Gold Chemistry with Ferrocene Derivatives As Ligands
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Gold Chemistry with Ferrocene Derivatives as Ligands M ConcepciOn Gimeno and Antonio Laguna Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC Departamento de Qufmica lnorganica-ICMA E 50009, Zaragoza, Spain Received: 26 February 1999 The synthesis and properties of gold complexes with l,l'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf), its sulfide (dppfS2) and disubstituted dithiocarbamate or thiolate ferrocene derivatives as ligands are reviewed. The ability of these metalloligands to modify their steric bite in order to adapt to different geometric requirements of the metal centres has allowed the synthesis of several gold complexes with unusual geometries and novel structures. The potential of the new compounds for a number of applications is considered. Organometallic ligands provide a convenient route to the first derivatives of this type to be reported (5, 6). By synthesis of heterometallic complexes. Amongst these reaction of the corresponding organa lithium ligands ferrocene derivatives have been the most widely derivatives with [AuPPh3]+ precursors the mono- and studied. Due to the high stability of ferrocenes and the di-aurated complexes, [(CsHS) Fe(CsH4AuPPh3)] and well-established methods for their incorporation into [Fe(CsH4AuPPh3) 2]' could be obtained (7). These more complex structures, they have become versatile complexes can incorporate additional [AuPPh3]+ building blocks for the synthesis of compounds with fragments, to give [(CsHs)Fe(CsH4)(AuPPh3h]+ or tailor-made properties (1-4). Ferrocene-containing [Fe{(CsH4)(AuPPh3hh]2+ (6, 7) as is shown in complexes are currently receiving much attention Equation 1: associated with their widespread utility, eg in organic synthesis, production of fine chemicals, homogeneous ©r-AUPPh3 catalysis, and materials chemistry. Fe Numerous derivatives have been reported in which the Ph3PA~ cyclopentadienyl rings of ferrocene carry organic groups with one or more donor atoms. An important feature of these potential ligands is their flexibility: the bidentate The bonding situation in the latter complexes has representatives can adapt as chelating groups to different been described in terms of 3-centre-2-electron bonding, geometric requirements of a given metal centre and act as but resonance structures in which the aromaticity of the bridging ligands. Some of the complexes obtained with ring is lost and the positive charge delocalized over the these ligands have interesting redox properties and unusual ring are also acceptable. The short Au···Au distances structures (1-4). The coordination of ferrocene and of (2.77 A) and narrow Au-C-Au angles (78°) are indicative mono- or di- substituted diphenylphosphino, dipheny of a strong interaction between the gold centres. lthiophosphoryl, dithiocarbamate and thiolate derivatives to gold(I) and gold(III) leads to interesting three- or four coordinate mono- and polynuclear gold complexes. COMPLEXES WITH P-SUBSTITUTED FERROCENE LIGANDS FERROCENYL COMPLEXES The diphosphine 1,1 'bis (diphenylphosphino) ferrocene Ferrocenylgold compounds with the gold centre (dppf) has received a great deal of attention due to its directly attached to the cyclopentadienyl rings were the chemical uniqueness and industrial importance (1). It 90 C6\9' Gold Bulletin 1999, 32 (3) can act as a bridging or chelating ligand in two-, three-, they show no superior properties to those for and four-coordinated gold(1) and gold (III) compounds evaluated previously (10). compounds. Displacement of tetrahydrothiophene The reaction of dppf with [AuCI(SR2) lleads to the (tht) in gold(1) complexes such as [AuX(tht) 1 (X=CI, formation of the chloro complexes [(dppf)(AuClhl (1, C6FS), [Au(tht)LlCI04 (L=phosphine, ylide) or X=Cl) , [AuCI(dppf)l and [AuCI(dppfhL depending [Au(ththlCI04 by the diphosphine leads to neutral on the molar ratio used (8, 9, 12, 13). The 197Au and representatives [(dppf)(AuXhl (1) (Box 1), to cationic S7Fe Mbssbauer and 31 P NMR spectroscopic data of dinuclear complexes [(dppf)(AuLh](CI04h and to the products indicate the existence of two different three- and four-coordinate mononuclear derivatives gold (I) coordination geometries in the solid state: [(dppf)AuPR3lCl04 (2) and [Au(dppf)2lCl04 (8a) linear and trigonal (11). The dinuclear respectively. The crystal structure of [(dppf)(AuClhl has only marginal activity against the [(dppf)AuPPh3lCl04 indicates a trigonal-planar Au P388 leukaemia mouse model (12) . The crystal coordination. The Au-P distances (2.343 - 2.409 A) structure of one of its known modifications shows a are shorter than the Ag-P ones (2.424 - 2.480 A) in the nearly linear P-Au-CI unit and intermolecular gold analogous [(dppf)AgPPh3lCI04 (8b), in agreement gold contacts of 3.083(1) A (12), whereas no Au .. ·Au with theoretical predictions (8c). [Au(dppf) 2l CI04 interactions have been found in other modifications of undergoes a dimerization process with liberation of the