η3-Allylpalladiuin complexes from medium-ring cycloalkenes

Jean Marie Rosset, Matthew P. Glenn, John D. Cotton, Anthony C. Willis, Colin H.L. Kennard, Karl A. Byriel, Bruce H. Riches, William Kitching*

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    Abstract

    The dimeric η3-allylpalladium chloride complexes formed from various cycloalkenes (C7-C13) and some methyl- and tert-butyl-substituted cycloalkenes have been characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and in selected cases by X-ray crystallography. The formation of syn and anti isomers in the larger ring systems is demonstrated, and complexes with a rearranged ring system are formed from tert-butylcyclodecene and tert-butylcyclododecene. The sesquiterpene, carophyllene, is shown to form an η3-allyl exocyclic complex, exclusively from the (E)-double bond. Cis and trans isomers, with respect to allyl group orientation in these halo-bridged dimers, have been identified by low-temperature (190K) NMR spectroscopy, and their interconversion (ΔG ‡ ≈ 11 kcal/mol) is considered to involve a "cubic" η3-allylpalladium chloride tetramer.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1968-1983
    Number of pages16
    JournalOrganometallics
    Volume17
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11 May 1998

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