Issue 38, 2014

Lithium heterocuprates: the influence of the amido group on organoamidocuprate structures

Abstract

Lithium organoamidocuprates of the general stoichiometry LiCuR(NR2) are an important class of organocopper reagents and have found widespread application in conjugate addition and other bond-forming reactions. The dependence of the structures and equilibrium of these species on the steric and electronic properties of the amido group is reported in both the solid state and in solution. Three different cuprate complexes have been crystallographically characterized: the organoamidocuprate [Cu2Li2Mes2TMP2] (2) (TMP = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide) which is shown to adopt a head-to-tail conformation; [Cu2Li2(N(CH2Ph)CH2CH2NMe2)4] (3) which is a homoamidocuprate and contains additional coordination of the lithium centres from intra-molecular tertiary amine groups; and the diastereomeric organoamidocuprate [Cu2Li2Mes2(N(R-CH(Ph)Me)(CH2CF3))2] (4) which adopts a head-to-head conformation. Complex 4 is unique in being the first crystallographically characterised example of a head-to-head isomer of a heterocuprate, and its structure also has implications for the use of scalemic amidocuprates in asymmetrically induced conjugate addition. The solution equilibria of all new complexes have also been studied using 7Li NMR spectroscopy, and in each case the species observed in the crystal structure was shown to also be the predominant isomer in solution.

Graphical abstract: Lithium heterocuprates: the influence of the amido group on organoamidocuprate structures

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Apr 2014
Accepted
30 May 2014
First published
16 Jun 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 14359-14367

Author version available

Lithium heterocuprates: the influence of the amido group on organoamidocuprate structures

R. Bomparola, R. P. Davies, S. Hornaeur and A. J. P. White, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 14359 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00965G

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