Synthesis of cyclomanganated complexes derived from 2,5 -diphenyl -1,3,4 -oxadiazole and their reactivity with respect to 1,1-diphenyldiazomethane : Evidence for a fluxional trihaptobenzylic coordination mode

Abstract The cyclometallation of 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole with benzylpentacarbonylmanganese afforded the related mono- and binuclear complexes. The thermolytic coupling of 1,1-diphenyldiazomethane with monometallated 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole afforded substantial amounts of a new trihaptobenzylic complex. In the solid state, an X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the coordination of manganese metal to one of the phenyl groups introduced by the 1,1-diphenyldiazomethane and to one of ligand’s nitrogen centre. In solution, this trihaptobenzylic complex displays a fluxionality which is assumed to be related to the equilibration of its helical Λ and Δ enantiomers.