Rhodium, iridium and nickel complexes with a 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene tris-MIC ligand. Study of the electronic properties and catalytic activities

• Carmen Mejuto,
• Beatriz Royo,
• Gregorio Guisado-Barrios and
• Eduardo Peris

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2584–2590, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.278

• , for 2 and 3, respectively. The 1H NMR spectra of complexes 2 and 3 exhibited relatively broad signals, which may indicate a fluxional behavior. This may be likely caused by the combined rotation around the C–C sigma bonds of the tris-MIC ligand and the Ccarbene–M bond. In order to widen the

Dipolar addition to cyclic vinyl sulfones leading to dual conformation tricycles

• Steven S. Y. Wong,
• Michael G. Brant,
• Christopher Barr,
• Allen G. Oliver and
• Jeremy E. Wulff

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1419–1425, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.159

• Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA 10.3762/bjoc.9.159 Abstract Dipolar addition of cyclic azomethine imines with cyclic vinyl sulfones gave rise to functionalized tricycles that exhibited fluxional behavior in solution at room temperature. The scope of the synthetic methodology was explored, and

• the origin of the fluxional behavior was probed by NMR methods together with DFT calculations. This behavior was ultimately attributed to stereochemical inversion at one of two nitrogen centers embedded in the tricyclic framework. Two tetracycles were also synthesized, and the degree of signal

• -broadening in the NMR spectra was found to depend on the presence of substitution next to the inverting nitrogen center. Keywords: DFT calculations; dipolar addition; fluxional behavior; sulfones; VT NMR; Introduction The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition [1][2][3] represents a powerful methodology for the