Organopalladium compounds with a chiral palladated carbon atom. Facile isolation of optically active cyclopalladated complexes containing the (S)- or (R)-[2-NMe2C6H4CH(SiMe3)] monoanion. Molecular structure of {2-[1-(S)-(dimethylamino)ethyl]phenyl}[2-(dimethylamino)-α- (trimethylsilyl)benzyl]palladium(II)

Fida Maassarani, Michel Pfeffer*, Guy Le Borgne, Johann T B H Jastrzebski, Gerard Van Koten

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Abstract

A series of mixed metallobicyclic compounds of general formula [Pd(N C)(dmat-Si], in which dmat-Si is the monoanionic 2-NMe2C6H4CH(SiMe3) chelate and N C is one of the monoanionic chelates 2-NMe2CH2C6H4 (dmba), 8-C9H6NCH2 (8-mq), or the pure S enantiomer of 2-NMe2CH(Me)C6H4 ((S)-dmba), has been synthesized via the transmetalation reaction of dmat-SiLi (1) with one of the dimers [{Pd-(N C)(μ-Cl)}2]. The 2:1 molar reaction of 1 with [Pd(SEt2)2Cl2] afforded as the main product the C-C coupled compound [dmat-Si]2 (3) and the symmetric product [Pd(dmat-Si)2] (2) in only 4% yield. [Pd-{(S)-dmba}(dmat-Si)] (6) is formed as a mixture of the two diastereomers, arising from the configuration (either R in 6a or S in 6b) of the benzylic carbon atom of the dmat-Si chelate. These diastereomers can be separated by fractional crystallization. The molecular structure of the most accessible diastereomer 6b has been determined by an X-ray diffraction study: C22H34N2PdSi, monoclinic, P21, a = 10.027 (2) Å, b = 11.481 (4) Å, c = 10.833 (2) Å, β = 115.08 (2)°, V = 1129.5 Å3, Z = 2 for 1843 (I > σ(I)) reflections, μ(Mo Kα) = 8.7 cm-1, R = 0.0200, Rw = 0.0289. The square-planar configuration about the Pd atom contains the C N chelates in the cis arrangement while the absolute configuration of the benzylic carbon atom bearing the SiMe3 group is S. Reactions of [Pd(N C)(dmat-Si)] with either methyl vinyl ketone or acetyl chloride did not afford functionalized dmat-Si ligands via the cross-coupling reaction. Instead reaction of [Pd-(dmba)(dmat-Si)] (4) with PhCH2Br yielded the ammonium salt of the cross-coupled product [2-{(PhCH2)NMe2CH2}C6H 4CH2Ph]+Br- together with [{Pd(dmat-Si)(μ-Br)}2] (7). The latter compound is a mixture of cis and trans isomers and gives the monomer [Pd(dmat-Si)PyBr] (8) on reaction with pyridine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1111-1118
Number of pages8
JournalOrganometallics
Volume6
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 1987

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