Hauser base
{{Short description|Magnesium compounds used in organic chemistry as bases for metalation reactions}}
Hauser bases, also called magnesium amide bases, are magnesium compounds used in organic chemistry as bases for metalation reactions. These compounds were first described by Charles R. Hauser in 1947.{{cite journal | author = Hauser C. R., Walker H | year = 1947 | title = Condensation of Certain Esters by Means of Diethylaminomagnesium Bromide | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | volume = 69 | issue = 2| page = 295 | doi = 10.1021/ja01194a040 }} Compared with organolithium reagents, the magnesium compounds have more covalent, and therefore less reactive, metal-ligand bonds. Consequently, they display a higher degree of functional group tolerance and a much greater chemoselectivity.{{cite journal|author1= Li–Yuan Bao, R. |author2= Zhao, R. |author3= Shi, L. |journal=Chem. Commun.|year=2015| volume=51|issue= 32 |pages=6884–6900|title=Progress and developments in the turbo Grignard reagent i-PrMgCl·LiCl: a ten-year journey| doi= 10.1039/C4CC10194D|pmid= 25714498 }} Generally, Hauser bases are used at room temperature while reactions with organolithium reagents are performed at low temperatures, commonly at −78 °C.
Structures
Hauser bases have the empirical formula R2NMgX (X = halide). The crystallize as dimers with halide bridges. Attached to Mg is amido (R2N) ligands derived from secondary amines 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (TMP−) and HMDS−).{{cite journal|author1= e.g. |author2= Seven, Ö. |author3= Bolte, M.|author4= Lerner, H.-W. |journal=Acta Crystallogr. E|year=2013| volume=69|issue= 7 |pages= m424|title= Di-μ-bromido-bis[(diethyl ether-κO)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)magnesium]: the mesityl Grignard reagent| doi= 10.1107/S1600536813017108|pmid= 24046588 |pmc= 3772445 |url=http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/31807/e-69-0m424.pdf}}{{cite journal|author1= García–Álvarez, P. |author2= Graham, D. V. |author3= Hevia, E.| author4= Kennedy, A. R.|author5 = Klett, J. | author6=Mulvey, R. E. | author7= O'Hara, C. T. | author8= Weatherstone, S. |journal=Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.|year=2008| volume=47|issue= 42 |pages= 8079–8081|title= Unmasking Representative Structures of TMP-Active Hauser and Turbo-Hauser Bases| doi= 10.1002/anie.200802618|pmid= 18677732 |doi-access= free}}{{cite journal|author1= Yang, K.-C. |author2= Chang, C.-C. |author3= Huang, J.-Y. | author4= Lin, C.-C. |author5= Lee, G.-H.|author6=Wang, Y. |author7= Chiang, M. Y. |journal=J. Organomet. Chem.|year=2002| volume=648|issue= 1–2 |pages= 176–187|title= Synthesis, characterization and crystal structures of alkyl-, alkynyl-, alkoxo- and halo-magnesium amides| doi= 10.1016/S0022-328X(01)01468-1|url= http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/2006111501233244/1/8825.pdf}}
Amido-bridged Hauser bases exist when the amido ligand is less bulky, such as Et2N− and Ph3P=N−.{{cite journal|author1= Batsanov, A. S. |author2= Bolton, P. D. |author3= Copley, R. C. B. | author4= Davidson, M. G. |author5=Howard, J. A. K. |author6=Lustig, C.|author7= Price, R. D. |journal=J. Organomet. Chem.|year=1998| volume=550|issue= 1–2 |pages= 445–448|title= The metallation of imino(triphenyl)phosphorane by ethylmagnesium chloride: The synthesis, isolation and X-ray structure of [Ph3P=NMgCl·O=P(NMe2)3]2| doi= 10.1016/S0022-328X(97)00550-0}}{{cite journal|author1= Armstrong D. R. |author2= García–Álvarez, P.|author3= Kennedy, A. R.|author4 = Mulvey, R. E.| author5= Parkinson, J. A. |journal=Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.|year=2010| volume=49|issue= 18|pages= 3185–3188|title=Diisopropylamide and TMP Turbo-Grignard Reagents: A Structural Rationale for their Contrasting Reactivities | url= http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/27619/ | doi= 10.1002/anie.201000539|pmid= 20352641|doi-access= free}}
