Metalated Ir–CNP Complexes Containing Imidazolin-2-ylidene and Imidazolidin-2-ylidene Donors – Synthesis, Structure, Luminescence, and Metal–Ligand Cooperative Reactivity
The iridium complex 1 based on a metalated CNP ligand containing an imidazolin-2-ylidene fragment has been prepared by treatment of the ligand precursor 4 with Ag2O followed by reaction with [IrCl(COE)2]2. The chlorohydride imidazolidin-2-ylidene complex 6, which is isostructural to 1, was synthetiz...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/143144 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/143144 https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202000681 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Carbene ligands Hydrogenation Ligand design Luminescence Proton-responsive ligands |
| Sumario: | The iridium complex 1 based on a metalated CNP ligand containing an imidazolin-2-ylidene fragment has been prepared by treatment of the ligand precursor 4 with Ag2O followed by reaction with [IrCl(COE)2]2. The chlorohydride imidazolidin-2-ylidene complex 6, which is isostructural to 1, was synthetized by reaction of the previously reported dihydride derivative 3 with CH2Cl2. Complexes 1 and 6 exhibit luminescence arising from a 3MLCT/ILCT state involving the metalated CNP ligand, which is particularly intense for 1 in the solid state at 298 K. Furthermore, the reactivity of complexes 1 and 6 towards bases was compared. Deprotonation of 1 with KOtBu produced the selective formation of the dinuclear complex 7; meanwhile, the reaction of 6 led to a complex mixture of products. The same reactions carried out in the presence of PPh3 produced the selective deprotonation of the P-bonded methylene bridges of 1 and 6, yielding the isostructural derivatives 9 and 10. DFT calculations performed on the uNHC-containing tautomers I and II, and the sNHC-based isomers III and IV, showed that the NHC-deprotonated derivatives II and IV are more stable by 3.20 and 2.73 kcal mol–1, respectively, than their P-deprotonated counterparts (I and III). However, a reverse stability order was observed for hexacoordinated tautomers I·L and II·L, and III·L and IV·L (L = PPh3, CO, MeCN). Finally, the catalytic activity of complex 3 in the transfer hydrogenation of ketones has been assessed. |
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