Naked (C5Me5)(2)M cations (M = Sc, Ti, and V) and their fluoroarene complexes

MW Bouwkamp, PHM Budzelaar, J Gercama, ID Morales, J de Wolf, A Meetsma, SI Troyanov, JH Teuben, B Hessen*, Peter H.M. Budzelaar, Isabel Del Hierro Morales, Sergei I. Troyanov

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Abstract

The ionic metallocene complexes [Cp*M-2][BPh4] (CP* = C5Me5) of the trivalent 3d metals Sc, Ti, and V were synthesized and structurally characterized. For M Sc, the anion interacts weakly with the metal center through one of the phenyl groups, but for M = Ti and V, the cations are naked. They each contain one strongly distorted Cp* ligand, with one (V) or two (Ti) agostic C-H... M interactions involving the Cp*Me groups. For Sc and Ti, these Lewis acidic species react with fluorobenzene and 1,2-difluorobenzene to yield [CP*M-2(kF-FC6H5)(n)][BPh4] (M = Sc, n = 2; M = Ti, n = 1) and [CP*M-2(k(2)F-1,2-F2C6H4)][BPh4], the first examples of kF-fluorobenzene and k(2)F-1,2-difluorobenzene adducts of transition metals. With the perfluorinated anion [B(C6F5)(4)](-), both Sc and Ti form [CP*M-2(k(2) F-C6F5)B(C6F5)(3)] contact ion pairs. The nature of the metal-fluoroarene interaction was studied by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and by comparison with the corresponding tetrahydrofuran (THF) adducts and was found to be predominantly electrostatic for all metals studied.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14310-14319
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume127
Issue number41
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19-Oct-2005

Keywords

  • OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS
  • BETA-AGOSTIC INTERACTIONS
  • C-H BONDS
  • MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE
  • CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES
  • COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
  • METALLOCENE CATALYSTS
  • MULTIPLE SYNTHESES
  • BASIS-SETS
  • REACTIVITY

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