate TsDPEN/pyridine ligands in ruthenium-catalysed asymmetric reduction of ketones

A series of enantiomerically pure tridentate ligands based on the 1,2-diphenylethane-1,2-diamine structure, containing additional pyridine groups, was prepared and tested in asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones using Ru3(CO)12 as a metal source. Alcohols were formed in up to 93% ee in the best cases, and good results were obtained with ortho-haloarylketones

The interaction between heteroditopic pyridine–nitrogen NHC with novel sulfur NHC ligands in palladium(0) derivatives: Synthesis and structural characterization of a bis-carbene palladium(0) olefin complex and formation in solution of an alkene–alkyne mixed intermediate as a consequence of the ligandshemilability

We have synthesized a new class of heteroditopic chelating ligands bearing the phenylthiomethyl group and variously substituted imidazole derivatives and the corresponding complexes [Pd(eta2-ma)(R-NHCCH2- SPh) (ma = maleic anhydride; R = methyl, mesityl, di-i-propylphenyl). We have compared their chemical characteristics and reactivity with those of similar palladium(0) complexes bearing the RNHC- CH2-Py ligands. The hemilability of the above-mentioned moieties is apparent when their palladium derivatives react with an excess of the same or different heteroditopic ligands. In these cases, we obtained complexes bearing maleic anhydride and two mono-coordinated heteroditopic ligands bound to the same metal center. However, at variance with the generally accepted opinion, precipitation of AgBr does not warrant the quantitative formation of the bis-heteroditopic Pd(0) derivative and in some cases, a reaction involving a heterogeneous equilibrium is observed. The reaction of the palladium(0) carbene–sulfur or carbene–nitrogen complexes with the alkyne dimethyl-2-butynedioate (dmbd) to give palladacyclometallate derivatives is not always warranted and formation of the intermediate [Pd(eta2-ma)(eta2-dmdb)(chi1-Mes-NHC-CH2-SPh)] is detected only in one case. Finally, we have carried out a diffractometric study on the solid-state structures of two derivatives and in particular we describe the configurations of the complex [Pd(eta2-ma)(j1-Me-NHC-CH2-SPh)2] and of [Pd(eta2-ma)(Me-NHC-CH2-SPh)]

Synthesis, characterization and a reactivity study of some allyl palladium complexes bearing bidentate hemi-labile carbene or mixed carbene/PPh3 ligands

With the aim at synthesizing novel allyl complexes that can potentially act as catalysts in the Tsuji-Trost catalyzed reaction, we have synthesized and characterized some allyl and 2-Meallyl palladium derivatives with one hemilabile bidentate or two strong mono-coordinating spectator ligands. The hemilabile ligands are constituted by one nitrogen heterocyclic carbene (NHC) fragment acting as the pivot bearing a labile wing with a pyridine nitrogen or sulfur atom as the second stabilizing atom. One of two monodentate ligands is in all cases PPh3 whereas the other is a mono- or partially coordinated hemilabile carbene. The complexes were characterized by standard spectroscopic methods and elemental analysis and in two cases by SC-XRD technique.The reactivity of two selected complexes toward the Tsuji-Trost reaction was tested by stoichiometric allyl amination carried out with piperidine and the results of such a mechanistic investigation integrated by a computational study are also reported in this paper. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

On the Reactivity of P-Chloro Dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]phosphole Oxide

The P-functionalization of dithieno[3,2-b:2â ,3â -d]phosphole oxides via reaction of a P-chloro derivative with aromatic amines and alcohols is reported. The reactions proceed rapidly and provide the products in good yields, highlighting the synthetic versatility of the P-chloro dithienophosphole oxide toward effectively modifying the molecular scaffold without the need for elaborate phosphorus precursor syntheses. The resulting phosphinic amide and ester products show interesting photophysics that strongly depend on the nature of the P-substituent, such as high luminescence quantum yields for the ester derivatives, as well as Aggregation-Induced Enhanced Emission for the amide derivative. The phosphinic amide species also shows intriguing self-assembly in the solid state via hydrogen bonding.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author