Metall-π-Komplexe von Benzolderivaten, XLaSelen in der Peripherie des Bis(benzol)chroms: Darstellung, Strukturdynamik und Redoxverhalten eines neuen Hetera-[3]-chromocyclophans / Metal-π Complexes of Benzene Derivatives, XLaSelenium in the Periphery of Bis(benzene)chromium: Synthesis, Structural Dynamics, and Redox Behavior of a New Hetera-[3]-chromocyclophane
Lithiation of bis(benzene)chromium and subsequent reaction with Ph2Se2 or Se and CH3I, respectively, afforded the complexes (PhSe-η6-C6H5)2Cr (6) and (MeSe-η6-C6H5)2Cr (8), the latter being convertible into interannularly bridged (MeSe-η6-C6H5)2Cr[M(CO)4] (9-11, M = Cr, Mo, W). According to 1H NMR spectroscopy, 9 undergoes both bridge inversion and reversal, the former displaying spectral coalescence at 283 K (ΔGc≠ = 55.9 kJ mol-1) whereas the latter is still rapid at 200 K. Substitution of H for –SeMe and addition of a Cr(CO)4 unit effect anodic shifts of the redox potential E1/2(+/0) of 95 mV/SeMe and 230 mV/Cr(CO)4. Despite electron donation from the bis(arene)metal backbone 8 is a fairly weak ligand, cleavage of the interannular bridge occuring with the half life τ1/2 = 41.4 min (9→8) and τ1/2 = 5.8 s (9+•→8+) as inferred from cyclic voltammetry in DME at 293 K.