Sensitization of Olefin Photoreactions by Copper(I) Compounds

26 Sensitization of Olefin Photoreactions by Copper(I) Compounds

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CHARLES

KUTAL

and

PAUL

A.

GRUTSCH

Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

Copper(I) compounds accelerate the rates of a diverse assort ment of olefin photoreactions, including rearrangement, oli gomerization,

and molecular fragmentation.

seeks to provide a basis for understanding

This

effect in terms of the ground- and excited-state of Cu(I).

chapter

this sensitization properties

Thus the ability to generate vacant coordination

sites and form

stable olefin complexes,

as well as the

absence of low-lying vacant d orbitals, are two characteris tics of the metal which have potentially significant conse quences for sensitization. A review of Cu(I)-sensitized olefin photoreactions is presented and a general classification of sensitization processes is proposed.

The potential sensitiza

tion behavior of some previously unstudied

Cu(I) systems

also is explored.

/^Vlefins u n d e r g o a f a s c i n a t i n g assortment of p h o t o c h e m i c a l t r a n s f o r m a tions (1,2,3).

D u r i n g t h e past 15 years there has b e e n a n i n c r e a s i n g

awareness that t h e presence of c e r t a i n t r a n s i t i o n m e t a l c o m p o u n d s c a n i n f l u e n c e t h e course of these processes, i n some cases r e s u l t i n g i n t h e f o r m a t i o n of n o v e l o r o t h e r w i s e d i f l i c u l t - t o - s y n t h e s i z e p r o d u c t s .

I n the

m o s t g e n e r a l sense, t h e r o l e of t h e m e t a l is t o r e n d e r t h e olefin sensitive to t h e a c t i o n of t h e i r r a d i a t i n g l i g h t . C o n s e q u e n t l y , i n this c h a p t e r w e use t h e t e r m s e n s i t i z a t i o n as a g e n e r i c l a b e l to d e n o t e a process i n w h i c h a t r a n s i t i o n m e t a l c o m p o u n d ( t h e sensitizer) accelerates t h e rate of a n olefin p h o t o r e a c t i o n w i t h at least o n e p h o t o n b e i n g r e q u i r e d p e r p r o d u c t molecule formed. P a r t i c u l a r l y p r o m i n e n t i n this r o l e a r e C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d s s e n s i t i z a t i o n of a v a r i e t y of o l e f i n r e a r r a n g e m e n t (14,15,16,17,18),

a n d molecular fragmentation

(4-13), (19)

whose

oligomerization processes is w e l l

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d o c u m e n t e d . W h i l e the m a j o r i t y of systems e x a m i n e d to date h a v e feat u r e d C u X ( w h e r e X is C l , B r , a n d F3CSO3) salts as sensitizers,

recent

results f r o m o u r l a b o r a t o r y h a v e e s t a b l i s h e d that a c o n s i d e r a b l y b r o a d e r r a n g e of C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d s c a n f u n c t i o n i n this c a p a c i t y .

Such com-

p o u n d s possess a p o t e n t i a l l y significant a d v a n t a g e o v e r s i m p l e C u X salts i n that they p r o v i d e a v e h i c l e f o r " t a i l o r i n g " the s e n s i t i z a t i o n p r o p e r t i e s of C u ( I ) b y selection of t h e a p p r o p r i a t e c o m b i n a t i o n of c o o r d i n a t e d Downloaded by NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV on December 26, 2017 | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date: May 5, 1979 | doi: 10.1021/ba-1979-0173.ch026

ligands. Cu(I)

T h i s a p p r o a c h r e c e n t l y has b e e n u s e d i n attempts to d e v e l o p

sensitizers that absorb s t r o n g l y i n t h e v i s i b l e w a v e l e n g t h r e g i o n

since this w o u l d f a c i l i t a t e t h e use of s u n l i g h t as a p h o t o e x c i t a t i o n source (20,21). I n s e a r c h i n g f o r effective C u ( I ) sensitizers, h o w e v e r , some r a t i o n a l basis f o r selecting t h e m o s t p r o m i s i n g candidates is n e e d e d .

