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Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry. 2. 1H NMR Spectroscopic, Synthetic, and Structural Study of the Chemo- and Diastereoselective Reactions of [Cp*Rh(H2O)3]2+ with Nitrogen Ligands as a Function of pH
journal contribution
posted on 1996-04-16, 00:00 authored by Seiji Ogo, Hong Chen, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Richard H. FishThe reactions of a new Cp*Rh aqua synthon,
[Cp*Rh(H2O)3]2+
(1), at acidic pH values
(2−6) with aniline (2), pyridine (3), and
l-phenylalanine (4) have provided interesting
chemo-
and diastereoselectivities as studied by 1H NMR, FAB/MS,
and single-crystal X-ray
crystallography. The reaction of 2 and aqua complex
1, at pH values from 4 to 6,
quantitatively provided
[Cp*Rh(η6-aniline)]2+
(5); the structure of 5 was
unequivocally
determined by a single-crystal X-ray analysis, which also showed an
approximate 25% η5
component. Compound 3 reacted with 1, at pH
2−6, to selectively provide
[Cp*Rh(η1-pyridine)n(H2O)3-n]2+
(n = 1−3) complexes 6a−c
as a function of pH. Surprisingly, complex
1 reacted with 4, from pH 4 to 6, to provide only
one diastereomer of the known cyclic trimer
[(Cp*Rh)(μ-η1-(OCO):η2-(N,OCO)-l-
phenylalanine)]33+ (7;
SC,SC,SC,SRh,SRh,SRh),
an example
of a one-step, highly diastereoselective reaction
in H2O.