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Synthetic, Structural, a n d Reactivity Studies of Organocobalt(III) Compounds Containing Fluorinated A l k y l Ligands Paul J. Toscano, Elizabeth Barren, Holger Brand, Linda Konieczny, E. James Schermerhorn, Kevin Shufon, and Stephen van Winkler Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY 12222 13

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The synthesis and NMR (1H, C,and F) spectral and X-ray structural characterization of fluoroalkyl bis(dimethylglyoximato)cobalt(III) complexes are described. A discussion on the effect of fluorine substitution on the NMR spectral properties as well as on structural parameters relevant to electron-donating and steric properties of the fluorinated alkyl ligands is presented. Bis(dimethylglyoximato)cobalt(III) complexes, also known trivially as the cobaloximes, have been well-studied as models for reactions involving the cleavage of the Co-C bond relevant to the mechanism of action of cobalamin-dependent enzymes (1-7). In addition, these compounds have received significant attention with regard to the elucidation of the factors that affect Co-C bond energies (8-11) and ground-state stabilities (1-3). A typical, neutral, pseudo-octahedral low-spin Co(III) cobaloxime, LCo(DH)2X (where DH is the monoanion of dimethylglyoxime), is depicted in Figure 1. The cobaloximes are notable for their ability to accomodate a variety of neutral (L) and formally anionic (X) ligands (1-3). The anionic ligands span a wide range of traditional "inorganic" ligands, such as halides and pseudohalides, as well as covalentiy coordinated alkyl ligands containing substituents of differing electron-donating properties. These compounds also often readily form crystals that are suitable for single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies (2,3). The synthesis and characterization of cobaloximes that have fluorinecontaining alkyl ligands, especially those with fluorine substituents at the carbon atom (α-C) attached to the cobalt ion, are the topic of this report. As noted above, the cobaloximes have been intensely examined spectroscopically and numerous high quality solid-state structural investigations have been previously accomplished (1-3). We have been interested in exploiting these properties of the cobaloxime system in order to assess the effect offluorinesubstitution on spectroscopic and structural parameters of this class of compounds. Synthesis of α-Fluorinated Organocobaloxime Complexes Introduction of Fluoroalkyl Ligands via Fluorinated Aliphatic Alkyl Halides. Organocobaloximes, LCo(DH) R containing functionalized aliphatic alkyl (R) ligands that do not have α-fluorine (α-F) atom substituents, are prepared in 2

