A NEW TYPE OF TRANSITION-METAL DIMER BASED ON A HEXAPHOSPHINE LIGAND SYSTEM - CO2(CO)4(EHTP)2+ (EHTP = (ET2PCH2CH2)2PCH2P(CH2CH2PET2)2)
A NEW TYPE OF TRANSITION-METAL DIMER BASED ON A HEXAPHOSPHINE LIGAND SYSTEM - CO2(CO)4(EHTP)2+ (EHTP = (ET2PCH2CH2)2PCH2P(CH2CH2PET2)2)
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00311a034
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
MARQUES, EC
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作者:
ASKHAM, FR;STANLEY, GG;MARQUES, EC
The synthesis and characterization of a new hexa-iert-phosphine ligand system,(Et2PCH2CH2) 2PCH2P (CH2CH2PEt2) 2, 1, is described. This ligand has the ability to both tris-chelate and bridge two transition metals, either in a closed-mode, MM bonding geometry, or in an open-mode configuration in which the two metal atoms are 6-7 A apart. Reaction of 1 with 2 equiv of CoCl2 initially produces, in high yields, the paramagnetic, binuclear, red-brown Co (II) compound, Co2Cl4 (eHTP), 4, where eHTP= 1. An Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) spectrum of 4 shows Co-P and Co-Cl bond distances in the 2.2-2.4-Á region and no Co-Co contactdistance less than 4, 0 Á, indicating that 4 is in an open-mode geometry. On standing, 4 dissociates twochloride ligands to form the green, paramagnetic Co2Cl2 (eHTP) 2+ complex, 5, which precipitates out of the reaction mixture, either as the chloride or, if an extra equivalent of CoCl2 is used, the CoCl42'salt. The EXAFS spectrum on the CoC142~ salt of 5 is very similar to thatof 4, indicating that 5 is also in an open-mode geometry. Reaction of 4 or 5 (alone or mixed) with H2/CO (33% CO) and an extra equivalent of CoCl2 at 50 bar and 80 C forms, in high yields, the yellow-green, diamagneticCo (I) binuclear carbonyl/eHTP complex,[Co2 (CO) 4 (eHTP) 2+][CoCl42 “], 6a, which can be metathesized with aqueous NaPF6 to give the yellow PF6~ salt, 6b. 6 has been characterized by and 31P NMR, EXAFS, mass spectroscopy, IR, and a crystal structure. Crystals of 6b belong tothe monoclinic space group C2/c, with unit cell parameters a= 26.464 (4) A, b= 12.562 (2) A, c= 14.380 (3) A, ß= 99.04 (1), V= 4721 (3) A3, and Z= 4. The structure was refined to give R= 0.070 and Rw= 0.106. The molecule lies on a 2-fold axis, passing through the bridging methylene group of the eHTP ligand. The complex has the central bis (phosphino) methane portion of the eHTP ligand adopting a unique inverted coordination geometry to give an open-mode complex with the two cobalt atoms separated by 6.697 (1) A. The cobalt atoms have a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry with one carbonyl ligand and two terminal phosphorus atoms of the eHTP ligand in the equatorial plane.Despite the large amount of interest in utilizing transition-metal dimers and clusters as homogeneous catalysts, few such systems have been discovered, 1 while even fewer havebeen demonstrated to be more effective than mononuclear systems already known. Two major problems traditionally associated with research into polynuclear complexeshave been difficulties insynthesizing new species in a stepwise and rational fashion and the often ready fragmentation of these polynuclear systems into mononuclear complexes which can lead to confusion about the nature of the reactive species in solution.