A kinetically stabilized ferrocenyl diphosphene: Synthesis, structure, properties, and redox behavior
A kinetically stabilized ferrocenyl diphosphene: Synthesis, structure, properties, and redox behavior
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DOI:
10.1002/chem.200400577
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发表时间:
2004-12-03
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Tokitoh, N
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作者:
Nagahora, N;Sasamori, T;Tokitoh, N
A new, stable ferrocenyl diphosphene [Tbt-P=P-Fc] (1) (Tbt = 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl, Fe = ferrocenyl) was synthesized by the dehydrochlorination reaction of the corresponding diphosphane, [Tbt-P(H)-P(Cl)-Fc] (8), with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) in good yield. Diphosphene 1 is very stable in the solid state and also in solution. In the P-31 NMR spectrum (CA), diphosphene I showed a low-fielded AB quartet at delta 501.7 and 479.5 ppm with the coupling constant (1)J(PP) = 546 Hz, which is characteristic of an unsymmetrically substituted trans-diphosphene. The molecular structure of 1 was established by X-ray crystallographic analysis, which showed a trans-diphosphene with a C-P-P-C torsion angle of 177.86(17)degrees. The phosphorus-phosphorus bond length of 1 [2.0285(15) Angstrom] which is considerably shorter than the typical P-P single-bond lengths (ca. 2.22-2.24 Angstrom) and within the range of reported P=P double-bond lengths (1.985-2.051 Angstrom) for diaryl diphosphenes, evidenced the P=P double-bond character of 1 in the solid state. In addition, the cyclic voltammograms of 1 showed reversible reduction and oxidation couples at -1.95 and +0.34 V versus SCE, respectively. The electrochemical results for 1 were reasonably supported by the DFT calculations, which suggested that the LUMO and HOMO orbitals should be mainly pi* orbital of the diphosphene moiety and d orbitals of the iron(II) atom, respectively.