Lewis acid-promoted oxidative addition at a [Ni0(diphosphine)2] complex : the critical role of a secondary coordination sphere

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Zurakowski, Joseph A. and Austen, Brady J. H. and Dufour, Maeve C. and Spasyuk, Denis M. and Nelson, David J. and Drover, Marcus W. (2021) Lewis acid-promoted oxidative addition at a [Ni0(diphosphine)2] complex : the critical role of a secondary coordination sphere. Chemistry - A European Journal, 27 (64). pp. 16021-16027. ISSN 1521-3765 (https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103121)

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Abstract

Oxidative addition represents a critical elementary step in myriad catalytic transformations. Here, the importance of thoughtful ligand design cannot be overstated. In this work, we report the intermolecular activation of iodobenzene (PhI) at a coordinatively saturated 18-electron [Ni 0(diphosphine) 2] complex bearing a Lewis acidic secondary coordination sphere. Whereas alkyl-substituted diphosphine complexes of Group 10 are known to be unreactive in such reactions, we show that [Ni 0(P 2B Cy 4) 2] (P 2B Cy 4=1,2-bis(di(3-dicyclohexylboraneyl)-propylphosphino)ethane) is competent for room-temperature PhI cleavage to give [Ni II(P 2B Cy 4)(Ph)(I)]. This difference in oxidative addition reactivity has been scrutinized computationally – an outcome that is borne out in ring-opening to provide the reactive precursor – for [Ni 0(P 2B Cy 4) 2], a “boron-trapped” 16-electron κ 1-diphosphine Ni(0) complex. Moreover, formation of [Ni II(P 2B Cy 4)(Ph)(I)] is inherent to the P 2B Cy 4 secondary coordination sphere: treatment of the Lewis adduct, [Ni 0(P 2B Cy 4) 2(DMAP) 8] with PhI provides [Ni II(P 2B Cy 4) 2(DMAP) 8(I)]I via iodine-atom abstraction and not a [Ni II(Ph)(I)(diphosphine)] compound – an unusual secondary sphere effect. Finally, the reactivity of [Ni 0(P 2B Cy 4) 2] with 4-iodopyridine was surveyed, which resulted in a pyridyl-borane linked oligomer. The implications of these outcomes are discussed in the context of designing strongly donating, and yet labile diphosphine ligands for use in a critical bond activation step relevant to catalysis.

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Zurakowski, Joseph A., Austen, Brady J. H., Dufour, Maeve C., Spasyuk, Denis M., Nelson, David J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9461-5182 and Drover, Marcus W.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:77960
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    17 November 2021
    Published
    12 October 2021
    Published Online
    22 September 2021
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:30 Sep 2021 14:16
    Last modified:04 Dec 2024 01:24
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/77960
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