化学学报 ›› 2026, Vol. 84 ›› Issue (10): 1641-1648.DOI: 10.6023/A26070231 上一篇    下一篇

研究论文

钽联吡啶化合物与腈、异(硫)氰酸酯和碳二亚胺的反应性研究

张磊*(), 张萍, 张艳峰   

  1. 河北师范大学化学与材料科学学院 石家庄 050024
  • 投稿日期:2026-07-01 发布日期:2026-08-17
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(21801059); 河北师范大学科研基金(L2025ZD08)

Reactivity of a Bipyridyl Tantalum Complex toward Nitriles, Iso(thio)cyanates and Carbodiimides

Lei Zhang*(), Ping Zhang, Yanfeng Zhang   

  1. College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
  • Received:2026-07-01 Published:2026-08-17
  • Contact: *E-mail: zhanglsd@hebtu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(21801059); Science Foundation of Hebei Normal University(L2025ZD08)

钽联吡啶化合物(2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(bipy) (1)对有机不饱和小分子表现出了丰富的反应性. 例如, PhCN中的C≡N三键可以被化合物1还原, 进而选择性地与联吡啶基团的C6/C6'发生C—C偶联并进一步发生1,5-氢迁移, 生成钽亚胺化合物(2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(=NCHPh)(C10H7N2) (2); 2可继续通过1,5-氢迁移生成二氮杂钽杂环戊烯化合物(2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(N2C10H7C(Ph)NH) (3). 同样, p-MeC6H4CH2CN、MeCN、CyCN和tBuCN均可与1发生类似的反应, 生成化合物(2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(=NCH(R))(C10H7N2) (R=p-MeC6H4CH2 (4), Me (5), Cy (6), tBu (7)); 除7之外, 化合物4~6可进一步转化为1,5-氢迁移产物(2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(N2C10H7C(R)NH) (R=p-MeC6H4CH2 (8), Me (9), Cy (10)). 另外, 异(硫)氰酸酯可以选择性地与化合物1中联吡啶基团的C2/C2'发生C—C偶联, 生成插入产物(2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3- Ta(bipy)(PhNCS) (11), (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(bipy)(CyNCO) (12)和(2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(bipy)(tBuNCO) (13); 化合物1还可作为Ta(III)合成子与碳二亚胺发生双电子转移反应, 生成中性联吡啶配位的钽亚胺化合物(2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(=NPh)- (bipy0) (R=Ph (14), iPr (15), Cy (16)).

关键词: 反应性, 有机钽化合物, 联吡啶配合物, 小分子活化, 合成

Complexes of main group metals, lanthanides and actinides bearing reduced bipy ligand have garnered considerable attention and demonstrated notable potential in small-molecule activation. Nevertheless, the detailed reactivity studies on 2,2'-bipyridine-derived tantalum complexes remain largely unexplored. In this work, the divergent reactivity of a direduced bipyridyl tantalum complex (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(bipy) (1) toward small molecules bearing highly unsaturated functional groups is explored. For instance, when treatment of complex 1 with 1.0 equiv. of benzonitrile (PhCN) at room temperature, the C≡N bond in PhCN can insert into the bipy moiety of complex 1 through the reduction of C≡N bond followed by C—C coupling occurring at C6 or C6' of bipy in 1 and 1,5-H migration, forming the imido complex (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta-(=NCHPh)(C10H7N2) (2), which can further undergo 1,5-H migration at 100 ℃ to yield the bis-amido complex (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(N2C10H7C(Ph)NH) (3). The aliphatic nitriles, including p-tolylacetonitrile (p-MeC6H4CH2CN), acetonitrile (MeCN), cyclohexanecarbonitrile (CyCN) and pivalonitrile (tBuCN) with primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary carbons at the α-position of cyano group, respectively, react with 1 to form the analogous imido products (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(=NCH(R))(C10H7N2) (R=p-MeC6H4CH2 (4), Me (5), Cy (6) and tBu (7)). Among which, complexes 4-6 can also transform via 1,5-H migration into bis-amido complexes (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(N2C10H7C(p-MeC6H4CH2)NH) (8), (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(N2C10H7C(Me)NH) (9) and (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(N2C10H7C(Cy)NH) (10), respectively, whereas, complex 7 remains inert even when its toluene solution was heated at 120 ℃ for one week. Furthermore, phenyl isothiocyanate (PhNCS) and alkyl isocyanates (CyNCO and tBuNCO) can regioselectively couple with C2 or C2' of bipy moiety in 1 to form the insertion products (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(bipy)(PhNCS) (11), (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(bipy)(CyNCO) (12), and (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(bipy)(tBuNCO) (13), respectively. During this process, the C=S and C=O bonds in iso(thio)cyanates are reduced, whereas the N=C double bonds remain intact, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. Conversely, 1 acts as a low valent Ta(III) synthon for (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(III)(bipy) when reacted with organic carbodiimides (RN=C=NR) (R=Ph, iPr and Cy), yielding the neutral bipy coordinated tantalum imido complexes (2,6-iPr2C6H3O)3Ta(=NR)(bipy0) (R=Ph (14), iPr (15) and Cy (16)) via two-electron redox process.

Key words: reactivity, organotantalum, bipyridyl complex, small molecule activation, synthesis