The preparation of new manganese(II) isocyanide complexes, MnI2(CNBut)n (n=1, 1.5, 2) and the mixed isocyanide/tertiary-phosphine complex MnI2(PPh3)(CNBut)2. The isolation and X-ray crystallographic characterisation of the MnI/MnII mixed-valence isomeric complexes [Mn(CNBut)6][MnI3(PPh3)] and [Mn(CNBut)5(PPh3)][MnI3(CNBut)]
摘要:
The complexes MnI2(CNBut)n (n = 1, 1.5 and 2) have been prepared by reaction of MnI2 or MnI2Ln (L = PPh3, THF, n = 2; L = (4-CH3C6H4)3p, n = 1.5) with CNBut in toluene. The reaction of MnI2(PPh3)2 with CNBut in n-pentane slurry gives the complex of formula MnI2(PPh3)(CNBut)2. When MnI2(PPh3)2 reacts with an excess of CNBut in toluene, red-orange crystals of [Mn(CNBut)5(PPh3)][MnI3(CNBut)] and yellow crystals of [Mn(CNBUt)6][MnI3(PPh3)] are formed. X-ray diffraction studies of the two types of crystal show them to have the ion-pair structures. IR studies suggest that in the MnI2(CNBut)n complexes the Mn-C bond is predominantly of sigma-character, whereas in the mixed phosphine/isocyanide derivatives the Mn-C bond is predominantly of pi-character.