CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Digital Repository @ Iowa State University Chemistry Publications Chemistry 8-2004 Reductive Coupling Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds with a Low-Valent Titanium(II) Porphyrin Complex Guodong Du Iowa State University Gholam A. Mirafzal Iowa State University L. Keith Woo Iowa State University,
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[email protected]. Reductive Coupling Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds with a Low- Valent Titanium(II) Porphyrin Complex Abstract The er actions of a low-valent titanium(II) tetratolylporphyrin complex, (TTP)Ti(η2-PhC⋮CPh) (1), with various aromatic aldehydes or aryl ketones afforded the reductive coupling products Ti(IV) diolato complexes (2a−c, 3a−d). Treatment of 1 with two different carbonyl compounds selectively produced cross-coupled diolato complexes (4a−d). Interestingly, unreactive aliphatic aldehydes or ketones could be cross-coupled with aryl ketones. Reaction of 1 with benzil produced the enediolato complex (TTP)Ti[OC(Ph)C(Ph)O] (5). Putative η2-carbonyl complexes were observed in the reactions of 1 with benzaldehyde and p- chlorobenzaldehyde, and their implication in reaction mechanisms is discussed.