Thus any

c o n s i d e r a t i o n of s e n s i t i z a t i o n b e h a v i o r s h o u l d b e p r e d i c a t e d u p o n a f u n d a m e n t a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e g r o u n d - a n d excited-state

properties of

C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d s . T h i s v i e w p o i n t has b e e n a d o p t e d i n t h e present c h a p t e r . I n subsequent sections w e s u r v e y t h e s t r u c t u r a l a n d c h e m i c a l properties o f Cu(I)

c o m p o u n d s a n d t h e n c o n s i d e r some p e r t i n e n t features

of t h e i r

excited-state b e h a v i o r . I n this m a n n e r w e h o p e to d e l i n e a t e t h e c h a r a c teristics of C u ( I ) w h i c h c o n t r i b u t e to its effectiveness

as a sensitizer.

W i t h i n this f r a m e w o r k the results of several studies d e a l i n g w i t h C u ( I ) sensitization of olefin photoreactions are r e v i e w e d , a n d some m e c h a n i s t i c generalizations are p r o p o s e d . F i n a l l y , t h e p o t e n t i a l s e n s i t i z a t i o n b e h a v i o r s of some n o v e l C u ( I ) systems are c o n s i d e r e d . Important

Features of Cu(I)

Chemistry

T h e r e exists a n extensive l i t e r a t u r e o n t h e p r e p a r a t i o n a n d c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n of C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d s (22,23);

a representative

s a m p l i n g of

reactions is p r e s e n t e d i n S c h e m e 1. A l t h o u g h C u d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e s t o +

Cu

+ 2

a n d C u ° i n aqueous s o l u t i o n , the + 1 o x i d a t i o n state c a n b e s t a b i l i z e d

v i a c o o r d i n a t i o n of s t r o n g l y b i n d i n g l i g a n d s . T h u s t h e s o l u b l e complexes Cul ~ and C u ( N H ) 2

3

2

+

are stable i n aqueous s o l u t i o n , a n d i n s o l u b l e salts

s u c h as the C u ( I ) h a l i d e s exist i n the s o l i d state o r i n contact w i t h w a t e r . L i g a n d s possessing l o w l y i n g , v a c a n t TT* orbitals w h i c h are c a p a b l e of a c c e p t i n g e l e c t r o n d e n s i t y f r o m the m e t a l also t e n d to s t a b i l i z e t h e + 1 state; c o m m o n examples are l , 1 0 - p h e n a n t h r o l i n e ( p h e n ) ,

2,2 -bipyridine /

( b i p y ) , p h o s p h i n e s , arsines, a n d olefins. W h i l e discrete t w o - a n d t h r e e - c o o r d i n a t e

C u ( I ) compounds

have

b e e n r e p o r t e d , the f a v o r e d c o o r d i n a t i o n n u m b e r of t h e m e t a l is f o u r . Q u i t e f r e q u e n t l y , t w o or m o r e c o p p e r atoms w i l l share l i g a n d s , r e s u l t i n g i n t h e f o r m a t i o n of p o l y n u c l e a r clusters.

C o m p l e x e s of s t o i c h i o m e t r y

&14X4L4 ( X = C1, B r , I; L = P R , A s R ) f o r e x a m p l e , exist as t e t r a m e r i c 3

3

units w h o s e s t r u c t u r e d e p e n d s u p o n t h e steric d e m a n d s of X a n d R . I n

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Scheme 1 CuI(PPh ) 3

60,000 c m " ) . 1

Thus the absorption

characteristics o f C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d s c a n b e a t t r i b u t e d to o n e o r m o r e o f the f o l l o w i n g transitions: ( 1 ) l i g a n d - t o - m e t a l charge transfer; ( 2 ) m e t a l t o - l i g a n d c h a r g e transfer; (4)

( 3 ) c h a r g e transfer to solvent ( C T T S ) ; a n d

i n t r a l i g a n d . Some repersentative s p e c t r a l assignments a r e l i s t e d i n

T a b l e I. D i f f e r e n t types of b e h a v i o r are e x p e c t e d d e p e n d i n g u p o n the i d e n t i t y of the e x c i t e d state p o p u l a t e d . T h e p h o t o - i n d u c e d r e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f elect r o n d e n s i t y i n a l i g a n d - t o - m e t a l C T state f o r m a l l y generates a r e d u c e d m e t a l a n d o x i d i z e d l i g a n d r a d i c a l ; the latter c a n b e s u s c e p t i b l e to n u c l e o p h i l i c attack b y solvent or other species i n s o l u t i o n . F o r a m e t a l - t o - l i g a n d C T state, p r o m o t i o n o f e l e c t r o n d e n s i t y t o the p e r i p h e r y o f t h e c o m p l e x c a n f a v o r b i m o l e c u l a r e l e c t r o n transfer.