TMP Hauser Base.png|TMP Hauser Base
HMDS Hauser Base.png|HMDS Hauser Base
Me2N3PO Hauser Base.png|Diethylamido Hauser Base
The structures of Hauser bases in solution have been investigated by diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY).{{cite journal|author1= Neufeld, R. |author2= Stalke, D.|journal=Chem. Sci.|year=2015| volume=6|issue= 6|pages=3354–3364|title= Accurate Molecular Weight Determination of Small Molecules via DOSY-NMR by Using External Calibration Curves with Normalized Diffusion Coefficients | doi= 10.1039/C5SC00670H|pmid= 29142693|pmc= 5656982}} {{open access}} These studies indicate that iPr2NMgCl is subject to the Schlenk equilibrium:{{cite journal|author1= Neufeld, R. |author2= Teuteberg, T. L.|author3= Herbst-Irmer, R.|author4 = Mata, R. A.| author5= Stalke, D. |journal=J. Am. Chem. Soc.|year=2016| volume=138|issue= 14|pages= 4796–4806|title= Solution Structures of Hauser Base iPr2NMgCl and Turbo-Hauser Base iPr2NMgCl·LiCl in THF and the Influence of LiCl on the Schlenk-Equilibrium| doi= 10.1021/jacs.6b00345|pmid= 27011251}}
:iPr2NMgCl (A) {{eqm}} (iPr2N)2Mg (B) + MgCl2
This equilibrium is temperature-dependent: heteroleptic (A) are the main species at high temperatures and homoleptic (B) dominate at lower temperatures. Dimeric species with bridging chlorides and amides are also present in the THF solution. At low temperatures, adducts of MgCl2 are present in solution.
Preparation and reactions
The Hauser bases are prepared by treating a secondary amine with a Grignard reagent:
:R2NH + R′MgX → R2NMgX + R′H {{pad|3em}}X = Cl, Br, I
(:R2NH = diisopropylamine, TMP)
Like many organolithium reagents, Hauser bases are generally used for metalation reagents. iPr2NMgBr selectively magnesiate carboxamides.{{cite journal|author1= Eaton, P. E.|author2= Lee, C. H. | author3= Xiong, Y. |journal=J. Am. Chem. Soc.|year=1989| volume=138|issue= 20 |pages= 8016–8018|title= Magnesium amide bases and amido-Grignards. 1. Ortho magnesiation| doi= 10.1021/ja00202a054}}
iPr2NMgX (X = Cl, Br) effect the deprotonation thiophenes.{{cite journal|author1= Shilai, M.|author2= Kondo, Y. | author3= Sakamoto, T. |journal =J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1|year=2001| pages= 442–444|title=Selective metallation of thiophene and thiazole rings with magnesium amide base| doi=10.1039/B007376H | issue=4}} and phenylsulphonyl-substituted indoles.{{cite journal|author1= Kondo, Y. |author2= Yoshida, A. | author3= Sakamoto, T. |journal=J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1|year=1996| pages= 2331–2332|title= Magnesiation of indoles with magnesium amide bases | doi=10.1039/P19960002331 | issue=19}}
Turbo-Hauser base
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A major disadvantage of Hauser bases is their poor solubility in THF. In consequence, the metalation rates are slow and a large excess of base is required (e.g., 10 equiv.). This circumstance complicates the functionalization of the metaled intermediate with an electrophile. Improved solubility and reactivity can be achieved by adding stoichiometric amounts of LiCl to the Hauser base. These so-called Turbo-Hauser bases like e.g. TMPMgCl·LiCl and iPr2NMgCl·LiCl are commercially available. They show an enhanced kinetic basicity, regioselectivity and functional group tolerance.{{cite journal|doi=10.1039/c4cc10194d |title=Progress and Developments in the turbo Grignard Reagent i-PrMgCl·LiCl: A Ten-Year Journey |date=2015 |last1=Li-Yuan Bao |first1=Robert |last2=Zhao |first2=Rong |last3=Shi |first3=Lei |journal=Chemical Communications |volume=51 |issue=32 |pages=6884–6900 |pmid=25714498 }}