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Alkene and Olefin Functionalization by Organoaluminum Compounds, Catalyzed with Zirconocenes: Mechanisms and Prospects

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Lyudmila V. Parfenova, Pavel V. Kovyazin, Tatyana V. Tyumkina, Leonard M. Khalilov and Usein M. Dzhemilev

Submitted: 27 October 2016 Reviewed: 19 April 2017 Published: 20 December 2017

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.69319

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Abstract

Alkene and olefin functionalization via addition of electro‐ or nucleophilic reagents is one of the convenient synthetic methods for the insertion of heteroatoms into organic molecules. The use of organometallic reagents in these reactions in combination with the specific catalysts provides high substrate conversion and process selectivity. The introduction of this approach into the chemistry of organoaluminum compounds leads to the development of chemo‐, regio‐ and stereoselective catalytic methods of alkene and olefin functionalization. The chapter focuses on the modern concepts of the alkene hydro‐, carbo‐ and cycloalumination mechanisms, that is, the experimental and theoretical data on the intermediate structures involved in the product formation, the effects of the catalyst and organoaluminum compound structure, reaction conditions on the activity and selectivity of the bimetallic systems. The prospects of the development of enantioselective methods using these catalytic systems for the alkene and olefin transformations are considered.

Keywords

  • hydrometalation
  • carbometalation
  • cyclometalation
  • zirconocenes
  • organoaluminum compounds
  • reaction mechanism
  • asymmetric catalysis

1. Introduction

Insertion of various functional groups into the molecules is one of the central problems of organic chemistry. In this regard, alkene and olefin double bonds are often considered as possible reactive centers for the construction of C‐heteroatom fragments. The classic functionalization methods are based on the addition reaction of electro‐ or nucleophilic reagents toward the unsaturated substrates, for example, halogenation, oxidation, hydrohalogenation, hydroboration, hydroamination, hydrosilylation, hydro‐ and carbometalation, etc. (Table 1).

Table 1.

Alkene and olefin functionalization via addition reactions.

Each type of functionalization goes under specific conditions and involves various reagents and catalysts, which obviously affects the mechanisms of the processes and product structure. Thus, this chapter is focused on the reactions of alkenes with organometallic compounds as the effective routes for the synthesis of numerous classes of organic compounds.

Reactions of alkenes with organometallic reagents run with high substrate conversion and selectivity due to the generation of active intermediates with C‐metal bonds (Table 1), further modification of which provides a wide range of products. The organoaluminum compounds (OACs) occupied a strong position in the chemistry of alkenes and olefins [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]. The acyclic and cyclic products bearing organoaluminum moiety obtained as a result of hydro‐, carbo‐ and cycloalumination require no further separation and could be readily modified to alcohols, halides, heterocycles, carbocycles and others [9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]. For example, the well‐known Ziegler‐Alfol process for the synthesis of higher and linear primary alcohols from ethylene [12] has been realized in the industrial scale.

The application of transition metal complexes as catalysts enables the reactions of OAC and alkenes to proceed under mild conditions with chemo‐ and stereoselectivity control. Among the complexes Group IV transition metals played a significant role in the development of alkene functionalization methods using OAC. Structural types of catalysts can be varied from metal salts to metallocenes and postmetallocenes (Scheme 1). The special milestone in this research is the discovery of metallocene catalysis, which serves as an effective tool for the stereochemistry regulation via η5‐ligand structure variation and provides an opportunity to a comprehensive study of the reaction mechanisms.

Scheme 1.

Structural types of transition metal complexes applied as catalysts in alkene hydro‐, carbo‐ and cycloalumination.

The future development of these methods needs understanding the reaction mechanisms: how the OAC nature, reaction conditions, catalyst and alkene structure regulate the substrate conversion, chemo‐ and enantioselectivity; what kinds of intermediates define the process pathways. Among the mechanistic studies much attention has been paid to the catalytic systems based on zirconocenes due to several reasons. First, a broad range of catalytic reactions can be implemented in these systems, from hydro‐, carbo‐ and cyclometalation to polymerization of unsaturated compounds. Second, these systems are convenient for fundamental investigations, since η5‐ligands bound to zirconium atoms act like magnetic probes indicating the electronic state of the transition metal atom and reflecting the molecule symmetry. Third, the reaction times and intermediate lifetimes appear to be convenient for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) monitoring, which is the most informative method for the studies of homogeneous catalytic reactions. Moreover, the systems are substantially free of paramagnetic species, which, for example, in the case of titanium complexes, preclude observation of the genesis of intermediates due to pronounced NMR signal broadening.