Thus M c M i l l i n a n d co-workers

r e c e n t l y h a v e r e p o r t e d that v i s i b l e i r r a d i a t i o n of C u ( 2 , 9 - M e p h e n ) the p r e s e n c e o f d 5 - b i s ( i m i n o d i a c e t a t o ) c o b a l t a t e ( I I I )

a l c o h o l m i x t u r e results i n t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f C u ( I I ) a n d C o ( I I ) suggests that t h e C u ( I )

+

in

ioni n a water-

T h i s p h o t o - i n d u c e d r e d o x b e h a v i o r m i m i c s that of R u ( b i p y ) tant.

2

3

+ 2

(40).

(41) a n d

c o m p o u n d f u n c t i o n s as a n excited-state r e d u c -

Q u a l i t a t i v e l y s i m i l a r b e h a v i o r has b e e n f o u n d b y H u r s t a n d c o -

w o r k e r s (42,43)

i n the b i n u c l e a r b r i d g e d systems

(NH ) Co-L-Cu (L 3

5

is 0 C ( C H ) C H — C H R or N H ( C H ) C H = C H ) w h e r e i r r a d i a t i o n 2

2

n

2

2

n

2

i n d u c e s C u ( I ) - t o - C o ( I I I ) e l e c t r o n transfer m e d i a t e d b y the 7r-delocalized orbitals o f the b r i d g i n g l i g a n d s . Stevenson a n d D a v i s h a v e r e p o r t e d that p o p u l a t i o n o f a C T T S state i n C u C l " 3

of Some C u ( I )

6.3 7.8 3.3 1.9

X X X X

c a n result i n p r o d u c t i o n o f a

Compounds

c (M' cm' ) 1

2

Assignment

1

10 10 10 10

3 3 3 4

N B D - » C u or C u -> N B D Cu 2,9-Mephen CTTS n(P)

->TT*

Ref. 11 38 39 13


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solvated electron w h i c h , i n turn, can b e scavenged b y H h y d r o g e n ) o r other f a c i l e e l e c t r o n acceptors (44).

+

(producing

I n t r a l i g a n d TT-TT* o r

n - r r * e x c i t e d states are e x p e c t e d to e x h i b i t the r e a c t i v i t y patterns teristic of t h e u n c o o r d i n a t e d m o l e c u l e .

II

charac-

T h e p o s s i b i l i t y exists, h o w e v e r ,

that c o o r d i n a t i o n to t h e m e t a l c a n orient the l i g a n d i n a p a r t i c u l a r l y reactive (or nonreactive)

c o n f o r m a t i o n or p e r h a p s i n d u c e a h i g h degree of

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t u r b t h e r a d i a t i v e a n d n o n r a d i a t i v e processes of t h e l i g a n d e x c i t e d states. A d d i t i o n a l possibilities arise w h e n c o n s i d e r i n g the b e h a v i o r of c o p p e r cluster systems.

T h u s transitions w h i c h i n v o l v e the s t a b i l i z i n g b r i d g -

i n g l i g a n d s c a n result i n one o r m o r e of the f o l l o w i n g p a t h w a y s : ( 1 ) m u l t i p l e l i g a n d loss; ( 2 ) s t r u c t u r a l changes i n the cluster f r a m e w o r k ; a n d (3) declusterification. R e l a t i v e l y f e w cases of l u m i n e s c e n c e f r o m C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d s h a v e b e e n r e p o r t e d . Z i o l o , et a l . o b s e r v e d e m i s s i o n f r o m ( P P h ) C u X 3

a halogen)

m

n

i n solid-state a n d l o w - t e m p e r a t u r e glasses (45).

n

( X is

H a r d t re-

p o r t e d that c u p r o u s halides react w i t h v a r i o u s n i t r o g e n bases (e.g., p y r i d i n e , p i c o l i n e s ) to f o r m c o m p o u n d s w h o s e e m i s s i o n m a x i m a are s t r o n g l y temperature 47).

dependent

( s o - c a l l e d fluorescence

thermochromism)

(46,

S o m e 1:1 c u p r o u s h a l i d e complexes w i t h m e t h y l o r e t h y l i s o n i c o -

t i n a t e h a v e b e e n n o t e d to e m i t w h i l e the c o r r e s p o n d i n g 1:2 species d o n o t (48). (PPh ) 3

2

M c M i l l i n a n d B u c k n e r have observed emission f r o m C u ( b i p y ) b o t h i n t h e s o l i d state a n d i n a glass at 77 ° K a n d suggest that i t

originates f r o m a m e t a l - t o - b i p y charge transfer state (49).

