Cooperative Bond Activation and Facile Intramolecular Aryl Transfer of Nickel–Aluminum Pincer‐type Complexes
- 19 April 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie
- Vol. 60 (27), 15087-15094
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202104050
Abstract
Pincer‐type nickel‐aluminum complexes were synthesized using two equivalents of the phosphinoamide, [PhNCH2PiPr2]−. The Ni(0)−Al(III) complexes, {(MesPAlP)Ni}2(μ‐N2) and {(MesPAlP)Ni}2(μ‐COD), where MesPAlP is (Mes)Al(NPhCH2PiPr2)2, were structurally characterized. The (PAlP)Ni system exhibited cooperative bond cleavage mediated by the two‐site Ni−Al unit, including oxidative addition of aryl halides, H2 activation, and ortho‐directed C−H bond activation of pyridine N‐oxide. One intriguing reaction is the reversible intramolecular transfer of the mesityl ring from the Al to the Ni site, which is evocative of the transmetalation step during cross‐coupling catalysis. The aryl‐transfer product,(THF)Al(NPhCH2PiPr2)2Ni(Mes), is the first example of a first‐row transition metal aluminyl pincer complex. The addition of a judicious donor enables the Al metalloligand to convert reversibly between the alane and aluminyl forms via aryl group transfer to and from Ni, respectively. Theoretical calculations support a zwitterionic Niδ−‐Alδ+ electronic structure in the nickel‐aluminyl complex.Funding Information
- Division of Chemistry (1954751)
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