文摘
A series of scandium dialkyl complexes, (PNP)ScR2 (R = neopentyl, trimethylsilylmethyl), supported by the monoanionic, chelating PNP ligand (2,5-bis(dialkylphosphinomethyl)pyrrolide; alkyl = cyclohexyl, tert-butyl) was synthesized, and the reactivities of these complexes toward simple hydrocarbons was investigated. The scandium鈥揷arbon bonds undergo 蟽-bond metathesis reactions with hydrogen, and these complexes are catalysts for the hydrogenation of alkenes. Reactions with primary amines led to formation of amido complexes that undergo cyclometalation via 蟽-bond metathesis, without involvement of an imido complex intermediate. A variety of carbon鈥揾ydrogen bonds are also activated, including sp-, sp2-, and sp3-C鈥揌 bonds (intramolecularly in the latter case).