Solid-State NMR and DFT Studies on the Formation of Well-Defined Silica-Supported Tantallaaziridines: From Synthesis to Catalytic Application

Bilel Hamzaoui, Jeremie Pelletier, Edy Abou-Hamad, Yin Chen, Mohamad El Eter, Edrisse Chermak, Luigi Cavallo, Jean-Marie Basset

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Abstract

Single-site, well-defined, silica-supported tantallaaziridine intermediates [≡Si-O-Ta(η2-NRCH2)(NMe2)2] [R=Me (2), Ph (3)] were prepared from silica-supported tetrakis(dimethylamido)tantalum [≡Si-O-Ta(NMe2)4] (1) and fully characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and 1H,13C HETCOR and DQ TQ solid-state (SS) NMR spectroscopy. The formation mechanism, by β-H abstraction, was investigated by SS NMR spectroscopy and supported by DFT calculations. The C-H activation of the dimethylamide ligand is favored for R=Ph. The results from catalytic testing in the hydroaminoalkylation of alkenes were consistent with the N-alkyl aryl amine substrates being more efficient than N-dialkyl amines. © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3000-3008
Number of pages9
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume22
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 27 2016

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: The authors wish to thank King Abdullah University of Science and Technology for continuous support.

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