Thus, the chapter presents the results on the experimental and theoretical studies of the mechanisms of alkene hydro‐, carbo‐ and cyclometalation by organoaluminum compounds (AlR3 and XAlBui2), catalyzed with zirconium η5‐complexes. The factors that determine the intermediate reactivity and, consequently, the activity of the catalytic systems, reaction pathway and enantioselectivity are considered. The prospects of the development of stereoselective methods using these catalytic systems for the alkene and olefin transformations are discussed.

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2. Mechanisms of alkene functionalization, catalyzed by zirconium η5‐complexes

2.1. Mechanism of zirconocene catalysis in alkene hydroalumination

The catalytic alkene hydroalumination has found wide application as an efficient regio‐ and stereoselective method for the double and triple bond reduction providing important synthons for organic and organometallic chemistry [4, 13, 14, 15]. Various transition metal complexes can be used as the catalysts of the reaction, however, the compounds based on the metals with no vacant d orbital show much less activity in the reaction (e.g., Cu, Zn vs. Ti, Zr, Co, Ni) [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]. Moreover, the significant effect of the OAC nature and ligand structure on the hydrometalation product yield has been shown [22, 23].

Studies on the catalytic activity of the systems L2ZrCl2‐XAlBui2 (L = C5H5, C5H4Me, Ind, C5Me5; L2 = rac‐2С(2‐Me‐4‐But‐C5H2)2, meso‐2С(2‐Me‐4‐But‐C5H2)2, rac‐2С(3‐But‐C5H3)2,rac‐Me2C(Ind)2, rac‐Me2Si(Ind)2 and rac‐C2H4(Ind)2); X = H, Cl, Bui) in the alkene hydroalumination [22, 23] showed that the most active catalytic systems are those based on the Zr complexes with sterically hindered ligands in combination with HAlBui2 (Figure 1). Catalysts with less bulky ligands are most active in the reaction of alkenes with AlBui3 or ClAlBui2.

Figure 1.

The effect of η5‐ligand and OAC structure on octane yield in the reaction of 1‐octene hydroalumination (molar ratio L2ZrCl2:АОС:alkene 1:60:50, C6H6, t = 20°С). (a) L = Cp; (b) L = Ind; (c) L = CpMe5; (d) rac‐Me2C(2‐Me‐4‐But‐C5H2)2ZrCl2 + HAlBui2 (■), rac‐Me2C(3‐But‐C5H3)2ZrCl2+ HAlBui2 (●), rac‐C2H4(Ind)2ZrCl2 + HAlBui2 (▼), rac‐Me2C(Ind)2ZrCl2 + HAlBui2 (►), rac‐Me2Si(Ind)2ZrCl2 +HAlBui2 (♦), rac‐Me2C(2‐Me‐4‐But‐C5H2)2ZrCl2 + AlBui3 (□), rac‐C2H4(Ind)2ZrCl2 + AlBui3 (*), meso‐Me2C(2‐Me‐4‐But‐C5H2)2ZrCl2 + HAlBui2 (▲).

The reaction mechanism (e.g., see [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]) implies the generation of transition metal hydride LnMH formed upon σ‐ligand exchange; then this species coordinates alkene to give an alkyl derivative. In the last step, as a result of the transmetalation of alkyl fragment from M to Al, the organoaluminum product is formed and the transition metal hydride is recovered (Scheme 2).

Scheme 2.

Generalized scheme of catalytic alkene hydrometalation.

Furthermore, a large number of various bimetallic hydride complexes were identified in reactions of metal chlorides, hydrides and alkyl derivatives with OAC (see, e.g., reviews [24, 25]) that gave an idea on the involvement of such a type of complexes as key intermediates in the hydrometalation reaction. The structural types of the hydride Zr, Al‐complexes, which could be observed in the reactions of zirconocenes with aluminum hydrides or alkylaluminums, are presented in Scheme 3.

Scheme 3.

Structural types of some hydride Zr, Al‐complexes [22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30].

