Cristina M. P. Ferreira, M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, Vadim Yu. Kukushkin, João J. R. Fraústo da Silva and Armando J. L. Pombeiro
The first direct observation of oxidative addition of an oxime upon N–O bond cleavage has been reported in the reaction of Me2CNOH with trans-[ReCl(N2)(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2] in the presence of Tl[BF4]–Tl[HSO4], to form, in a single-pot experiment, the methyleneamide complexes trans-[Re(OH)(N
CMe2)(dppe)2][A] (A = BF4 1a or HSO4 1b) which undergo ready replacement of hydroxide by fluoride upon reaction with HBF4; X-ray crystallography (1b) showed that the linearly bound methyleneamide behaves as an effective π acceptor and exerts a significant trans influence on the hydroxide ligand.