Cyclopentadiene

Cyclopentadiene is an organic compound with the formula C5H6. This colorless liquid has a strong and unpleasant odor. At room temperature, this cyclic diene dimerizes over the course of hours to give dicyclopentadiene via a Diels–Alder reaction. This dimer can be restored by heating to give the monomer.

Cyclopentadiene
Skeletal formula of cyclopentadiene
Spacefill model of cyclopentadiene
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Cyclopenta-1,3-diene
Other names
1,3-Cyclopentadiene[1]
Pyropentylene[2]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Abbreviations CPD, HCp
471171
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.008.033
EC Number
  • 208-835-4
1311
MeSH 1,3-cyclopentadiene
RTECS number
  • GY1000000
UNII
Properties
C5H6
Molar mass 66.103 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless liquid
Odor irritating, terpene-like[1]
Density 0.786 g cm−3
Melting point −90 °C; −130 °F; 183 K
Boiling point 39 to 43 °C; 102 to 109 °F; 312 to 316 K
insoluble[1]
Vapor pressure 400 mmHg (53 kPa)[1]
Acidity (pKa) 16
Conjugate base Cyclopentadienyl anion
-44.5·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
Planar[3]
Thermochemistry
115.3 J K−1 mol−1
182.7 J K−1 mol−1
Hazards
Flash point 25 °C (77 °F; 298 K)
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
14,182 ppm (rat, 2 hr)
5091 ppm (mouse, 2 hr)[4]
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
 TWA 75 ppm (200 mg/m3)[1]
REL (Recommended)
 TWA 75 ppm (200 mg/m3)[1]
IDLH (Immediate danger)
 750 ppm[1]
Related compounds
Related hydrocarbons
 Benzene
Cyclobutadiene
Cyclopentene
Related compounds
 Dicyclopentadiene
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

The compound is mainly used for the production of cyclopentene and its derivatives. It is popularly used as a precursor to the cyclopentadienyl ligand (Cp) in cyclopentadienyl complexes in organometallic chemistry.[5]

Production and reactions

Cyclopentadiene production is usually not distinguished from dicyclopentadiene since they are interconverted. They are obtained from coal tar (about 10–20 g/tonne) and by steam cracking of naphtha (about 14 kg/tonne).[6] To obtain cyclopentadiene monomer, commercial dicyclopentadiene is cracked by heating to ~ 180 °C. The monomer is collected by distillation, and used soon thereafter.[7]

Sigmatropic rearrangement

The hydrogen atoms in cyclopentadiene undergo rapid [1,5]-sigmatropic shifts as indicated by 1H NMR spectra recorded at various temperatures.[8] Even more fluxional are the derivatives C5H5E(CH3)3 (E = Si, Ge, Sn), wherein the heavier element migrates from carbon to carbon with a low activation barrier.

Diels–Alder reactions

Cyclopentadiene is a highly reactive diene in the Diels–Alder reaction because minimal distortion of the diene is required to achieve the envelope geometry of the transition state compared to other dienes.[9] Famously, cyclopentadiene dimerizes. The conversion occurs in hours at room temperature, but the monomer can be stored for days at −20 °C.[6]

Deprotonation
Main article: Cyclopentadienyl anion

The compound is unusually acidic (pKa = 16) for a hydrocarbon, a fact explained by the high stability of the aromatic cyclopentadienyl anion, C
5H−
5. Deprotonation can be achieved with a variety of bases, typically sodium hydride, sodium metal, and butyl lithium. Salts of this anion are commercially available, including sodium cyclopentadienide and lithium cyclopentadienide. They are used to prepare cyclopentadienyl complexes.

Metallocene derivatives
Main article: metallocene
[(η5-C5H5)Rh(η4-C5H6)], an 18-electron mixed-hapticity rhodocene derivative[10] that can form when the rhodocene monomer is protonated.

Metallocenes and related cyclopentadienyl derivatives have been heavily investigated and represent a cornerstone of organometallic chemistry owing to their high stability. The first metallocene characterised, ferrocene, was prepared the way many other metallocenes are prepared: by combining alkali metal derivatives of the form MC5H5 with dihalides of the transition metals:[11] As typical example, nickelocene forms upon treating nickel(II) chloride with sodium cyclopentadienide in THF.[12]

NiCl2 + 2 NaC5H5 → Ni(C5H5)2 + 2 NaCl

Organometallic complexes that include both the cyclopentadienyl anion and cyclopentadiene itself are known, one example of which is the rhodocene derivative produced from the rhodocene monomer in protic solvents.[13]

Organic synthesis

It was the starting material in Leo Paquette's 1982 synthesis of dodecahedrane.[14] The first step involved reductive dimerization of the molecule to give dihydrofulvalene, not simple addition to give dicyclopentadiene.

The start of Paquette's 1982 dodecahedrane synthesis. Note the dimerisation of cyclopentadiene in step 1 to dihydrofulvalene.

Uses

Aside from serving as a precursor to cyclopentadienyl-based catalysts, the main commercial application of cyclopentadiene is as a precursor to comonomers. Semi-hydrogenation gives cyclopentene. Diels-Alder reaction with butadiene gives ethylidene norbornene, a comonomer in the production of EPDM rubbers.

Abbreviation

The commonly used abbreviation of the cyclopentadienyl anion is Cp. The abbreviation played a part in the naming of copernicium: the original proposal for the element's symbol was also Cp, but because of the abbreviation for this anion and the fact that lutetium was originally named cassiopeium and had Cp for the symbol as well, the symbol for copernicium was changed to Cn.[15]

See also
Structure of (t-Bu)3C5H3, a prototypical bulky cyclopentadiene.[16]

References
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