Reaction Pathways of 2,2,2-Trifluoroethylamine and n-Butylamine with [Ru(bpy)2(NO)Cl]2+

DI SALVO, F.; CRESPO, A.; ESTRIN, D.; DOCTOROVICH,* F.

TETRAHEDRON

Año: 2002 vol. 58 p. 4237 - 4244

0040-4020

AbstractÐThe reaction of [Ru(bpy)2(NO)Cl]21 with 2,2,2-tri¯uoroethylamine produced [Ru(bpy)2(NO)Cl]1 by electron transfer and a number of organic compounds formed via nucleophilic substitution of the intermediate 2,2,2-tri¯uoroethyldiazonium ion (free or coordinated). Density functional theory computed results suggest that stabilization of the tri¯uoroethyldiazonium ion by complexation is much larger than the one corresponding to the butyl ion, in agreement with the fact that no rearrangement products derived from CF3CH2 1 were observed. q 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.ÐThe reaction of [Ru(bpy)2(NO)Cl]21 with 2,2,2-tri¯uoroethylamine produced [Ru(bpy)2(NO)Cl]1 by electron transfer and a number of organic compounds formed via nucleophilic substitution of the intermediate 2,2,2-tri¯uoroethyldiazonium ion (free or coordinated). Density functional theory computed results suggest that stabilization of the tri¯uoroethyldiazonium ion by complexation is much larger than the one corresponding to the butyl ion, in agreement with the fact that no rearrangement products derived from CF3CH2 1 were observed. q 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.