Single-site polymerization catalysts generated in situ via activation of Cp*MMe
3 (Cp* = C
5Me
5;M = Ti, Zr), (CGC)MMe
2 (CGC = C
5Me
4SiMe
2NBu
t; M = Ti, Zr), and Cp
2ZrMe
2 with Ph
3C
+B(C
6F
5)
4- catalyzealkylation of aromatic molecules (benzene, toluene) with
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BORDER=0>-chloronor
bornene at room temperature, toregioselectively afford the 1:1 addition products
exo-1-chloro-2-arylnor
bornane (aryl = C
6H
5 (
1a), C
6H
4CH
3 (
1b)) in good yields. Analogous deuterium-labeled products
exo-1-chloro-2-aryl-
dn-nor
bornane-7-
d1(aryl-
dn = C
6D
5 (
1a-d6), C
6D
4CD
3 (
1b-d8)) are obtained via catalytic arylation of
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-chloronor
bornene ineither benzene-
d6 or toluene-
d8. Isolated ion-pair complexes such as (CGC)ZrMe(toluene)
+B(C
6F
5)
4- andCp*
2ThMe
+B(C
6F
5)
4- also catalyze the reaction of
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-chloronor
bornene in toluene-
d8 to give
1b-d8 in goodyields, respectively. Small quantities of the corresponding bis(1-chloronor
bornyl)aromatics
2 are also obtainedfrom preparative-scale reactions. These reactions exhibit tu
rnover frequencies exceeding 120 h
-1 (for theCp*TiMe
3/Ph
3C
+B(C
6F
5)
4--catalyzed system), and chlorine-free products are not observed. Compounds
1and
2 were characterized by
1H,
2H,
13C, and 2D NMR, GC-MS, and elemental analysis. The aryl group
exo-stereochemistry in
1a and
1b is established using
1H-
1H COSY,
1H-
13C HMBC, and
1H-
1H NOESYNMR, and is further corro
borated by X-ray analysis of the product 1,4-bis(
exo-1-chloro-2-nor
bornyl)benzene(
2a). Control experiments and reactivity studies on each component step suggest a mechanism involvingparticipitation of the metal electrophiles in the catalytic cycle.