Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Phospholyl- and Arsolylsamarium(III) Complexes: Influence of Steric and Electronic Factors
作者:François Nief、Louis Ricard
DOI:10.1021/om010317n
日期:2001.9.1
The title complexes could be easily synthesized respectively from the following biphospholyls: 2,3,4,5,2 ' ,3 ' ,4 ' ,5 ' -octamethylbi-1,1 ' -phospholyl (1); 3,4,3 ' ,4 ' -tetramethylbi-1,1 ' -phospholyl (2); 2,5,2 ' ,5 ' -tetra-tert-butylbi-1,1 ' -phospholyl (3), and CP*Sm-2 or Cp*Sm-2(Et2O) (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl). 3,4,3 ' ,4 ' -Tetramethylbi-1,1 ' -arsolyl (4), a precursor of the new 3,4-dimethylarsolyl ligand, was prepared in three steps from the known 1-chloro-2,5-di(trimethylsilyl)-3,4-dimethylarsole (5). The reaction of 4 with CP*Sm-2 afforded the title complex 12. Although the unsubstituted bi-1,1 ' -phospholyl could be observed by NMR, it decomposed during the isolation, and thus the title complex 13 with the unsubstituted phospholyl was prepared from Cp*Sm-2(Et2O) and the new thallium phospholide 8, synthesized by metathesis of lithium phospholide with thallous ethoxide. Compounds 8-13 were characterized by X-ray crystallography. The solid state structures of complexes 9-13 vary depending on the substitution pattern on the phospholyl ligand. They can be eta (1)- or eta (5)-coordinated monomers (respectively 9 and 12), a mu:eta (1):eta (5)- symmetrical dimer (13), or even unsymmetrical dimers where both the eta (1)- and the mu:eta (1),eta (5)-coordination modes are found (10 and 11). These structures are discussed by taking into account the electronic and steric properties of the phospholyl and arsolyl ligands.