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Sodium cyclopentadienide

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Sodium cyclopentadienide

The cyclopentadienide anion
Names
Other names
sodium cyclopentadienylide, cyclopentadienylsodium
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 225-636-8
  • InChI=1S/C5H5.Na/c1-2-4-5-3-1;/h1-5H;/q-1;+1 checkY
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  • InChI=1S/C5H5.Na/c1-2-4-5-3-1;/h1-5H;/q-1;+1
  • Key: OHUVHDUNQKJDKW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [Na+].c1[c-]ccc1
Properties
C5H5Na
Molar mass 88.085 g·mol−1
Appearance colorless solid
decomposition
Solubility THF
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
flammable
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Sodium cyclopentadienide is an organosodium compound with the formula C5H5Na. The compound is often abbreviated as NaCp, where Cp is the cyclopentadienide anion.[1] Sodium cyclopentadienide is a colorless solid, although samples often are pink owing to traces of oxidized impurities.[2]

Preparation

Sodium cyclopentadienide is commercially available as a solution in THF. It is prepared by treating cyclopentadiene with sodium:[3]

2 Na + 2 C5H6 → 2 NaC5H5 + H2

Commonly, the conversion is conducted by heating a suspension of molten sodium in dicyclopentadiene.[2] In former times, the sodium was commonly provided in the form of "sodium wire" or "sodium sand", a fine dispersion of sodium prepared by melting sodium in refluxing xylene and rapidly stirring.[4][5] Sodium hydride is a convenient base:[6]

NaH + C5H6 → NaC5H5 + H2

In early work, Grignard reagents were used as bases. With a pKa of 15, cyclopentadiene can be deprotonated by many reagents.

The nature of NaCp depends strongly its medium and for the purposes of planning syntheses, the reagent is often represented as a salt Na+C5H5. Crystalline solvent-free NaCp, which is rarely encountered, is a "polydecker" sandwich complex, consisting of an infinite chain of alternating Na+ centers sandwiched between μ-η55-C5H5 ligands.[7] As a solution in donor solvents, NaCp is highly solvated, especially at the alkali metal as suggested by the isolability of the adduct Na(tmeda)Cp.[8]

Applications

Sodium cyclopentadienide is a common reagent for the preparation of metallocenes. For example, the preparation of ferrocene[4] and zirconocene dichloride:[9]

2 NaC5H5 + FeCl2 → Fe(C5H5)2 + 2 NaCl
ZrCl4(thf)2 + 2 NaCp → Cp2ZrCl2 + 2 NaCl + 2 THF

References

  1. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2005). Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2005). Cambridge (UK): RSCIUPAC. ISBN 0-85404-438-8. p. 262. Electronic version.
  2. ^ a b Tarun K. Panda, Michael T. Gamer, Peter W. Roesky "An Improved Synthesis of Sodium and Potassium Cyclopentadienide" Organometallics, 2003, 22, 877–878.doi:10.1021/om0207865
  3. ^ Cotton, F. Albert; Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1988), Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (5th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, p. 139, ISBN 0-471-84997-9
  4. ^ a b Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1963). "Ferrocene". Organic Syntheses; Collected Volumes, vol. 4, p. 473.
  5. ^ Partridge, John J.; Chadha, Naresh K.; Uskokovic, Milan R. (1990). "An asymmetric hydroboration of 5-substituted cyclopentadienes: synthesis of methyl (1R,5R)-5-hydroxy-2-cyclopentene-1-acetate". Organic Syntheses{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link); Collected Volumes, vol. 7, p. 339.
  6. ^ Girolami, G. S.; Rauchfuss, T. B. and Angelici, R. J. (1999). Synthesis and Technique in Inorganic Chemistry. CA: University Science Books: Mill Valley. ISBN 0935702482.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Robert E. Dinnebier, Ulrich Behrens, and Falk Olbrich (1997). "Solid State Structures of Cyclopentadienyllithium, -sodium, and -potassium. Determination by High-Resolution Powder Diffraction". Organometallics. 16: 3855–3858. doi:10.1021/om9700122.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Elschenbroich, C. (2006). Organometallics. Wiley-VCH: Weinheim. ISBN 978-3-527-29390-2.
  9. ^ Wilkinson, G.; Birmingham, J. G. (1954). "Bis-cyclopentadienyl Compounds of Ti, Zr, V, Nb and Ta". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 76 (17): 4281–84. doi:10.1021/ja01646a008.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)