Naslov
Intramolecular Cyclization Reactions in Haloalkyl-Cobalt Complexes with Macrocyclic Equatorial Ligands

Autori
Dreos, Renata ; Randaccio, Lucio ; Siega, Patrizia ; Vrdoljak, Višnja

Izvornik
Croatica Chemica Acta (0011-1643) 82 (2009), 2; 455-461

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Ključne riječi
intramolecular metallacyclization; haloalkyl-cobalt; reaction mechanism; X-ray structures

Sažetak
Organocobalt complexes containing axial haloalkyl groups afford metallacycles of different size by N or O alkylation of the macrocyclic equatorial ligands. The reaction mechanism involves the intramolecular nucleophilic attack of a negatively charged atom of the equatorial ligand on the axial XCH2 haloalkyl group with simultaneous detachment of a halide ion, X− . In imino/oxime and amino/oxime derivatives, the generation of the negatively charged nitrogen requires the abstraction of a proton and the reaction occurs only in alkaline medium. In bis(dimethylglioximato) and Schiff base complexes, a negatively charged oxygen is present in the equatorial ligand and the reaction occurs even in neutral medium. Three-, six- and seven-membered metallacycles are obtained, with the common feature that the Co-C bond is shorter and more resistant toward homolysis than in parent complexes or in closely related derivatives.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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