same compound (14) . The reaction of one dppf and formation of [(dppf)Au(r [(dppf)(AuCI) 2l with dppf (1: 1 molar ratio) gives dppf) AU(dppf) ](CI04) 2 (3) which contains bridging [AuCI(dppf) 1 as an intermediate, which readily and chelating diphosphines (8b). The same dication is polymerizes to give a chain polymer based on trigonal present in [(dppf)Au(r-dppf)Au(dppf)](N03)2, CIAuP2 units (4) (9, 13). obtained by the reaction of dinuclear [(dppf)(AuCI) 2l From [(dppf)(AuCl) 2l other dinuclear complexes with AgN03 and NaHC03 (9). Cyclic voltammetry of [(dppf)(AuXhl (X Br, 1, 2-pyridinethiolate some of these compounds reveals one chemically (Spy) or S2CNR2) can be obtained (14). reversible phosphinoferrocene-based oxidation (9). The complex [(dppf)(AuSpYhl with its nitrogen donor atom can coordinate to [AuPPh2Mel+ units to give the polynuclear compounds Box 1 [(dppf){AuSpy(AuPPh2Me)hl (OTfh (OTf = CF3S03) ~Ph2 -Q.r-P-AuX and [(dppf){AuSpy(AuPPh2Mehh](OTf)4. The latter decomposes in solution and the trinuclear complex Ph 2 Fe XAU-~ [AU3(r-dppf)(r3_Spy)(PPh2Me)](OTf)2 (5) (Box 2) is obtained, which represents the first example where a (1) pyridinethiolate ligand bridges three gold centres. The gold atoms have geometries slightly distorted from <@rP-AUPhl P].. .. linearity, probably due to the weak gold-gold CI" Ph2 Fe . '. PPh Alr ..[ .. ~ 2 interactions (3.0985(12) and 3.2105(13) (A) (14). Ph (' n 2 The reaction of [(dppf)(AuClhl with an excess of (4) LiR in diethyl ether affords the organa gold (I) -dppf complexes [(dppf)(AuR) 2l [R = Me, Ph, I-naphthyl, 9- anthryl, pyren-l-yl(CI6H g), C==CPh, C==CButl. Similar complexes, such as the dinuclear Their photophysical and electrochemical properties [(dppomf)(AuXhl (X = CI, C6FS) or the mononuclear have been studied (15). Excitation of these complexes at three-coordinate compounds [(dppomf)AuXl can be X. > 330 nm gives weak emissions in dichloromethane obtained using the related diphosphine 1, 1' solutions. The electrochemical data show a quasi bis(diphenylphosphino)octamethylferrocene (dppomf) reversible wave, due to the oxidation of the dppf, and (10) . The gold atom is trigonal planar in an irreversible one assigned to Au (I) - Au (II) [(dppomf)AuCll. Electrochemical studies (10) show oxidation. The structure of [(dppf){Au(CI6Hg)hl is the formation of Fe (III) derivatives of the similar to that of the chIaro derivative. The metallophosphine gold(1) complexes, which can also be heterometallic complexes [(dppf)(Au{M(CO) s}hl obtained by direct reaction of the precursors with (M = Mn, Re (6)) are obtained by the reaction of electrochemically generated [FeCp2l+. The cytotoxic [(dppf)(AuClhl with Na[M(CO)Sl (16). However, properties of these complexes have been studied, but reaction with K2[Pd(CN)4l results in ligand ~ GoldBulletin 1999,32(3) 91 displacement with formation of [(dppf){Au(CN)12] Box 3 instead of metal-metal bond formation. The X-ray p.p = dppf; E = S or S e z photoelectron spectroscopic data for complex 6 suggest MePh "" l 2+ a polarization of the AuB+- ReB- bonds (16). The :~ complexes [M(CO)S(dppf)] (M = Cr, Mo, W) behave A~:;\ MePhzl""" AU""Au like a mono dentate phosphine ligand and react with rf \p [AuCl(SMe2)] to yield the heterometallic complex (8) '------"' [M(CO)S(r-dppf)AuCl] (17). Box 2 2+ <.9r~~UrFe : o ~ <g>-r-A'r Phz ". u MePh2P (5) (6) [(dppf){Au(C6F sh}] Cl04 have been obtained by displacement of tht in [AU(C6Fs)3tht] or [Au (C6FS) 2(thth] Cl04 by the dppfligand (8a). Treatment of [(dppf)(AuClh] with Li2S (molar The chiral aminoferrocenyldiphosphine ratio 1: 1) gives [S (AU2dPPf)] (7) (Box 3), in which the [Fe(C6H4PPh2){C6H3(PPh2) sulfur atom can further coordinate neutral or cationic (CHMeNMeCH2CH2NMe2)}] reacts with gold (I) fragments to give the trinuclear complexes [AuCl(SMe2)] to give the trinuclear derivative, [S{Au (C6F S)} (AU2dPPf)] and [S (AuL)(Au2dPPf)] Cl04 [{Fe(C6H4PPh2){C6H3(PPh2) (CHMeNMeCH2CH2NM (L = CH2PPh3, PPh3, PPh2Me), the tetranuclear e,u}12(AuClh] (11) (Box 4), which is an active catalyst for complexes [S(AuLh(Au2dPPf)](Cl04h (L = PPh3, the enantioselective coupling of isocyanoacetate esters with PPh2Me (8)), and the hexanuclear complex [(r aldehydes, to form dihydrooxazoles (Equation 2) (24): AU2dppf){S(Au2dppf)12](OTfh (9), in which two SAU3 units are linked by the dppf ligands (18). The 1\ ,cOOEt R COOEt coordination sphere of the sulfur atom in 8 can be RCHO + CNCH2COOEr - nN + HN regarded as a trigonal bipyramid with one of the apical 0-...,; 0-...,; (2) positions occupied by the lone pair of electrons and the other by the gold atoms. The complex is electron Diferrocenylphenylphosphine (PF C2Ph) [F c = deficient, however, since only three bonding molecular (CsHs)Fe(CsH4)] reacts with gold(1) derivatives to orbitals are occupied (19, 20). All these complexes afford the neutral or cationic complexes, display short gold-gold interactions. The reactions of [AuX(PFc2Ph)] (X=Cl, C6FS) and [Au(PFc2Ph) [S (AU2dPPf)] with the gold (III) precursors (PR3)]Cl04 (PR3 = PFC2Ph, PPh3) (25).