Recently w e

r e p o r t e d some rare examples of l u m i n e s c e n c e f r o m C u ( I ) complexes i n room-temperature (diphos)BH

4

fluid

s o l u t i o n (13).

Thus

Cu(PPh ) BH 3

2

( d i p h o s is 1 , 2 - b i s ( d i p h e n y l p h o s p h i n o ) e t h a n e )

4

and C u -

both exhibit

a b r o a d e m i s s i o n i n the v i s i b l e r e g i o n w h i c h is t e n t a t i v e l y assigned as ligand localized.

Survey

of Cu (I)-Sensitized

Olefin

I n a series of papers (14,15,16) studies

of t h e c u p r o u s

Photoreactions T r e c k e r et a l . r e p o r t e d t h e i r d e t a i l e d

h a l i d e - s e n s i t i z e d d i m e r i z a t i o n of

norbornene.

C o m p e l l i n g e v i d e n c e w a s p r e s e n t e d f o r t h e i n v o l v e m e n t of a p r e f o r m e d m e t a l - o l e f i n c o m p l e x i n the m e c h a n i s m of sensitization. T h u s ether s o l u tions of n o r b o r n e n e a n d C u B r separately d i s p l a y e d n o m a x i m u m i n t h e i r e l e c t r o n i c spectra d o w n to 220 n m whereas a m i x t u r e of t h e t w o e x h i b i t e d a n intense a b s o r p t i o n at 239 n m . T h e a p p e a r a n c e of this b a n d w a s a t t r i b u t e d to the f o r m a t i o n of a 1:1 B r C u - n o r b o r n e n e c o m p l e x .

U p o n 254-nm

i r r a d i a t i o n , p r e d o m i n a n t p r o d u c t i o n of the exo-trans-exo d i m e r 1 ( R e a c t i o n 1) e n s u e d . T h e o b s e r v e d s e c o n d - o r d e r d e p e n d e n c e of t h e q u a n t u m y i e l d f o r this process u p o n t h e n o r b o r n e n e c o n c e n t r a t i o n w a s i n t e r p r e t e d



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i n terms of a t e r m o l e c u l a r i n t e r a c t i o n b e t w e e n t w o ground-state o l e f i n m o l e c u l e s a n d the p h o t o - e x c i t e d B r C u - n o r b o r n e n e c o m p l e x . S a l o m o n a n d K o c h i r e e x a m i n e d this d i m e r i z a t i o n process

(among

o t h e r s ) b y u s i n g t h e v e r y attractive sensitizer, C u ( F C S 0 ) (17).

Earlier

3

w o r k (30,31)

3

b y these authors h a d e s t a b l i s h e d that C u ( I ) complexes

c o n t a i n i n g one, t w o , three, a n d even f o u r c o o r d i n a t e d olefinic b o n d s c o u l d b e f o r m e d b y d i s p l a c e m e n t of t h e w e a k l y c o o r d i n a t i n g F C S 0 3

3

a n i o n . I n contrast, c u p r o u s h a l i d e s e x h i b i t l i t t l e t e n d e n c y to c o o r d i n a t e m o r e t h a n one o l e f i n i c b o n d (30, 50).

