Triazolyl-phosphole and triazolyl-azaphosphole: synthesis, transition metal complexes and catalytic studies
Phosphole and azaphosphole derivatives with triazole functionalities, [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>{1,2,3-N<sub>3</sub>CC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>C(PPh)}] (L1) and [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>{1,2,3-N<sub>3</sub>C(Ph)C(PPh)}] (L2) were synthesized by reacting [(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)(1,2,3-N<sub>3</sub>C = CH-<i>o</i>-Br-C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>)] and [(<i>o</i>-Br-C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>)(1,2,3-N<sub>3</sub>C = CHC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)] with <sup><i>n</i></sup>BuLi followed by the addition of dichlorophenylphosphine. The reactions of L1 and L2 with an excess of 30% H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> afforded phosphole oxides [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>{1,2,3-N<sub>3</sub>CC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>C(P(O)Ph)}] (L1O) and [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>{1,2,3-N<sub>3</sub>C(Ph)C(P(O)Ph)}] (L2O) as white crystalline solids. Stoichiometric reactions of L1 and L2 with [Ru(η<sup>6</sup>-<i>p</i>-cymene)Cl<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub> in CH<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub> yielded [RuCl<sub>2</sub>(η<sup>6</sup>-<i>p</i>-cymene)(L1-κ<sup>1</sup>-<i>P</i>)] (1) and [RuCl<sub>2</sub>(η<sup>6</sup>-<i>p</i>-cymene)(L2-κ<sup>1</sup>-<i>P</i>)] (2), respectively. Similar reactions of L1 and L2 with [Pd(COD)Cl<sub>2</sub>] and [Pd(η<sup>3</sup>-C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)Cl]<sub>2</sub> produced the corresponding complexes, <i>trans</i>-[PdCl<sub>2</sub>(L1-κ<sup>1</sup>-<i>P</i>)<sub>2</sub>] (3), <i>trans</i>-[PdCl<sub>2</sub>(L2-κ<sup>1</sup>-<i>P</i>)<sub>2</sub>] (4), [Pd(η<sup>3</sup>-C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)Cl(L1-κ<sup>1</sup>-<i>P</i>)] (5), and [Pd(η<sup>3</sup>-C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)Cl(L2-κ<sup>1</sup>-<i>P</i>)] (6). Treatment of L1 with [AuCl(SMe<sub>2</sub>)] in dichloromethane afforded [AuCl(L1-κ<sup>1</sup>-<i>P</i>)] (7). Ruthenium complex 1 showed moderate to good catalytic activity towards benzylic C-H oxidation, and the proposed mechanism for the catalysis was supported by spectroscopic data.
Authors
- Latchupatula Radhakrishna
- Maravanji S. Balakrishna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3736-6148)
- Ankit Kumar Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3388-7416)
- Basvaraj S. Kote
- Rani Gourkhede
- Bhupinder Kaur
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dalton Transactions
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt03213f
- Primary Topic
- Organophosphorus compounds synthesis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay