OrganometallicsPub Date : 2025-07-31DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00214
Karolina Trabitsch, Sebastian Hauer, Gábor Balázs, Jan J. Weigand and Robert Wolf*,
{"title":"Germanium-Functionalized Tri- and Tetraphosphido Cobalt Complexes","authors":"Karolina Trabitsch, Sebastian Hauer, Gábor Balázs, Jan J. Weigand and Robert Wolf*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00214","url":null,"abstract":"<p >We report the synthesis of germanium-containing polyphosphorus ligands in transition metal complexes through the insertion of an Ar′GeCl unit into a P–P bond of polyphosphorus ligands (Ar′ = 2,6-(2,6-<i>i</i>Pr<sub>2</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>-C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>). Germatetraphosphido complexes [(L)Co(η<sup>4</sup>-P<sub>4</sub>GeAr′)] (<b>1a</b>: L = PHDI; <b>1b</b>: L = Ar*BIAN; PHDI = bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)phenanthrene-9,10-diimine, Ar*BIAN = 1,2-bis(arylimino)acenaphthene, aryl = 2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-isopropylphenyl) were obtained by treatment of the anionic <i>cyclo</i>-P<sub>4</sub> complexes [K(18c-6)][(L)Co(η<sup>4</sup>-P<sub>4</sub>)] with [Ar′GeCl]<sub>2</sub> . Similar reactions of the <i>cyclo</i>-P<sub>3</sub> complexes [cat][(L)Co(CN)(η<sup>3</sup>-P<sub>3</sub>)] ([cat]<sup>+</sup> = [<i>n</i>Bu<sub>4</sub>N]<sup>+</sup> or [K(18c-6)]<sup>+</sup>) afforded [cat][(L)Co(η<sup>3</sup>-P<sub>3</sub>GeAr′Cl)(CN)] (<b>2a</b>: L = PHDI, [cat]<sup>+</sup> = [<i>n</i>Bu<sub>4</sub>N]<sup>+</sup>; <b>2b</b>: L = Ar*BIAN, [cat]<sup>+</sup> = [K(18c-6)]<sup>+</sup>). The reactivity of <b>2a</b> was studied toward group 14 electrophiles, yielding neutral germatriphosphido analogues [(PHDI)Co(η<sup>3</sup>-P<sub>3</sub>GeAr′Cl)(CNER<sub>3</sub>)] (<b>3-ER<sub>3</sub>,</b> ER<sub>3</sub> = CPh<sub>3</sub>, Si(<i>i</i>Pr)<sub>3</sub>). Furthermore, treatment of <b>2a</b> with the group 13 Lewis acid GaCl<sub>3</sub> gave [<i>n</i>Bu<sub>4</sub>N][(PHDI)Co(η<sup>3</sup>-P<sub>3</sub>GeAr′Cl)(CNGaCl<sub>3</sub>)] (<b>4-Ga</b>) and [(PHDI)Co(η<sup>3</sup>-P<sub>2</sub>Ge(PAr′))(CNGaCl<sub>3</sub>)] (<b>5-Ga</b>), which features a remarkable P<sub>3</sub>GeAr′ ligand. Compounds <b>1</b>–<b>5</b> were isolated as crystalline materials and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy supported by DFT calculations.</p>","PeriodicalId":56,"journal":{"name":"Organometallics","volume":"44 15","pages":"1721–1727"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00214","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144807657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OrganometallicsPub Date : 2025-07-31DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00131
Gao-Yin Wang, Hongdan Zhu, Yuyang Xu, Ke Chen, Jiayi Lin, Qian Peng* and Xiaoming Wang*,
{"title":"Water-Driven Isomerization Control: Dinuclear Cobalt-Catalyzed Monoisomerization of Linear Terminal Alkenes","authors":"Gao-Yin Wang, Hongdan Zhu, Yuyang Xu, Ke Chen, Jiayi Lin, Qian Peng* and Xiaoming Wang*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00131","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The development of binuclear earth-abundant metal catalytic systems, drawing inspiration from metalloenzymes, has attracted considerable research interest in homogeneous catalysis. While current catalytic systems for alkene isomerization are mainly limited to monometallic catalysis, emerging opportunities in dinuclear catalysis present transformative potential, although their working mechanisms are still elusive. Herein, a dinuclear cobalt complex-catalyzed monoisomerization of linear alkyl α-olefins to 2-alkenes is disclosed, which is unusual because H<sub>2</sub>O is found to play a significant role in the control of regioselectivity, turning a mixture of multiisomers into 2-alkenes in high yields with excellent regioselectivity. DFT calculations indicated that the hydroxyl exchange step between H<sub>2</sub>O and the Co–H active intermediate acts as a functional hindrance to control the site selectivity for the selective monoisomerization.</p>","PeriodicalId":56,"journal":{"name":"Organometallics","volume":"44 15","pages":"1660–1669"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144807707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OrganometallicsPub Date : 2025-07-31DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00170
