Periphery-palladated carbosilane dendrimers: Synthesis and reactivity of organopalladium(II) and -(IV) dendritic complexes. Crystal structure of [PdMe(C6H4(OCH2Ph)-4)(bpy)] (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine)

Neides J. Hovestad, Jason L. Hoare, Johann T B H Jastrzebski, Allan J. Canty, Wilberth J J Smeets, Anthony L. Spek, Gerard Van Koten*

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    Abstract

    A carbosilane dendrimer with 12 peripheral iodoarene groups, [Si{(CH2)3Si((CH2)3-SiMe 2(C6H4CH2OC6H 4I-4))3}4] (G1-ArI, 9), and the corresponding G0 model compound [Si-{(CH2)3SiMe2(C6H 4CH2OC6H4I-4)}4] (G0-ArI, 8) have been prepared from [Si{(CH2)3Si((CH2)3-SiMe 2(C6H4CH2Br))3} 4] (G1-Br, 7) and the corresponding G0 model compound [Si{(CH2)3SiMe2-(C6H 4CH2Br)}4] (G0-Br, 6). These dendritic species react with [Pd2(dba)3·dba/tmeda] (dba = dibenzylideneacetone, tmeda = N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine) to yield the periphery-palladated complexes [Si{(CH2)3SiMe2(C6H 4CH2O(C6H4-4)PdI(tmeda))} 4] (G0-ArPdI(tmeda), 10) and [Si{(CH2)3Si((CH2)3SiMe 2(C6H4CH2O(C6H 4-4)PdI(tmeda))3}4] (G1-ArPdI(tmeda), 11). Complexes 10 and 11 react with LiMe and 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy) to yield the air-stable [Si-{(CH2)3SiMe2(C6H 4CH2OC6H4PdMe(bpy))}4] (G0-PdMe(bpy), 12) and [Si{(CH2)3Si((CH2)3-SiMe 2(C6H4CH2OC6H 4PdMe(bpy)))3}4] (G1-ArPdMe(bpy), 13). Complexes 12 and 13 undergo oxidative addition with benzyl bromide to form species containing Pd(IV) centers. These complexes can undergo subsequent reductive elimination at ambient temperature involving both Me-Ar and Me-CH2Ph coupling on decomposition. Iodoarenes that model the arms of carbosilane-based dendrimers have been synthesized, and procedures have been developed for maximizing yields of organopalladium(II) and -(IV) derivatives of the iodoarenes as part of a program directed toward the isolation and study of organopalladium functionalized dendrimers. The iodoarenes RC6H4(CH2OC6H 4I-4′)-4 (R = H (1a), SiMe3 (1b)) were obtained and found to undergo facile oxidative addition to [Pd2(dba)3·dba/tmeda] to form [PdI(Ar)-(tmeda)] (2a,b), which react with LiMe to form [PdMe(Ar)(tmeda)] (3a,b). Bpy displaces tmeda to form [PdMe(Ar)(bpy)] (4a,b), and the latter complexes undergo oxidative addition with benzyl bromide to form the complexes [PdBrMeAr(CH2Ph)(bpy)] (5a,b). The palladium-(IV) complex 5a undergoes facile and clean reductive elimination at ambient temperature in CDCl3 to form the coupling products Me-C6H4(OCH2Ph)-4 (89%), PhCH2-C6H4(OCH2Ph)-4 (9%), and Me-CH2Ph (2%). However, 5b undergoes more complex behavior to form Me-C6H4-(OCH2C6H 4(SiMe3)-4′)-4 (87%), Me-CH2Ph (6%), and PhCH2-CH2Ph (7%) together with [PdBr2(bpy)]. The complex [PdMe(C6H4(OCH2Ph)-4)(bpy)] (4a) has been characterized by X-ray diffraction. The asymmetric unit contains two similar but crystallographically independent molecules. Each molecule has square-planar geometry for palladium with the aryl ring tilted by 76.2(4) and 67.1(3)° to the coordination plane, respectively. The crystal examined by X-ray diffraction exhibits significant substitutional disorder at one site: [PdX-(C6H4(OCH2Ph)-4)(bpy)] (X = Me (71%), Cl (29%)).

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2970-2980
    Number of pages11
    JournalOrganometallics
    Volume18
    Issue number16
    Publication statusPublished - 2 Aug 1999

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