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general via reduction of LCo (DH) Cl to the anionic Co(I) complex [LCo (DH) ]" with excess NaBH in strongly basic methanol (12-14) followed by addition of an alkyl halide or tosylate, where L is most often pyridine (py). However, if the R ligand to be introduced contains α-F atoms, this method can fail to provide pure products due to side reactions induced by the fluorine substitution. We will examine these problems briefly. Although pyCo(DH)2CF3 was reportedly prepared via the usual [pyCo (DH)2l" methods with C F 3 I (15,16), it was later shown that partial replacement of F by H occurred under the reaction conditions (77). In our hands, we isolated a mixture of pyCo(DH) CF /pyCo(DH)2CHF2 in the ratio of 7.5:1 (18). We have observed similar results when [pyCo (DH) ]" interacts with C I C H F 2 ; an inseparable mixture of pyCo(DH) R (R = CHF and CH F) was isolated. A further problem arises in the case of fluorinated alkyl moieties, such as C F 2 C F 3 and especially CF(CF3) , for which the alkylating reagents and product complexes are easily decomposed by excess borohydride reducing agent. In these cases, significant Co-C bond cleavage as well as facile decomposition of the alkylating agent occur unless large excesses of alkyl halide are employed (79). We have found that these undesirable reactions can be avoided by decreasing the molar amount of NaBH to 0.25 equivalents per cobalt complex. The desired pyCo(DH) CF3 then could be obtained using CT^Br in one step, free from pyCo(DH) CHF (18). This procedure is superior to Co(n) methods (77,20,27) in that lengthy preparative and chromatographic steps can be avoided, less alkylating agent is required, and CF Br can be substituted for the costlier CF I. In addition, the complexes pyCo(DH) R (R = C F C F and CF(CF ) (79)) were readily isolated in modest yields using the respective alkyl iodides as alkylating agents. While alkyl chlorides can usually be utilized for alkylations of reduced Co(I) species (7), it appears that alkyl bromides or iodides must be utilized when the amount of borohydride reducing agent is limited. We have found that C1CHF does not react with [pyCo (DH) ]" under the modified reaction conditions, although alkylation accompanied by defluorination occurred when excess NaBH was employed (vide supra). No special precautions are required for the preparation of organocobaloximes containing alkyl ligands with fluorine substitution at the β or further removed positions of the alkylating reagent. Thus, pyCo(DH) R (R = for example C H C F (22) or C H 2 C 6 F 5 ) is readily prepared by the standard reduction of pyCo (DH)2Cl to [py Co(DH) ]" followed by addition of the appropriate alkyl halide (12,13). We have also found that the complex with R = CH F can be obtained in poor to modest yields in the same manner using C I C H 2 F with no substitution of F by Η during the reaction. It is interesting to note that we observed little or no formation of pyCo(DH)2X (X = Br or I) in the above interaction of [pyCo (DH) ]" with fluoroalkyl halides. For example, prior studies have demonstrated that the nucleophile [Mn(CO)5]~ reacts with highly fluorinated alkyl iodides to give Mn(CO) I rather than Mn(CO) R (23,24). These results were interpreted as arising from attack of the nucleophile at iodine due to a reversal of polarity in the C-I bond caused by the electronegative fluorine substituents. In the cobaloxime case, we suggest that a single electron transfer process may account for the isolation of the organocobalt complexes. 2

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Introduction of Fluorine-Containing Ligands Via Highly Fluorinated Olefins. It is known that [pyCo (DH) ]" will substitute readily the halogen of vinyl and styryl halides (26). On the other hand, [pyCo (DH) ]- reacts with CH =CHZ I

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(Z = a strong electron-withdrawing group, such as CN or C0 Me) under basic conditions to give pyCo(DH) CH CH Z by nucleophilic addition followed by subsequent protonation during workup (27). In the case of F C=CFX (X = F, CI, Br, I), highly electron withdrawing substituents as well as potential leaving groups are present. Thus, we were interested in systematically establishing the manner in which the Co(I) nucleophile would interact with F C=CFX olefins under the usual high pH reaction conditions. For X = F, only pyCo(DH) CF CF2H was formed via an apparent nucleophilic addition to the fluoro-olefln followed by protonation during workup (28). This result is analogous to those observed for the interaction of other Co(T) systems with F C=CF (29,30). When X = CI, the nucleophilic addition complex pyCo(DH)2CF CFClH is the major product in good yields (25); addition occurs at the terminus that has two fluorine atoms in accord with previous investigations involving the interaction of traditional main group nucleophiles with F C=CFC1 (28). However, trace amounts of pyCo(DH) CF=CF and pyCo(DH) Cl were observed in the crude product by H NMR spectroscopy. These impurities were removed easily via recrystallization (25). The identity of the product as pyCo(DH) CF CFClH was further confirmed by its independent synthesis from the reaction of BrCF CFClH with [pyCo (DH) ]" under conditions of limiting NaBH^ This latter preparation again illustrates the preference of the cobalt anion for Br over CI under these reaction conditions (vide supra). On the other hand, when X = Br (25) or I, the major isolated complex was found to be pyCo(DH) CF=CF ; only a minor amount of pyCo(DH) CF CFXH was evident for X = Br with essentially none for X = I. The amount of pyCo(DH) X (X = Br or I) in the crude product depended upon the addition rate of F C=CFX (25); faster additions produced more of the undesired halogeno complex. We found that the addition of gaseous F C=CFBr was easier to control than addition of liquid F C=CFI. Thus, F C=CFBr was the preferred reagent for preparation of pyCo(DH) CF=CF , which could be obtained in pure form after fractional recrystallization (25). The difference in the nature of the products obtained as a function of X in F C=CFX is most likely a manifestation of competing nucleophilic addition and electron transfer reaction pathways (25). 2

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Substitution of the Pyridine Ligand of the Fluoroalkyl Cobalt Complexes. Most of the above discussion has been concerned with cobaloximes in which the neutral ligand was pyridine. We and others have found previously that the pyridine ligand of LCo(DH) R (where R = C F (17), C F C F , CF(CF ) (19), CF=CF , CF CFC1H) can be replaced by H 0 utilizing the ion-exchange resinassisted technique. In the case of fluoroalkyl cobaloximes, the substitution reactions are very slow; for example, completion of ligand exchange requires ca. two weeks for R = CF and ca. four weeks for R = CF(CF ) at ambient temperature. Higher reaction temperatures cause significant decomposition. The slow ligand exchange rates are consistent with the poor electron donating properties of the fluoroalkyl ligands and the dissociative nature of the reaction mechanism for substitution (17,31 £2). The aquo ligand in H OCo(DH) R can be easily substituted by a variety of two electron donor (L) ligands in CH C1 solution to give LCo(DH) R in nearly quantitative yields. 2

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*H NMR Spectroscopy. The H NMR spectra of the organofluorocobaloximes are relatively unremarkable being rather typical for cobaloximes (3), although the spectra are useful for structural characterization of this class of compounds. For example on first inspection, the *H NMR spectra of pyCo(DH) CF CFClH and pyCo(DH) CF=CF have similar chemical shifts for the oxime methyl resonances (25). However, the oxime methyl groups for the CF CFC1H complex give rise to two closely spaced singlets (δ 2.19 and 2.17) due to the magnetic anisotropy caused by the asymmetric center in the alkyl ligand. On the other hand for the CF=CF compound, the oxime methyl resonance is a single sharp line at δ 2.20. The CF CFC1H complex, of course, also contains a resonance at δ 6.15 for the alkyl ligand. This peak can be easily overlooked since it is split into a doublet of doublet of doublet pattern by the three magnetically inequivalent fluorine nuclei and only integrates to one proton (33,34). The oxime methyl resonances for pyCo(DH) R (R = C F , C F C F , CF(CF ) , CF=CF ) fall in the chemical shift range of δ 2.20 to 2.24 (18,19,25). These shifts are downfield from their hydrocarbyl analogs, which is in accord with the poor electron-donating properties of the fluoroalkyl ligands (3). The α-Η resonances of the py ligand are ca. 0.08 to 0.10 ppm upfield from the chemical shifts for the hydrocarbyl analogs (18,19,25), which is again in agreement with previous observations that this resonance moves further upfield as the electron-donating power of the alkyl ligand decreases (3). 2

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C NMR Spectroscopy. The C chemical shift of the γ-C of coordinated pyridine in pyCo(DH) R has previously been demonstrated to reflect the electrondonating ability of the trans-aïkyl ligand (3); the poorer the electron-donation by the R group, the further downfield that this shift occurs. Not surprisingly, the highly afluorinated alkyl ligands are among the poorer ligands at electron-donation as judged by this NMR indicator (Table I). 2

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gives a good linear correlation except for large R groups. These deviations likely originate from lengthening of the Co-C bond distance in the P(OCH3)3 complex relative to the py complex due to increased steric interactions between the alkyl ligand and the equatorial ligands. The CF(CF3) point is exceptionally distant from the least-squares line for sterically small ligands (79). This result is presumably due to the very large size of this perfluorinated alkyl ligand. 2

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F N M R Spectroscopy. The F NMR chemical shifts of the perfluoroisopropyl ligand of LCo(DH) [(CF(CF3) ] and their correlations to ligand (L) cone angles, pKa of L, Hammett substituent constants for substituents on L, as well as their general relationship to the steric bulk of L, have been thoroughly discussed (36) and will be only briefly presented here. Importantly, the F chemical shifts for the Co-CF moiety occur considerably further upfield than for d-block transition metal complexes having strongly π-accepting ligands, such as CO (37-40). In fact, the ô[ F(Co-CF)] values for the cobaloximes are strikingly close to those reported for d metal complexes (41-43) in which the CF(CF3) group is believed to be strongly carbanionic. This upfield shift suggests that there is increased electron density on the perfluoroisopropyl ligand due to strong electron withdrawal and/or that the metal-toligand bonding has considerable ionic character. In general as the electron-donating ability of the trans L ligand increases (steric bulk of L held constant), the 5[ F(CoCF)] chemical shifts move further upfield as expected under this interpretation. Similar observations with regard to chemical shifts are obtained for the a-F resonances for the CF , CF CF , and CF CFC1H complexes as well. In the latter case in particular (25), the α-F resonances are significantly upfield from the analogous resonances in (C0) M(CF CFC1H) (Μ = Mn or Re) complexes (33,34,44,45). Again, this suggests that there is increased electron density on the alkyl ligand in the cobaloxime complexes due to the high electronegativity of the fluorine substituents. Finally, we note as a general observation for the fluorinated alkyl cobaloximes that F NMR resonances for the α-F atoms generally are broadened due to incomplete averaging of coupling to the quadrupolar C o (7 = 7/2) nucleus. This broadening is evident for the CF=CF complexes as well, where the F atom on the carbon atom attached to cobalt is severely broadened and the F atom trans to the cobalt is slightly broadened (25). 2

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Structural Studies of the Fluorinated Alkyl Cobaloximes. Background. It has long been recognized that fluoroalkyl transition metal complexes generally are more stable than their hydrocarbyl analogs (46,47). While this effect may be due in part to kinetic factors such as suppression of decomposition pathways, a shortening of the M-C bond in the α-fluorinated derivatives has been noted in relevant X-ray and electron diffraction studies (48-53). The increased stability of the fluoroalkyl compounds, as well as the bond length diminution and other properties (54), have been interpreted as arising from ionic-covalent resonance (electrostatic) effects, as well as from partial double bonding character of the M-C bond and rehybridization of the σ orbital on the carbon atom attached to the metal (4654). Although diffraction studies could shed some light on the latter suggestions, there have been few direct structural comparisons of alkyl metal complexes in which the effect on structural parameters of fluorine for hydrogen substitution has been probed (48-53). The cobaloxime system appeared to be a good candidate for such studies since nearly two hundred cobaloxime structures have been determined previously (2,3), thus facilitating interpretations of structural changes as a function of fluorine substitution.


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LCo(DH) CF . Structural data for LCo(DH) CF (L = py, MeOH, and P(OMe) ) are collected in Table Π, as well as comparisons to LCo(DH) CH (L = py, H 0 , and P(OMe) ). Although C NMR chemical shifts suggest that the C F ligand is a much poorer electron-donor than C H , Co-L distances are only slightly shorter, if at all, for related compounds. The α and d values for the most part imply that C H and C F are similar in steric bulk. 2

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LCo(DH) CF CF . Bonding parameters for the complexes LCo(DH) R (L = 4[NH=C(OMe)]py, R = C H C H ; L = 4-CNpy, R = CH CF ; L = py, R = CF CF ) are collected in Table ΙΠ. The structural comparison of compounds having differently substituted pyridine ligands is justified by the large data base of cobaloxime structures (2 J). The structure of pyCo(DH)2CF2CF is depicted in Figure 3. A shortening of the Co-N(py) bond is observed as fluorine substitution increases. However, the Co-C bond length remains about the same throughout the series perhaps because the CF group prevents closer approach. While one must not overlook packing forces, some support for this notion can be derivedfromthe large negative d and α values for the C F C F derivative. There is again a pronounced elongation of the tetrahedron about the carbon atom attached to cobalt and the C-C bond length of the alkyl ligand is very short (1.417(14) Â). These results are 2

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