I r r a d i a t i o n of solutions c o n t a i n i n g

C u ( F C S 0 ) and norbornene resulted i n preferential formation ( ^ 9 0 % ) 3

3

of d i m e r 1 b u t w i t h a q u a n t u m y i e l d that d i s p l a y e d a p e n d e n c e u p o n olefin c o n c e n t r a t i o n .

first-order

W h i l e no completely

de-

satisfactory

e x p l a n a t i o n f o r this d i s c r e p a n c y w i t h the results of T r e c k e r , et a l . ( v i d e supra)

c o u l d b e offered, i t w a s n o t e d that

s o l u b i l i t y considerations

a l l o w e d t h e q u a n t u m y i e l d d e p e n d e n c e to b e tested o v e r a m u c h w i d e r olefin c o n c e n t r a t i o n i n the C u ( F C S 0 ) system. T h e p h o t o c h e m i c a l d a t a 3

3

w e r e e x p l i c a b l e i n terms of the m e c h a n i s t i c sequence o u t l i n e d i n S c h e m e 2. T h u s w h i l e b o t h 1:1 a n d 1:2 C u ( I ) - n o r b o r n e n e complexes are present i n s o l u t i o n , d i m e r 1 is p r o d u c e d e x c l u s i v e l y b y p h o t o e x c i t a t i o n of t h e latter species. M i n i m a l l y , ground-state c o m p l e x f o r m a t i o n b e t w e e n C u ( I ) a n d n o r bornene

facilitates

a b s o r b i n g olefin.

the a b s o r p t i o n of l i g h t b y t h e o t h e r w i s e

weakly

T h e r e is, i n a d d i t i o n , t h e p o s s i b i l i t y that the close

p r o x i m i t y of t w o ( o r m o r e ) n o r b o r n e n e m o l e c u l e s i n t h e c o m p l e x p r e disposes

them t o w a r d dimerization. A m p l e precedent

exists

f o r this

t e m p l a t e effect of t r a n s i t i o n metals i n olefin c y c l o a d d i t i o n reactions 52, 53).

(51,

A n o t h e r , q u i t e i n t r i g u i n g role w h i c h has b e e n p r o p o s e d f o r C u ( I )

i n v o l v e s the p h o t o - i n d u c e d f o r m a t i o n of a c a r b e n i u m i o n i n t e r m e d i a t e 2 f r o m the i n i t i a l l y f o r m e d c o m p l e x ( R e a c t i o n 2 ) . S u c h " p h o t o c u p r a t i o n " r e c e n t l y has b e e n i m p l i c a t e d i n a series of n o v e l C u ( I ) - s e n s i t i z e d r e a r r a n g e m e n t a n d f r a g m e n t a t i o n processes of 7 - m e t h y l e n e n o r c a r a n e

(19).

A d d i t i o n a l studies are c l e a r l y w a r r a n t e d t o test t h e generality of this process.


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(2)

2 R e c e n t w o r k (20, 21) i n o u r l a b o r a t o r y has f o c u s e d u p o n the use of t r a n s i t i o n m e t a l c o m p o u n d s to sensitize the e n e r g y - s t o r i n g v a l e n c e i s o m e r i z a t i o n of n o r b o r n a d i e n e , N B D , to q u a d r i c y c l e n e , Q ( R e a c t i o n 3 ) . I n p a r t i c u l a r w e h a v e f o u n d that a c a t a l y t i c a m o u n t of C u C l f u n c t i o n s as a n effective a n d q u i t e specific sensitizer f o r this t r a n s f o r m a t i o n . C o n v e r s i o n s of greater t h a n 9 0 % h a v e b e e n a c h i e v e d since C u ( I ) is ineffective as a catalyst f o r t h e e n e r g y - r e l e a s i n g reverse r e a c t i o n .

Spectral a n d photo-

c h e m i c a l e v i d e n c e s u p p o r t a m e c h a n i s m w h i c h features a 1:1 C I C u — N B D c o m p l e x as the p h o t o a c t i v e species. A s i l l u s t r a t e d i n F i g u r e 3, a n o b v i o u s c o n s e q u e n c e of c o m p l e x a t i o n is a shift of t h e a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r u m of t h e system i n t o a r e g i o n accessible to the 3 1 3 - n m i r r a d i a t i o n u s e d .

Possible

p a t h w a y s b y w h i c h the p h o t o - e x c i t e d c o m p l e x relaxes to Q h a v e b e e n discussed

(12).

