Issue 11, 2016

C–ON bond homolysis of alkoxyamines triggered by paramagnetic copper(ii) salts

Abstract

The metal complexation reactions of bis(hexafluoroacetylacetonato)copper(II) (Cu(hfac)2) with alkoxyamines (diethyl(2,2-dimethyl-1-(tert-butyl-(1-(pyridine-4-yl)ethoxy)amino)propyl)phosphonate and diethyl (2,2-dimethyl-1-(tert-butyl-(1-(pyridine-2-yl)ethoxy)amino)propyl)phosphonate) were studied. According to X-ray analysis, the molecular and crystal structures of 1 : 1 complexes depend on the configuration of the free alkoxyamines, that is dimeric (RSSR) and chain-polymeric (RR/SS) structures for para-pyridyl-substituted alkoxyamines, and cyclic unimeric (RS/SR) structure for ortho-pyridyl derivative. The complex (2 : 1 ratio Cu(hfac)2/alkoxyamine) for ortho-pyridyl-substituted alkoxyamine is not resolved. Upon warming, ortho complexes decomposed into free alkoxyamines and only a weak activation was observed. Upon warming, para complexes decomposed into their corresponding unimers, and then, a 21-fold increase in the rate constant of the C–ON bond homolysis was observed compared to the corresponding free alkoxyamines. Tuning of the homolysis rate constant of the C–ON bond via addition of pyridine is also reported.

Graphical abstract: C–ON bond homolysis of alkoxyamines triggered by paramagnetic copper(ii) salts

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
28 Jul 2016
Accepted
09 Sep 2016
First published
30 Sep 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016,3, 1464-1472

C–ON bond homolysis of alkoxyamines triggered by paramagnetic copper(II) salts

G. Audran, E. Bagryanskaya, I. Bagryanskaya, P. Brémond, M. Edeleva, S. R. A. Marque, D. Parkhomenko, E. Tretyakov and S. Zhivetyeva, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 1464 DOI: 10.1039/C6QI00277C

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