Abstract
The coordination of Cr(CO)3 to chlorobenzenes significantly reduces the C-Cl bond dissociation energy. Treatment of chloroarene-Cr(CO) 3 complexes with SmI2/HMPA at room temperature led to complete dechlorination. Reaction of o-allyloxychlorobenzene-Cr(CO)3 complexes with SmI2 at room temperature resulted in the corresponding dechlorinative cyclization products in good to excellent yields. Competition experiments indicated the following relative reactivities of dehalogenation by SmI2: PhI/PhCl-Cr(CO)3/PhBr/PhCl = 50:1:0.3:<0.001. On the other hand, the coordination of Mn(CO)3+ to chlorobenzene showed a much smaller activation effect. Density functional theory calculations revealed that the spin delocalization effect of the metal center plays an important role in the C-Cl bond activation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3328-3331 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 14 Apr 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |