SynopsisA novel ligand was discovered in which acetonitrile appears to have inserted between the two protons and the nitrogen of a primary amine. A proposed pathway for this process involves a putative sevenmembered chelate ring (formed by attack of a primary amine on coordinated acetonitrile) that undergoes proton transfer and rearrangement. The pathway is supported by the structure of a related compound that has a methyl group in place of one of the protons.To evaluate syntheses of fac- [Re(CO) 3 L] + complexes in organic solvents, we treated fac- [Re (CO) 3 (CH 3 CN) 3 ]PF 6 /BF 4 in acetonitrile with triamine ligands (L). When L had two primary or two tertiary terminal amine groups, the expected fac- [Re(CO) 3 L] + complexes formed. In contrast, N,N-dimethyldiethylenetriamine (N,N-Me 2 dien) formed an unusual compound, fac-[Re(CO) 3 (DAE)]BF 4 {DAE = (Z)-N′-(2-(2-(dimethylamino)ethylamino)ethyl)acetimidamide = (Me 2 NCH 2 CH 2 )NH(CH 2 CH 2 N=C(NH 2 )Me)}. DAE is formed by addition of acetonitrile to the N,N-Me 2 dien terminal primary amine, converting this sp 3 nitrogen to an sp 2 nitrogen with a double bond to the original acetonitrile sp carbon. The three N's bound to Re derive from N,N-Me 2 dien. The pathway to fac- [Re(CO) 3
(DAE)]BF 4 is suggested by a second unusual compound, fac-[Re(CO) 3 (MAE)]PF 6 {MAE = N-methyl-N-(2-(methyl-(2-(methylamino)ethyl
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[Re(CO) 3 (MAE)]PF 6 (MAE = N-methyl-N-(2-(methyl-(2-(methylamino)ethyl)amino)ethyl) acetimidamide)A 10% excess of N,N′,N″-Me 3 dien (16 µL, 0.11 mmol) was added to a solution of [Re (CO) 3 (CH 3 CN) 3 ]PF 6 (54 mg, 0.10 mmol) in 10 mL of acetonitrile. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 24 h. A white powder was collected, which later gave X-ray quality crystals upon slow evaporation of a methanol solution (29 mg, 48% yield 3 ]PF 6 (54 mg, 0.10 mmol) in 8 mL of acetonitrile, and the reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 16 h, whereupon a very small amount of a fine precipitate was visible. The reaction mixture was transferred to a vial and allowed to evaporate to dryness at room temperature. The residue was dissolved in methanol, an excess of diethyl ether was added, and the mixture was left at room temperature. The white precipitate that had aggregated into clumps after 2 days was scraped from the walls of the vial, placed on a filter, and washed with diethyl ether. The NMR spectrum of this precipitate was identical to that of the crystals described above. The BF 4 − salt could also be obtained by using a similar procedure, which yielded a white precipitate having an NMR spectrum identical to that of the PF 6 − crystals; however, the precipitate could not be crystallized.[
[Re(CO) 3 (EAE)]BF 4 (EAE = N-ethyl-N-(2-(ethyl-(2-(ethylamino)ethyl)amino)ethyl) acetimidamide)A 10% excess of N,N′,N″-Et 3 dien (20 µL, 0.11 mmol) was added to a solution of [Re (CO) 3 (CH 3 CN) 3 ]BF 4 (48 mg, 0.10 mmol) in 6 mL of acetonitrile, and the reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 16 h. The volume was reduced to ~2 mL, and diet...