Our studies on the olefin hydroalumination by XAlBui2 (X = H, Cl, Bui), catalyzed with Zr η5‐complexes, using the quantum chemical methods [31, 32], chemical kinetics [33] and NMR [22, 23], showed that the reaction is a complex multi‐step process (Scheme 4). The use of zirconocenes with less electron‐donating and sterically hindered ligands provides the stable Zr, Al‐hydride clusters L2Zr(μ‐H)3(AlBui2)2(μ‐Cl) (6) (L = Cp, CpMe, Ind; L2= rac‐Me2C(Ind)2, rac‐Me2Si(Ind)2, rac‐C2H4(Ind)2), L2Zr(μ‐H)3(AlBui2)3(μ‐Cl)(μ‐H) (7), L2Zr(μ‐H)3(AlBui2)3(μ‐Cl)2 (8) (L = Cp, CpMe), which tend to form bridging Zr─H─Al bonds, and, hence, these complexes have low activity in the reaction with alkene. Moreover, intra‐ and intermolecular exchange between the hydride atoms in these clusters and [HAlBui2]n oligomers were found. Thus, the complexes exist in equilibrium with each other and HAlBui2 self‐associates, while the intermolecular exchange involves the OAC monomer and occurs via dissociation of bimetallic complexes (Figure 2). Increasing of the [HAlBui2]n concentration, that is, realization the catalytic conditions, shifts the equilibrium toward low active large clusters into which the alkene insertion is hampered due to their competing intermolecular exchange with OAC oligomers.

Figure 2.

EXSY spectra of (a) HAlBui2 in С6D6 (3.3 mol/L, 300 K, τ = 0.3 s); (b) system Ind2ZrCl2─HAlBui2(1:12) in d8‐toluene at 275 K (τ = 0.3 s); (c) system (CpMe5)2ZrCl2─HAlBui2(1:26) in d8‐toluene at 265 K (τ = 0.3 s). Diagonal and cross‐peaks of the same phase demonstrate the existence of chemical exchange.

Scheme 4.

Mechanism of alkene hydroalumination by XAlBui2 (X = H, Cl, Bui), catalyzed with Zr η5‐complexes.

Reaction of Cp2ZrCl2with AlBui3 goes via alkyl chloride exchange and isobutylene elimination, which give the intermediates Cp2Zr(μ‐H)3(AlBui2)(AlBui3) and Cp2Zr(μ‐H)3(AlBui2)2(μ‐Cl).The absence of fast exchange between these hydride clusters increases the lifetime of the active sites with free Zr─H bond, and this is responsible for the high activity of the Cp2ZrCl2‐AlBui3catalytic system toward alkene [23].

High yields of hydroalumination products in the reactions of alkenes with HAlBui2, catalyzed by Zr complexes with bulky ligands (L = CpMe5, rac‐Me2C(2‐Me‐4‐But‐C5H2)2, rac‐Me2C(3‐But‐C5H3)2) are caused by the formation of Zr, Al‐bimetallic active sites (4) containing a [L2ZrH3] moiety with a free Zr‐H bond, in which the steric hindrance in the ligand prevents the formation of low‐active intermediates. The meso‐isomer of the sterically hindered cyclopentadienyl complex Me2C(2‐Me‐4‐But‐C5H2)2ZrCl2 gives the intermediate with the shielded free Zr─H bond, which makes the catalytic system inactive [23].

Thus, the L2ZrCl2‐XAlBui2systems provide Zr, Al‐hydride complexes with Zr─H─Zr and Zr─H─Al‐bridged bonds in which intra‐ and intermolecular hydride exchange between Zr and Al, controlled by the steric factor of the η5‐ligand, OAC nature and by the reaction conditions (reactant ratio), plays the key role in the catalytic process. The energy of cleavage of these bridging bonds and the ability of the complex to have initially a free Zr─H bond are the factors determining the activity of Zr, Al‐hydride intermediates in the alkene hydroalumination.

2.2. Mechanisms of zirconocene catalysis in alkene carbo‐ and cycloalumination

Catalytic alkene and acetylene carbo‐ and cycloalumination are convenient one‐pot synthetic routes to the acyclic and cyclic OACs that could be converted into alcohols, halides, heterocycles, carbocycles and others [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]. The using of enantiomerically pure complexes as the catalysts affords the asymmetric induction in the reactions. Thus, the method of Zr‐catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination of alkenes‐ZACA‐reaction has been developed [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 34], which was applied to the synthesis of a number of biologically active compounds. The involvement of methylaluminoxane (MAO) [35, 36, 37, 38] or other Lewis acidic cocatalysts [39] substantially increases the activity of the catalytic systems providing alkene dimers, oligomers and polymers.

