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Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 1(2), p. 166-169

DOI: 10.1039/c0sc00414f

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Catalytic nitrene transfer by a zirconium(iv) redox-active ligand complex

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Abstract

Nitrene transfer catalyzed by a d0 zirconium(IV) complex with a redox-active ligand is reported. The redox-active ligand, bis(2-isopropylamido-4-methoxyphenyl)amide ([NNNcat]3−), afforded zirconium(IV) complexes, [NNNcat]ZrClL2 (1a, L = THF; 1b, L = CNtBu; 1c, L = py), upon reaction with ZrCl4(THF)2. Complex 1a was oxidized by one and two electrons using PhICl2, affording [NNNsq•]ZrCl2(THF) (2) and [NNNq]ZrCl3 (3), respectively. Aryl azides reacted with 1a to afford zirconium imide dimers, including the crystallographically characterized species {[NNNq]ZrCl(μ2-p-NC6H4tBu)}2 (4). The formation of 4 is the result of the addition of an aryl nitrene to the zirconium(IV) metal center. When 1b was reacted with organoazides, the dimer was not observed, but rather the nitrenegroup was transferred to the isonitrile to form a carbodiimide. In the presence of excess organoazide and isonitrile, catalyticcarbodiimide formation occurred, showing that a redox-active ligand and a d0 metal center can work in concert to effect nitrenegroup transfer reactivity.