NBD

Q



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200

COMPOUNDS

250

WITH UNUSUAL

300

PROPERTIES

II

350

\,nm Inorganic Chemistry

Figure

The

3. Spectral evidence for complex formation tween CuCl and NBD in ethanol (11)

C u ( I ) sensitized rearrangement

C O D , to t r i c y c l o [ 3 . 3 . 0 . 0 ' ] o c t a n e , 2

6

of

be-

ci,s,ds-l,5-cyclooctadiene,

3 ( R e a c t i o n 4 ) , represents a n interest-

i n g contrast i n b e h a v i o r to the systems c o n s i d e r e d thus f a r . I n h i s s t u d y of this process

( 4 , 5 ) , S r i n i v a s a n n o t e d that the s p e c t r u m of a n ether

s o l u t i o n c o n t a i n i n g b o t h C u C l a n d t h e o l e f i n is essentially t h e s u m of t h e individual component

spectra,

cis,cis- 1 , 5 - C O D

suggesting

(although not conclusively

3


26.

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Sensitization

335


p r o v i n g ) the absence of a p p r e c i a b l e c o m p l e x f o r m a t i o n . S i n c e

cis,cis-l,5-

C O D was present i n c o n s i d e r a b l e excess i n the p h o t o c h e m i c a l studies, i t c o n s t i t u t e d the m a j o r a b s o r b i n g species. I n fact, a reasonable v a l u e (
C u + o l e f i n '

Class 1

C u + olefin — C u -

Class 2

olefin

Class 3

hp olefin Cu -» Cu * > [ C u * + olefin] -> C u + o l e f i n '

1

1

1

olefin*

1

Cu

1

1

1

> [ C u + olefin*] - » C u + olefin' 1

1

1

1

C l a s s 1 — P h o t o e x c i t a t i o n of a p r e f o r m e d c o p p e r - o l e f i n c o m p l e x . C o m p l e x a t i o n p l a y s a k e y role b y s h i f t i n g t h e a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r u m of t h e system into a w a v e l e n g t h r e g i o n accessible to the i r r a d i a t i n g l i g h t a n d / o r b y p r o v i d i n g a sterically o r e l e c t r o n i c a l l y f a v o r e d p a t h w a y to t h e p h o t o product. C l a s s 2 — B i m o l e c u l a r i n t e r a c t i o n b e t w e e n a n e x c i t e d state of t h e olefin a n d t h e ground-state C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d . T h e r o l e of C u ( I ) c a n b e to s t a b i l i z e t h e e x c i t e d state of t h e olefin v i a c o m p l e x a t i o n ( 9 ) o r p e r h a p s t o f o r m a n i n t e r m e d i a t e ( s u c h as that p o s t u l a t e d f o r p h o t o c u p r a t i o n (19)) w h i c h is p a r t i c u l a r l y a m e n a b l e to p r o d u c t f o r m a t i o n . C l a s s 3 — B i m o l e c u l a r i n t e r a c t i o n b e t w e e n a n e x c i t e d state of t h e C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d a n d ground-state olefin. P o s s i b l e interactions i n c l u d e e l e c t r o n i c energy transfer a n d exciplex f o r m a t i o n (56, 57). A l t h o u g h most r e p o r t e d examples of C u ( I ) sensitization c a n b e a c c o m m o d a t e d w i t h i n a single class ( T a b l e I I ) , a m o r e c o m p l i c a t e d situa t i o n m a y result i n systems w h e r e m u l t i p l e p h o t o c h e m i c a l steps are i n v o l v e d . T h u s t h e o v e r a l l C u C l - s e n s i t i z e d c o n v e r s i o n of cis,cis- 1 , 5 - C O D to 3 ( S c h e m e 3 ) appears to feature b o t h C l a s s 1 a n d C l a s s 2 s e n s i t i z a t i o n processes. T h e most o b v i o u s d i s t i n c t i o n a m o n g t h e three classes rests u p o n t h e i d e n t i t y of t h e l i g h t - a b s o r b i n g species. O u r c h o i c e i n o r g a n i z i n g t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l results a l o n g these lines r a t h e r t h a n , f o r e x a m p l e , o n t h e basis of t h e identities of possible g r o u n d - o r excited-state i n t e r m e d i a t e s


26.

KUTAL AND GRUTSCH Table II.

