Strong coordination of tetraphenylborate anion to copper(I) bipyridine and phenanthroline-based complexes and its effect on catalytic activity in the cyclopropanation of styrene

Carolynne Ricardo; Lauren M Matosziuk; Jeffrey D Evanseck; Tomislav Pintauer

doi:10.1021/ic801783r

Strong coordination of tetraphenylborate anion to copper(I) bipyridine and phenanthroline-based complexes and its effect on catalytic activity in the cyclopropanation of styrene

Inorg Chem. 2009 Jan 5;48(1):16-8. doi: 10.1021/ic801783r.

Authors

Carolynne Ricardo¹, Lauren M Matosziuk, Jeffrey D Evanseck, Tomislav Pintauer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, 308 Mellon Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA.

PMID: 19111064
DOI: 10.1021/ic801783r

Abstract

The synthesis, characterization, and cyclopropanation activity of tetrahedral copper(I) complexes with bipyridine- and phenanthroline-based ligands containing strongly coordinated tetraphenylborate anions are reported. Cu(I)(bpy)(BPh(4)), Cu(I)(phen)(BPh(4)), and Cu(I)(3,4,7,8-Me(4)phen)(BPh(4)) complexes are the first examples in which the BPh(4)(-) counterion chelates a transition metal center in bidentate fashion through eta(2) pi interactions with two of its phenyl rings.