Summarizing the information on the study of the reaction of alkenes with alkylaluminums (R = Me, Et) in the presence of metalcomplexes [40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46], it should be noted that the process can give various products depending on the reagent nature, catalyst structure and reaction conditions (Scheme 5): saturated and unsaturated alkylated products (15 and 16), hydrometalation products (17), dimers (18) and cyclic OACs (19). As shown in Tables 2 and 3 [46], the use of chlorinated solvent altogether with Zr catalysts, which contain bulky ligand (CpMe5), increases the yield of carbometalation products 15. The dimers 18 predominate in the reaction of alkenes with AlMe3, catalyzed by zirconocenes with Cp and CpMe ligands. The maximal yields of cyclic OAC 19 were observed in the reaction that runs in hydrocarbon solvent and in the presence of Zr complexes substituted with Cp, CpMe, CpMe5 and Ind ligands.

Scheme 5.

Reaction of alkenes with AlR3 (R = Me, Et) in the presence of metal complexes.

L2ZrCl2SolventHexene‐1 conversion, %Product yield, %
15161718
Cp2ZrCl2CH2Cl292314768
C6H5CH369321738
(CpMe)2ZrCl2CH2Cl2841114752
C6H5CH33999912
(CpMe5)2ZrCl2CH2Cl2685387
C6H5CH3441514141
Ind2ZrCl2CH2Cl2872818833
C6H5CH3703814108

Table 2.

Effect of catalyst structure and solvent on the product yields in the reaction of hexene‐1 with AlMe3, catalyzed by L2ZrCl2 (mole ratio AlMe3:alkene:L2ZrCl2 = 60:50:1, reaction time 24 h, 22°C).

L2ZrCl2SolventHexene‐1 conversion, %Product yield, %
1516171819
Cp2ZrCl2CH2Cl296161613<151
C6H691242263
(CpMe)2ZrCl2CH2Cl2981691062
C6H6976101269
(CpMe5)2ZrCl2CH2Cl299481310721
C6H696152574
Ind2ZrCl2CH2Cl2933637245
C6H69925<1<174

Table 3.

Effect of catalyst structure and solvent on the product yields in the reaction of hexene‐1 with AlEt3, catalyzed by L2ZrCl2 (mole ratio AlEt3:alkene:L2ZrCl2 = 60:50:1, reaction time 24 h, 22°C).

Obviously, the reaction pathways are determined by the catalytically active sites of a definite type. Thus, bimetallic Zr, Al‐alkyl complexes L2ZrR(μ‐Cl)AlRnCl3‐n in the reaction of zirconocenes with alkylaluminums were found [47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52] and the complexes were suggested as key intermediates of olefin β‐alkylation (Scheme 6). Using of strong Lewis acids, for example, MAO or perfluoroaryl boranes enhances the catalytic system productivity by several orders due to the generation of highly active cationic species, which are formed as a result of the ionic pair dissociation [39, 54, 55].

Scheme 6.

Bimetallic Zr, Al‐intermediates in the reaction of zirconocenes with alkylaluminums [39, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56].

Further transformations of the neutral alkyl bimetallic complexes via α‐C‐H (Ti) or β‐C‐H (Zr) activation gives the stable structures with M‐CH2‐Al, M‐CH2CHR‐Al or M‐CH2CH2‐M bridges. Five‐membered bimetallic complex L2ZrCH2CH2(μ‐Cl)AlEt2was found to be the intermediate that is responsible for the cycloalumination pathway [50, 56, 57].

The Me‐group exchange between Zr and Al atoms in the complexes L2ZrMe(μ‐Cl)AlMe3 has been observed by the means of dynamic 2D NMR spectroscopy [58, 59] (Figure 3a). Moreover, the exchange between the magnetically nonequivalent hydrogens, which belong to the opposite parts of ansa‐ligand in the complex Me2SiInd2ZrMe(μ‐Cl)AlMe3, was found (Figure 3b). This dynamic picture could be explained by the intermolecular exchange between the diastereomers of the complex, containing a stereogenic center on the transition metal atom, via Me2SiInd2ZrCl2.

Figure 3.

EXSY spectra of (a) system Cp2ZrCl2─(AlMe3)2 in CD2Cl2at 300 K (τ = 0.3 s); (b) system Me2SiInd2ZrCl2─(AlMe3)2 in CD2Cl2 at 300 K (τ = 0.3 s).