Sensitization

339


Classification of Some C u (I)-Sensitized Olefin Photoreactions Example

D i m e r i z a t i o n of norbornene i n presence of C u B r ( R e a c t i o n 1) or C u ( F C S 0 ) (Scheme 2) R e a r r a n g e m e n t a n d f r a g m e n t a t i o n of 7 - m e t h y l e n e norcarane i n the presence of C u ( F C S 0 ) V a l e n c e i s o m e r i z a t i o n of n o r b o r n a d i e n e to q u a d r i cyclene i n presence of C u C I ( R e a c t i o n 3) R e a r r a n g e m e n t of cis,trans-l,5-C0T> to 3 i n presence of C u C I (Scheme 3) 3

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Ref. 16,17

3

3

Class 2

I s o m e r i z a t i o n of cis,cis-l,5-C0D to cis,trans-l,5-C0T> i n presence of C u C I (Scheme 3)

Class 3

V a l e n c e i s o m e r i z a t i o n of n o r b o r n a d i e n e to q u a d r i cyclene i n presence of C u ( P P h ) B H a n d r e l a t e d compounds 3

2

11,12 9 9 13, 59

4

f o r m e d subsequent to l i g h t a b s o r p t i o n reflects the p r e s e n t l y u n d e r s t a n d i n g of m a n y of the m e c h a n i s t i c

19

3

details of

incomplete

Cu(I)-sensitized

processes. F u t u r e w o r k a l o n g these lines is c l e a r l y n e e d e d . B a s e d u p o n the g e n e r a l classification i n S c h e m e 4, h o w e v e r , it is p o s s i b l e t o d e l i n e a t e some g r o u n d - a n d excited-state characteristics

of

C u ( I ) w h i c h c a n c o n t r i b u t e to its effectiveness as a sensitizer. T h u s t h e a b i l i t y of a C u ( I )

c o m p o u n d to generate v a c a n t c o o r d i n a t i o n sites a n d

to f o r m stable olefin complexes is c l e a r l y advantageous f o r C l a s s 1 sensitiz a t i o n ; a l t h o u g h less certain, i t is p r o b a b l y i m p o r t a n t i n C l a s s 2 processes as w e l l . C o n v e r s e l y , C l a s s 3 sensitization w i l l b e m o r e p r o m i n e n t a m o n g c o o r d i n a t i v e l y saturated C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d s w h o s e l i g a n d s are not r e a d i l y d i s p l a c e d b y olefins. T h e absence of l o w - l y i n g v a c a n t d orbitals o n C u ( I ) has p o t e n t i a l l y significant consequences i n that the energy of a n a b s o r b e d p h o t o n , w h i c h m i g h t o t h e r w i s e b e d i s s i p a t e d v i a the l i g a n d s u b s t i t u t i o n processes characteristic of l i g a n d - f i e l d e x c i t e d states ( 5 8 ) , neled into chemically more productive pathways.

can be chan-

T h i s feature is p a r -

t i c u l a r l y c r u c i a l f o r C l a s s 3 sensitization w h i c h requires that a n e x c i t e d state characteristic of the C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d u n d e r g o a b i m o l e c u l a r intera c t i o n w i t h a ground-state olefin m o l e c u l e . Future

Directions

T h e a v a i l a b i l i t y of a diverse assortment of reasonably stable a n d , i n m a n y cases, h i g h l y c o l o r e d C u ( I ) c o m p o u n d s (23) of C u ( I )

n o v e l results o b t a i n e d f o r C u ( P P h ) B H 3

(59)

suggests that studies

s e n s i t i z a t i o n n e e d n o t b e l i m i t e d to s i m p l e C u X salts. 2

4

(13)

The

and related compounds

r e i n f o r c e this v i e w . C o n s e q u e n t l y , i n this final s e c t i o n w e b r i e f l y


340

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS W I T H UNUSUAL

PROPERTIES

II

c o n s i d e r the p o t e n t i a l s e n s i t i z a t i o n p r o p e r t i e s of some p r e v i o u s l y u n studied, b u t rather i n t r i g u i n g C u ( I )

systems.

W h i l e t h e d i s c u s s i o n is

a d m i t t e d l y s p e c u l a t i v e , w e h o p e that i t is e q u a l l y suggestive. W e h a v e r e c e n t l y n o t e d (21) series, C u X P R ( N - N ) 3

=

t h e a t t r a c t i v e characteristics

of

the

( t y p i c a l l y X — C l , B r ; R = a l k y l or p h e n y l , N - N

p h e n or b i p y ) . D e p e n d i n g u p o n t h e l a b i l i t y of P R , these c o m p o u n d s 3

c a n c o n c e i v a b l y f u n c t i o n as either C l a s s 1 or C l a s s 3 sensitizers.

