Pedro Traar

Dioxomolybdenum(VI) Complexes with Pyrazole Based Aryloxide Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization and Application in Epoxidation of Olefins

Synthesis, characterization, and epoxidation chemistry of four new dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes [MoO(2)(L)(2)] (1-4) with aryloxide-pyrazole ligands L = L1-L4 is described. Catalysts 1-4 are air and moisture stable and easy to synthesize in only three steps in good yields. All four complexes are coordinated by the two bidentate ligands in an asymmetric fashion with one phenoxide and one pyrazole being trans to oxo atoms, respectively. This is in contrast to the structure found for the related aryloxide-oxazoline coordinated Mo(VI) dioxo complex 5. This was confirmed by the determination of the molecular structures of complexes 1-3 by X-ray diffraction analyses. Compounds 1-4 show high catalytic activities in the epoxidation of various olefins. Cyclooctene (S1) is converted to its epoxide with high activity, whereas the epoxidation of styrene (S2) is unselective. Internal olefins (S3 and S4) are also acceptable substrates, as well as the very challenging olefin 1-octene (S5). Catalyst loading can be reduced to 0.02 mol % and the catalyst can be recycled up to ten times without significant loss of activity. Supportive DFT calculations have been carried out in order to obtain deeper insights into the electronic situation around the Mo atom.

Oxorhenium(V) Complexes with Pyrazole Based Aryloxide Ligands and Application in Olefin Epoxidation

We synthesized and characterized a set of new oxorhenium(V) complexes coordinated by various pyrazole containing phenol (L1-L3) and naphthol ligands (L4-L7). Depending on the starting material, we were able to selectively synthesize monosubstituded or disubstituted complexes of the type [ReOBr(2)L(PPh(3))] (1-7; L = L1-L7) and [ReOClL(2)] (L = L1 8; L2 9; L4 10; L6 11), respectively. All complexes are stable to air and moisture, both in solid state as well as in solution. Furthermore, the cationic oxorhenium(V) complex [ReO(L1)(2)(NCMe)](OTf) (8a) was obtained upon chloride abstraction with silver triflate from 8. All new complexes were able to catalyze the epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene in yields up to 64%. The ease of preparation and their tolerance to air and moisture, as well as the simple ligand modifications, make them an interesting class of novel catalysts. An attempted reduction of perchlorate ClO(4)(-) with complex 8 was unsuccessful. Molecular structures of complexes 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 8a, 10, and 11 were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.

Synthesis of Methyl 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-1-seleno-β-d-gluco- and galacto-pyranoside: Selenium Metabolites in Human Urine

An efficient synthesis of two methyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-1-seleno-β-d-hexopyranosides is reported. The synthesized compounds, which have recently been identified in human urine, will be used in further studies on the metabolism and toxicology of selenium.

Oxorhenium(V) complexes with ketiminato ligands: coordination chemistry and epoxidation of cyclooctene.

Rhenium(V) oxo complexes of the type [ReOX(L)(2)] (1-7; X = Cl, Br) containing beta-ketiminate ligands (L = CH(3)C(O)CH(2)C(NAr)CH(3): Ar = Ph (APOH), 2-MePh (MPOH), 2,6-Me(2)Ph (DPOH), 2,6-(i)Pr(2)Ph (DiPOH)) have been prepared by reaction of [ReOX(3)(OPPh(3))(SMe(2))] (X = Cl, Br) with the lithium salts of the corresponding ligands. All compounds have been spectroscopically characterized, showing [ReOX(DiPO)(2)] (X = Cl (1), Br (5)), [ReOX(DPO)(2)] (X = Cl (2), Br (6)), and [ReOX(APO)(2)] (X = Cl (4), Br (7)) to be isomerically pure, in contrast to complex [ReOCl(MPO)(2)] (3), which exhibits a mixture of isomers. Compounds 2, 3, 5, and 7 were crystallographically characterized, showing similar octahedral coordination spheres with trans O horizontal lineRe-O and cis O horizontal lineRe-Cl bonds. However, the coordination of the nitrogen atoms vs each other is found to be cis or trans. Compounds 2 and 5 showed a trans-N,N configuration, for compound 3 both isomers (trans-N,N 3 and cis-N,N 3) were structurally characterized, and 7 gave a cis-N,N configuration. Compounds 1-6 are catalyst precursors for the epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene with 3 equiv of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP). Yields of the formed epoxide were up to 55% with all precursors, except with 2 and 6, where only up to 13% of epoxide was obtained under analogous conditions.

Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Arsenic-Containing Carbohydrates

We report the synthesis of (S)-2′-hydroxy-3′-sulfonylpropyl 5-deoxy-5-dimethylarsinoyl-β-d-riboside ammonium salt and (S)-2′-hydroxy-3′-sulfooxypropyl 5-deoxy-5-dimethylarsinoyl-β-d-riboside ammonium salt, two common naturally occurring arsenicals.