Issue 3, 2013

Ferrocenyl(trihydro)borates: building blocks for the synthesis of heterooligonuclear metallocene complexes

Abstract

The reaction of [Cp2ZrCl2] with the lithium salt Li[FcBH3] in stoichiometric ratios of 1.5 : 1 or 0.4 : 1 furnishes the mixed-metallocene complexes [Cp2(Cl)Zr(H3BFc)] (1) and [Cp2Zr(H3BFc)2] (3), respectively (Cp = cyclopentadienyl; Fc = ferrocenyl). When the two reagents are combined in a ratio of 0.6 : 1, complex 1 is formed together with the zirconium hydride species [Cp2(H)Zr(H3BFc)] (2). Compound 2 can be obtained in pure form from [Cp2Zr(H)Cl] and Li[FcBH3]. Treatment of the half-sandwich complexes [(C5R5)ZrCl3] with 3 equivalents of Li[FcBH3] leads to the heterotetranuclear aggregates [(C5R5)Zr(H3BFc)3] (4: R = H; 5: R = CH3). Li2[fc(BH3)2] and 3 equivalents of [Cp2ZrCl2] give the heterotrinuclear compound [fc(BH3Zr(Cl)Cp2)2] (6) with bridging ferrocenylene core (fc = 1,1′-ferrocenylene). According to X-ray crystallography, the trihydroborate ions are coordinated in a [Zr(μ-H)2B(H)–] fashion in 1, 2, 3 and 6, whereas 4 and 5 are carrying tridentate trihydroborate ligands.

Graphical abstract: Ferrocenyl(trihydro)borates: building blocks for the synthesis of heterooligonuclear metallocene complexes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 Jul 2012
Accepted
30 Aug 2012
First published
31 Aug 2012

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 688-694

Ferrocenyl(trihydro)borates: building blocks for the synthesis of heterooligonuclear metallocene complexes

A. Reichert, M. Bolte, H. Lerner and M. Wagner, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 688 DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31732J

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