The reactivity of selected organotransition metal methoxycarbonyl complexes towards hydrosilanes differs significantly from their acetyl analogs in that hydrosilation does not occur across the methoxycarbonyl ligand. Only hydrosilane/manganese carbonyl precatalyst systems that had proved to be more active towards the acetyl ligand on Cp(L)(CO)MC(O)CH 3 (MFe, Ru; LCO,PPh 3, PPh 3) reacted with the methoxycarbonyl complexes Cp(CO) 2MCO 2CH 3 ( 1, MFe; 2, MRu). These reactions involving PhSiH 3/2–3% (PPh 3)(CO) 4MnC(O)CH 3 for 1 and 2, or PhMe 2SiH/2–3% (CO) 5MnCH 3 for 1 afforded their η 4-cyclopentadiene compounds ( η 4-C 5H 6)M(CO) 3 (MFe,Ru) plus methoxysilanes. Results with PhMe 2SiD/3% (CO) 5MnCH 3 support exo deuteride transfer to the Cp ligand; a mechanism is proposed. The low reactivity of methoxycarbonyl complexes under hydrosilation catalysis conditions also is consistent with the inactivity of PhSiH 3 or Ph 2SiH 2/Rh(PPh 3) 3Cl towards 1 or 2 and with the inertness of Cp(PPh 3)(CO)FeCO 2CH 3 and Cp ∗(CO) 2FeCO 2CH 3 under all attempted hydrosilation conditions. This diminution of hydrosilane reactivity extends to cobalt and manganese carbonyl methoxycarbonyl complexes (L)(CO) x MCO 2CH 3 ( 3, MMn, x = 4, LCO; 4, MCo, x = 3, LPPh 3; 5, MCo, x = 3, LCO). Although their acetyl analogs (L)(CO) x MC(O)CH 3 are sensitive to hydrosilanes, both 3 and 4 are inert towards PhMe 2SiH or Ph 2SiH 2. Treatment of 5 with PhMe 2SiH released methyl formate and left the silyl complex (CO) 4CoSiMe 2Ph, a result that resembles the hydrogenation chemistry of 5.
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