Alex McSkimming*,
{"title":"Flash Communication: On “Ag[BArF4]” and an Expedient Synthesis of [Ag(C6H6)3][BArF4]","authors":"Alex McSkimming*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00170","url":null,"abstract":"<p >We describe herein a simple, scalable preparation of [Ag(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>)<sub>3</sub>][BAr<sup>F</sup><sub>4</sub>] and demonstrate its utility as a halide abstraction reagent in the preparation of a coordinately unsaturated Co<sup>2+</sup> complex. We hope this report resolves the ambiguous literature surrounding putative “Ag[BAr<sup>F</sup><sub>4</sub>]” and facilitates the use of this reagent by others in the synthetic community.</p>","PeriodicalId":56,"journal":{"name":"Organometallics","volume":"44 15","pages":"1630–1632"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00170","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144807712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OrganometallicsPub Date : 2025-07-31DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00237
Peihao Wang, Dongyang Wang* and Liang Deng*,
{"title":"Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydrogermylation of Nonactivated Alkenes Enabled by Photoirradiation","authors":"Peihao Wang, Dongyang Wang* and Liang Deng*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00237","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Metal-catalyzed hydrogermylation of alkenes provides a direct route to organogermanium compounds that exhibit diverse applications in organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, and materials science. The reported reactions of the type, however, have been largely restricted to activated alkenes, and those of nonactivated alkenes remain rarely known. Herein, we report Co<sub>2</sub>(CO)<sub>8</sub>-catalyzed hydrogermylation of common aryl- and alkyl-substituted terminal alkenes with HGe<sup><i>n</i></sup>Bu<sub>3</sub> enabled by photoirradiation. The catalytic reaction delivers linear alkylgermanes in good to high yields with excellent regioselectivity. Mechanistic studies suggest a modified Chalk-Harrod mechanism for the catalytic reaction, in which photoirradiation drives the formation of coordinatively unsaturated germyl cobalt(I) intermediate.</p>","PeriodicalId":56,"journal":{"name":"Organometallics","volume":"44 15","pages":"1648–1652"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144807502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OrganometallicsPub Date : 2025-07-30DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00162
Anthony J. Schaefer, Jyothish Joy, Michael T. Davenport and Daniel H. Ess*,
{"title":"Dynamic Effects Influencing Mechanisms and Selectivity in Metal-Mediated Organometallic Reactions","authors":"Anthony J. Schaefer, Jyothish Joy, Michael T. Davenport and Daniel H. Ess*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00162","url":null,"abstract":"<p >For organometallic reactions it has now become routine to calculate the molecular energy of stationary structures and stitch them together as a potential energy surface. This surface generally defines the reaction mechanism and is used to evaluate selectivity based on statistical transition-state theory. Recent computational studies have demonstrated that some organometallic reactions have nonstatistical behavior or dynamic effects where atomic motion plays a key role in the reaction mechanism and selectivity. The most tractable and straightforward method of identifying and demonstrating nonstatistical dynamic effects in organometallic reactions is the use of molecular dynamics simulations, which provides time-resolved atomic motion as reactions proceed. This tutorial provides examples of potential energy surfaces where molecular dynamics simulations are likely needed to understand and evaluate the reaction mechanism and selectivity. There is a concise overview of key concepts and issues when using and interpreting molecular dynamics simulations for organometallic reactions. Several key examples are highlighted to illustrate a variety of dynamic effects that have been identified in organometallic reactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":56,"journal":{"name":"Organometallics","volume":"44 15","pages":"1603–1619"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144807351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OrganometallicsPub Date : 2025-07-30DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00266