Further-


m o r e , t h e i r s t r o n g a b s o r p t i o n i n t h e v i s i b l e w a v e l e n g t h r e g i o n raises t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of h a r n e s s i n g s u n l i g h t to d r i v e u s e f u l p h o t o c h e m i c a l reactions. T h e r e a d y a c c e s s i b i l i t y of o n l y o n e c o o r d i n a t i o n ( v i a loss of C O ) site a b o u t c o p p e r makes C u [ H B ( p z ) ] C O ( F i g u r e 2) p o t e n t i a l l y attrac3

t i v e as a specific sensitizer f o r p h o t o r e a r r a n g e m e n t s of olefins. F o r e x a m p l e , e n d o - d i c y c l o p e n t a d i e n e i n the p r e s e n c e of C u ( 0 S C F ) 3

undergoes

3

v i r t u a l l y exclusive p h o t o d i m e r i z a t i o n ( R e a c t i o n 7, p a t h i ) , p r e s u m a b l y v i a p r i o r f o r m a t i o n of a 2:1 o l e f i n : C u ( I ) c o m p l e x (17).

Since the analo-

gous b i s - o l e f i n c o m p l e x i n v o l v i n g the C u [ H B ( p z ) ] m o i e t y is s t e r i c a l l y 3

i m p r o b a b l e , the most l i k e l y photoprocess is i n t e r n a l c y c l i z a t i o n ( R e a c t i o n 7, p a t h i i ) . P r e l i m i n a r y studies i n o u r l a b o r a t o r y i n d i c a t e that

Cu[HB-

( p z ) ] C O sensitizes t h e N B D - t o - Q c o n v e r s i o n ( R e a c t i o n 3) w i t h respec3

t a b l e q u a n t u m efficiency

(21).

T h e sensitization properties of cluster systems s u c h as [ C u X L ] u r e 1)

are p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t r i g u i n g since t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of

4

(Fig-

multicenter

sensitization exists. T h u s the p h o t o c h e m i c a l or t h e r m a l ( l i k e l y w h e n L is b u l k y ) s u b s t i t u t i o n of t w o or m o r e L groups b y olefins generates a species i n w h i c h the olefin m o l e c u l e s are s i t u a t e d i n close p r o x i m i t y to e a c h other. O n e l i k e l y c o n s e q u e n c e of this t e m p l a t e effect of the cluster is efficient p h o t o - i n d u c e d olefin o l i g o m e r i z a t i o n . A n o t h e r i n t e r e s t i n g cluster system is [ C u H P P h ] , w h o s e 3

6

structure

contains t h e c o p p e r atoms at t h e apices of a d i s t o r t e d o c t a h e d r o n ( F i g u r e 5)

(60).

A l t h o u g h t h e exact locations of t h e h y d r i d e l i g a n d s are u n c e r -


26.

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of Olefin

Photoreactions

341


0 = Cu

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Figure

5.

Structure of (26)

[CuH(PPh )] 3

6

t a i n , t h e y most l i k e l y b r i d g e t h e six l o n g C u - C u distances i n d i c a t e d b y s o l i d lines.

T w o p o t e n t i a l p h o t o r e a c t i v e p a t h w a y s o f t h e cluster a r e

e l i m i n a t i o n of h y d r o g e n (61, 62) a n d h y d r o g e n a t i o n o f a d d e d u n s a t u r a t e d m o l e c u l e s . T h e latter process c a n h a v e some c a t a l y t i c v a l u e i f a n a p p r o p r i a t e source to r e p l e n i s h the h y d r o g e n c o n s u m e d c a n b e f o u n d . Acknowledgment W e w i s h to a c k n o w l e d g e t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s of D . P . S c h w e n d i m a n a n d E . M . Sweet.

O u r studies d e s c r i b e d h e r e i n h a v e b e e n s u p p o r t e d b y

t h e D e p a r t m e n t of E n e r g y ( E Y - 7 6 - S - 0 9 - 0 8 9 3 ) a n d t h e N a t i o n a l S c i e n c e F o u n d a t i o n ( M P S 75-13752).

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