In order to elucidate the nature and the structure of the elusive (OC)2Rh(Ph3SiO)2Rh(cod) (cod) = cycloocta-1,5-diene) complex, an important model compound for surface catalysis, (OC)2RhCl2Rh(cod) has been synthesized, and structurally characterized by ab initio X-ray powder diffraction. Crystals of (OC)2RhCl2Rh(cod) are monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 6.659(1), b = 12.274(1) and c = 16.096(1) Å, β = 92.176(5)°, Z = 4, ρcalc = 2.209 g cm–3. The structure has been solved, from powder diffraction data only, by Patterson and Fourier-difference methods and has been ultimately refined, by the Rietveld method, down to Rp = 0.116 and Rwp = 0.154 for 4050 data points collected in the 12–93° (2θ) range. The molecule contains two square-planar rhodium atoms, one bearing two terminal carbonyls and the other bound to the chelating cod fragment, and two chlorine atoms bridging the Rh· · ·Rh vector. The Rh2Cl2 core is markedly non-planar, the dihedral angle about the Cl· · ·Cl hinge being 135.4(6)°.
为了阐明难以捉摸的 (OC)2Rh(Ph3SiO)2Rh(cod)(cod =
环辛烷-1,5-二烯)复合物(一种重要的表面催化模型化合物)的性质和结构,我们合成了 (OC)2RhCl2Rh(cod),并利用 ab initio X 射线粉末衍射对其进行了结构表征。(OC)2RhCl2Rh(cod) 晶体为单斜晶系,空间群为 P21/c,a = 6.659(1)、b = 12.274(1)和 c = 16.096(1)埃,β = 92.176(5)°,Z = 4,ρcalc = 2.209 g cm-3。通过帕特森法和傅里叶差分法,仅从粉末衍射数据中求解出了该结构,并通过里特维尔德法,在 12-93° (2θ) 范围内收集了 4050 个数据点,最终将其细化为 Rp = 0.116 和 Rwp = 0.154。该分子包含两个方形平面
铑原子,其中一个带有两个末端羰基,另一个与螯合 cod 片段结合,还有两个
氯原子桥接在 Rh- -Rh 向量上。Rh2Cl2 核心明显非平面,与 Cl- -Cl 铰链的二面角为 135.4(6)°。