On the basis of these investigations, we proposed the mechanism, where the alkyl chloride bimetallic complex associated with the AlR3 molecule is the starting point of the several catalytic cycles, carbo‐, cyclometalation, hydrometalation and dimerization (Scheme 7). The zirconocenes with more electron‐deficient η5‐ligands in combination with chlorinated solvents provide a greater concentration of a key intermediate, which speeds up all the pathways, ensuring the high conversion of a substrate. The sterical hindrances in η5‐ligand and solvation by chlorine containing solvents delay the processes of C─H activation in the methylalkyl substituted intermediate increasing the cabometalation product yield.

Scheme 7.

Mechanisms of reactions of alkenes with AlR3 (R = Me, Et), catalyzed with Zr η5‐complexes.

As shown in Figure 4, dynamic processes are also characteristic to the five‐membered bimetallic complex L2ZrCH2CH2(μ‐Cl)AlEt2. Thus, we found intermolecular exchange by hydrogens in the pairs H1‐H4 and H2‐H3of ansa‐ligand, as well as between the H‐atoms of Zr‐CH2 and Al‐CH2 groups. The exchange may exist due to the equilibrium between the five‐membered complex diastereomers, which apparently goes via the zirconacyclopropane structure.

Figure 4.

EXSY spectra of system Me2SiInd2ZrCl2─(AlEt3)2 in d8‐toluene at 305 K (τ = 0.3 s).

Another evidence of the zirconacyclopropane generation in the systems L2ZrCl2‐AlEt3 could be the observation of diastereomeric five‐membered bimetallic complexes CpCp′ZrCH2CH2(μ‐H)AlEt2(Cp′= η5‐(1‐neomenthyl‐4,5,6,7‐tetrahydroindenyl)) [60], the formation is possible due to realization of two parallel stages—two types of β‐C‐H activation in L2ZrEt2 (Scheme 7): (i) elimination of ethane to give zirconacyclopropane and (ii) formation of Et2AlH from Et3Al and L2ZrHEt with loss of ethylene.

Moreover, our density functional theory (DFT) calculations showed that equilibrium between zirconacyclopropane (23) and bimetallic five‐membered Zr, Al‐complex (22) is thermodynamically probable; however, it is shifted toward the bimetallic intermediate [61]. Analysis of the reactions between the complexes and olefins demonstrated that zirconacyclopropane is more reactive toward the substrate than the intermediate 22 (Scheme 7). The insertion of olefin into 22 is accompanied by removal of the ClAlEt2 molecule from the zirconium coordination sphere. The interaction of olefins with zirconacyclopropane and bimetallic five‐membered Zr, Al‐complex provides zirconacyclopentane structures, which is involvement in the cyclometalation process, has been proposed earlier [62, 63]. Transmetalation of zirconacyclopentane by OACs goes via several stages and gives alumolanes. The probability of this process was shown experimentally using low temperature NMR spectroscopy [56].

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3. Asymmetric alkene carbo‐ and cycloalumination, catalyzed by enantiomerically pure Group IV metallocenes

The development of stereoselective catalytic methods for the synthesis of cyclic and acyclic OAC using chiral transition metal η5complexes is an actual field of chemistry. Among these, chiral Ti and Zr complexes found application in the enantioselective functionalization of alkenes with organomagnesium and ‐aluminum compounds [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 34, 64, 65].

Thus, in the reaction of alkenes with organoaluminum compounds C2‐ and C1‐symmetric conformationally labile (3237) and rigid (3849) enantiomerically pure complexes were used as catalysts (Scheme 8). Thus, the high enantioselectivity (up to 95%ee) of alkene carbometalation by AlR3 (R = Me, Et) was achieved in the reactions, catalyzed by conformationally labile complex 32a in chlorinated solvents [43, 44]. Later, it was demonstrated that the replacement of AlMe3by AlEt3 in the reaction catalyzed by complex 32a results in the R to S change of the absolute configuration of the βstereogenic center in the carboalumination products [66, 67, 68]. Furthermore, the cycloalumination of terminal alkenes gives aluminacyclopentanes with 24–57%ее [44, 66, 67, 69]; the maximum enantioselectivity (∼57%ее) in cycloalumination was found in the reaction of vinyl‐substituted hydrocarbons with AlEt3 conducted in CH2Cl2 [67].

Scheme 8.

Enantiomerically pure Zr and Ti complexes as catalysts in the reactions of alkenes with AlR3 (R = Me, Et) [43, 44, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78].

