Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activities of A Nickel(II) Monoamido-Tetradentate Complex: Evidence For NiIII–Oxo and NiIV–Oxo Species

Kwon Hee Bok, Myoung Mi Lee, Ga Rim You, Hye Mi Ahn, Ka Young Ryu, Sung Jin Kim, Youngmee Kim, Cheal Kim

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Abstract

A new mononuclear nickel(II) complex, [NiII(dpaq)Cl] (1), containing a tetradentate monoamido ligand, dpaq (dpaq=2-[bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino]-N-(quinolin-8-yl)acetamide), has been synthesized and characterized by IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and UV/Vis spectroscopy. The structure of the nickel complex has been determined by X-ray crystallography. This nonheme NiII complex 1 catalyzed the epoxidation reaction of a wide range of olefins with meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (m-CPBA) under mild conditions. Olefin epoxidation using this catalytic system has been proposed to involve a new reactive NiIV–oxo (4) species, based on the evidence from a PPAA (peroxyphenylacetic acid) probe, Hammett studies, H218O exchange experiments, and ESI mass spectroscopic analysis. Moreover, the nature of solvent significantly influenced partitioning between heterolytic and homolytic O−O bond cleavage of the Ni–acylperoxo intermediate (2). The O−O bond of 2 proceeded predominantly through heterolytic cleavage in a protic solvent, such as CH3OH. These results suggest that possibly a NiIV–oxo species is a common reactive intermediate in protic solvents. The two active oxidants, namely NiIV–oxo (3) and NiIII–oxo (4), which are responsible for stereospecific olefin epoxidation and radical-type oxidations, respectively, operate in aprotic solvents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3117-3125
Number of pages9
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume23
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Mar 2017

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Keywords

  • epoxidation
  • nickel
  • nickel-oxo species
  • olefins
  • oxidation

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