Syntheses and crystal structures of mononuclear and dinuclear (pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)iridium(III) complexes containing 2-mercaptobenzimidazole
摘要:
A reaction of [Cp*IrCl(2)](2) {Cp* = eta(5)-C(5)(CH(3))(5)}and 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (H(2)bimt) in methanol in a 1:2 molar ratio gave a yellow complex of [Cp*IrCl(2)(H(2)bimt)]center dot CH(3)OH (1). In compound 1 the H(2)bimt acts as a monodentately S-donating (kappa S) ligand. A similar reaction of [Cp*IrCl(2)](2) and H(2)bimt in the presence of NaOCH(3) (molar ratio of 1:2:2) gave an orange product (2) on addition of excess amount of NH(4)PF(6). Compound 2 was composed of an unsymmetrical dinuclear complex cation, [(Cp*IrCl)(2)(mu-Hbimt)(mu-H(2)bimt)](+), a PF(6) anion, and water molecules of crystallization. In the complex cation, H(2)bimt bridges two Ir(III) centers by S atom in the mu-kappa S:kappa S mode, while the monodeprotonated Hbimt ligand bridges via S and N atoms in the mu-kappa S:kappa N(1) mode. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.