Study on the olefin carboalumination with AlMe3 in the presence of conformationally rigid ansa‐zirconocenes 4549 showed that the highest enantioselectivity (about 80%ee) was achieved in the styrene methylalumination, catalyzed by the [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4]‐activated complex 45 [71]. The reaction of alkenes with AlMe3 catalyzed by 44 in the presence of МАО gave methylalumination products in 66% yield and with enantiomeric purity of 65%ee [68]. Using of complexes 42, 44 in the alkene carboalumination with AlEt3 afforded 2‐ethyl‐substituted derivatives with enantiomeric excess of 50–51%ee. The reaction provided optically active diasteromerically pure functionally substituted alkylated alkene dimers as well [68]. The strategy of all‐syn deoxypropionate motif construction, found in a number of natural products, by the asymmetric oligomerization of propylene in the presence of 42 with both stereoselectivity and chain‐end functionalizability has been presented in Ref. [72].

Thus, the chemo‐ and enantioselectivity of these reactions are substantially affected by the catalyst and alkene structures, OAC nature and reaction conditions (temperature, reactant ratio and solvent). Presumably, the key factor determining the dependence of enantioselectivity on the solvent nature and OAC structure is the conformational behavior of the η5ligands in bimetallic Zr, Al‐intermediates, which control the reaction pathways. The effect of a solvent nature on the rate of intramolecular exchange between conformers of neomenthyl‐substituted zirconocenes 32a, 35 and 36, which are formed as a result of the rotation of the indenyl fragments relative to [ZrCl2], has been shown by the means of dynamic nuclear magnetic resonance (DNMR) spectroscopy [68]. Comparison of the conformer composition and dynamics of the complexes with their activity and stereoselectivity in the reactions of OACs with alkenes led to the conclusion that the enantioselectivity of the reactions is determined by the kinetic factor, namely, by the rate of interaction in a pair: conformer of catalytically active center‐substrate. Thus, in order to achieve high enantioselectivity in the studied reactions, the catalyst molecule should have a specific conformational mobility for the formation of a suitable rotamer, which lifetime will be sufficient for the alkene insertion.

In this connection, further optimization of the ligand environment, namely the search for appropriate conformers that could be formed via either introduction of suitable substituents into the indenyl ligand or upon binding of ligands could advance these studies toward the design of more efficient catalysts for alkene functionalization by organomagnesium and ‐aluminum reagents.

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4. Conclusions

Thus, the catalytic alkene hydro‐, carbo‐ and cycloalumination are complex multi‐step processes, in which a large number of intermediate bimetallic Zr, Al‐complexes are involved. Studies of the reaction mechanisms allow to understand the chemistry of the processes on a deeper level and to narrow the search for new catalytic systems.

Finally, the next remarks should be sound. First, the initial OACs exist as self‐associated structures in the solutions, where the exchange between hydride atoms or alkyl groups could run via dissociation on monomers, which represents the Lewis acids and which effective concentration influences on the stages of key intermediates formation. Second, since the catalyst (IV group transition metals) is a Lewis acid too due to a free nonbonding orbital, then it disturbs the above balance, making the system more dynamic. Thus, one of the important roles of the catalyst besides the formation of active species is to accelerate the exchange through the dissociation with the release of the active OAC monomer. Third, the interaction of alkyl or hydride complex with the monomer gives active species—bimetallic intermediates, which reactivity depends on the availability of the free nonbonding orbital (Scheme 9). The active species should be coordinatively unsaturated, where at least one of the bridge bond is broken. In the case of bimetallic hydride complexes, there is the tendency to form inactive bridge bonds, whereas bimetallic alkyl substituted intermediates are inclined to the dissociation. Therefore, the activity of intermediates depends on the living time of active species, in which the electrophilicity of the metal center could be increased via η5‐ligand, thereby accelerating the process of alkene introduction. However, there is a danger of another process—C─H activation in the products, which could be prevented by using more bulky ligands or more polar solvents. Fourth, the activity of catalytic systems and the degree of asymmetric induction in catalytic alkene functionalization by OACs is substantially affected by the intramolecular ligand mobility and conformational composition of the bimetallic intermediates.

Scheme 9.

Exchange processes in bimetallic intermediates as factors that determine the properties of catalytic systems.

Thus, the regulation of activity, chemo‐ and stereoselectivity of the studied systems is the problem of fine tuning of the catalytically active center, in which should be a balance between electronic and steric factors of the catalyst, OAC and the substrate.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Russian Foundation of Basic Research for financial support.

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Lyudmila V. Parfenova, Pavel V. Kovyazin, Tatyana V. Tyumkina, Leonard M. Khalilov and Usein M. Dzhemilev

Submitted: 27 October 2016 Reviewed: 19 April 2017 Published: 20 December 2017