Magnesium complexes with isomeric pyrazol-4-ylidene and imidazol-2-ylidene ligands

Stuart Burnett; Matthew de Vere-Tucker; Matthew Davitt; David B. Cordes; Alexandra M. Z. Slawin; Rochelle Ferns; Tanja van Mourik; Andreas Stasch

doi:10.1002/zaac.202200207

Magnesium complexes with isomeric pyrazol-4-ylidene and imidazol-2-ylidene ligands

Stuart Burnett, Matthew de Vere-Tucker, Matthew Davitt, David B. Cordes, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Rochelle Ferns, Tanja van Mourik, Andreas Stasch^*

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Abstract

Dimagnesium(I) complexes [{(^Arnacnac)Mg}₂], where ^Arnacnac = HC(MeCNAr)₂, Ar = Dip = 2,6-iPr₂-C₆H₃, Ar = Dep = 2,6-Et₂-C₆H₃, Ar = Mes = 2,4,6-Me₃-C₆H₂, react with iodoarenes in oxidative addition reactions. With iodobenzene, magnesium phenyl and magnesium iodide complex fragments were obtained, and from a reaction with 4-iodo-1,2,3,5-tetramethylpyrazolium iodide, [^MePZI]I, the pyrazol-4-ylidene complex [(^Dipnacnac)MgI(^MePZ)] was structurally characterised, alongside other products. The isomeric imidazol-2-ylidene complex [(^Dipnacnac)MgI(^MeNHC)], where ^MeNHC is 1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene, was prepared and characterised. X-ray crystal structure determinations and DFT computational studies have been carried out to compare the related complexes. The results show that the ^MePZ ligand is higher in energy and more nucleophilic than its more common isomeric ^MeNHC carbene.

Original language	English
Article number	e202200207
Number of pages	25
Journal	Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie
Volume	648
Issue number	19
Early online date	4 Aug 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202200207
Publication status	Published - 14 Oct 2022

Keywords

Magnesium
Carbenes
Low oxidation states
Bent allenes
Grignard reagents

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Magnesium complexes with isomeric pyrazol-4-ylidene and imidazol-2-ylidene ligands

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