Tassilo Berger, Markus Kramer, Cäcilia Maichle-Mössmer and Reiner Anwander*,
{"title":"Correction to “Little MAO: Isolation of an {Al4} Methylalumoxane Species from the Reaction of Trimethylaluminum with Water”","authors":"Tassilo Berger, Markus Kramer, Cäcilia Maichle-Mössmer and Reiner Anwander*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00266","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56,"journal":{"name":"Organometallics","volume":"44 15","pages":"1728"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00266","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144807320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OrganometallicsPub Date : 2025-07-29DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00118
Jicheng Wang, Sonam Suthar, Ming Li, Manbo Zhang, Kartik Chandra Mondal*, Hongping Zhu* and Bin Li*,
{"title":"Flash Communication: Multinuclear Zwitterionic Germylene with Ge4 Chain Motif","authors":"Jicheng Wang, Sonam Suthar, Ming Li, Manbo Zhang, Kartik Chandra Mondal*, Hongping Zhu* and Bin Li*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00118","url":null,"abstract":"<p >A multinuclear germylene complex <b>2</b> was afforded by reacting the ylide-like <i>N</i>-heterocyclic germylene LGe (L = CH{(C═CH<sub>2</sub>)(CMe)[N(Ar)]<sub>2</sub>}, Ar = 2,6-<i>i</i>Pr<sub>2</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>) (<b>1</b>) with GeCl<sub>2</sub>·dioxane. Complex <b>2</b> features a unique Ge<sub>4</sub> chain skeleton, which was constructed via 1,4-addition between germylene and GeCl<sub>2</sub>, followed by the assembly of fragments. X-ray structural analysis and theoretical calculations illustrate the Ge–Ge bonding interaction and a zwitterionic character.</p>","PeriodicalId":56,"journal":{"name":"Organometallics","volume":"44 15","pages":"1620–1623"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144807425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OrganometallicsPub Date : 2025-07-29DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00150
Ao Jiao, Leander Spierling, Shawn Wagner, Peter I. Djurovich and Mark E. Thompson*,
{"title":"Photophysics and Dynamics of Tautomerization in Two-Coordinate Carbene-Metal-Amide Complexes","authors":"Ao Jiao, Leander Spierling, Shawn Wagner, Peter I. Djurovich and Mark E. Thompson*, ","doi":"10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00150","url":null,"abstract":"<p >A series of Au(I) carbene-metal-amide (cMa) complexes using <i>N</i>-heterocyclic carbenes and <i>N-</i>benzo[<i>d</i>]benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-<i>a</i>]imidazolyl (bim) amide ligands have been synthesized as models to investigate coordination tautomerization in cMa compounds. Methyl substituents on the bim ligand were used to increase steric hindrance and break the degeneracy of tautomers. The presence of tautomers was identified using X-ray crystallography and <sup>1</sup>H NMR spectroscopy, and the kinetics of tautomerization were measured. The dimethylbim (DMbim) ligand in cMa complexes thermodynamically favors a specific tautomer and suppresses the rate of tautomerization. The steric bulk of the NHC carbene and amide ligands and metal-carbene bond strength were found to alter the tautomerization rate. The photophysical properties of DMbim-based cMa are comparable to their bim-based analogs. The DMbim-based cMa complexes exhibit short emission lifetimes (τ = 200 ns) and fast radiative rates (<i>k</i><sub>r</sub> = 4.9 × 10<sup>6</sup> s<sup>–1</sup>) with high photoluminescent quantum yields (Φ<sub>PL</sub> = 98%). Analysis of the temperature-dependent photophysical properties indicates fast lifetimes for the singlet state (τ = 14 ns) with small exchange energies (Δ<i>E</i><sub>ST</sub> ∼ 40 meV). The compounds provide general insight for rational molecular designs to suppress tautomerization.</p>","PeriodicalId":56,"journal":{"name":"Organometallics","volume":"44 15","pages":"1670–1678"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144807422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}