Tris(pentafluoroethyl)difluorophosphorane for Fluoride Abstraction and Ligand Exchange Reactions of N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Cyclic Alkyl(amino)carbene Copper(I) Fluorides
Melanie Riethmann, Steffen A. Föhrenbacher, Christian Luz, Nikolai Ignat'ev, Maik Finze, Udo Radius
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Abstract
The synthesis and structural characterization of a variety N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)- and cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene (cAAC)-ligated cationic copper(I) complexes, featuring the weakly coordinating tris(pentafluoroethyl)-trifluorophosphate counteranion (FAP− anion, [(C2F5)3PF3]−). Starting with the complex [(IDipp)Cu(C6Me6)]+FAP− (IIa) reported previously,1 a series of mononuclear complexes [(IDipp)Cu(LB)]+FAP− ((IDipp = 1,3-bis(2,6-di-iso-propylphenyl)-imidazolin-2-ylidene) was obtained via ligand exchange of C6Me6 with neutral two valence electron (2 VE) donor molecules (LB = NH3, 1; C6H12N2 = DABCO, 2; C7H10N2 = DMAP, 3; C4H4N2 = pyrazine, 4; C13H9N = acridine, 5; η1-O=C13H9N = acridone, 6; C4H10S = SEt2, 7; C4H8S = THT, 8; PCy3, 9), alongside the dinuclear species [{(IDipp)Cu}2(C2H3N3)2]2+2FAP− (10) with 1,2,4-triazole. In a parallel strategy, [(cAACMe)Cu(C6Me6)]+FAP− (IIb) was employed as precursor for Cu(I) complex formation, leading to [(cAACMe)Cu(LB)]+FAP− (LB = C7H10N2, 13; C4H10S, 14) and the dinuclear complexes [{(cAACMe)Cu}2{C6H12N2}]2+2FAP− (11) and [{(cAACMe)Cu}2{C4H4N2}]2+2FAP− (12). Additionally, the reaction of [(carbene)CuF] with (C2F5)3PF2 in the presence of different 2 VE donor ligands induced fluoride replacemant with a 2 VE donor ligand (LB). This strategy facilitated the isolation of a broad range of complexes of the type [(carbene)Cu(LB)]+FAP−, including [(IDipp)Cu(LB)]+FAP− (LB = (N≡CMe)2, 16; N≡CPh, 17; NH2Ph, 18; NHPh2, 21; NC5H5, 22; NC5H3F2, 24; NC5H2F3, 25; η1-O=CPh2, 27), [(SIDipp)Cu(NH2Ph)]+FAP− (19) (SIDipp = 1,3-bis(2,6-di-iso-propylphenyl)-imidazolidin-2-ylidene) and [(cAACMe)Cu(LB)]+FAP− (cAACMe = 1-(2,6-di-iso-propylphenyl)-3,3,5,5-tetramethyl-pyrrolidin-2-ylidene; LB = N≡CMe, 15; NH2Ph, 20; NC5H5, 23; THF, 28). Additionally, the dinuclear complex [{(IDipp)Cu(μ-ONC5H5)}2]2+2FAP− (26) was obtained upon reaction with pyridine-N-oxide. In all cases the carbene ligand stayed intact and the formation of Lewis acid/base pairs of the 2VE ligand and (C2F5)3PF2 was never observed. As a result, mixtures of [(carbene)CuF] and (C2F5)3PF2 may serve as synthon for [(carbene)Cu]+, as demonstrated in this work.
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