The 2-Indenylidene Chloropalladate {PdCl[Ind(Ph2P═S)2]}(nBu4N): A Versatile Pincer Complex with “Innocent” and “Noninnocent” Behavior
摘要:
The chloropalladate pincer complex (PdCl-[Ind(Ph2P=S)(2)]}(nBu(4)N) (2) has been prepared, and its reactivity has been thoroughly investigated. Alkyl halides such as iodomethane and benzyl chloride react at the electron-rich 2-indenylidene moiety, leading to the 2-indenyl pincer complexes {PdI[Ind(Me)(Ph2P=S)(2)]} (3) and {PdCl[Ind-(Bn)(Ph2P=S)(2)]} (4), respectively. The ligand backbone is also involved in the reaction of 2 with the electron-deficient alkyne MeCO2C equivalent to CCO2Me. Formally, one of the pincer ligand side arms is elongated and the original complex 5, featuring three fused metallacycles, is obtained. Nucleophiles such as PPh3 and NHCy2 also react readily with 2, to give the corresponding 2-indenylidene complexes by displacement of the chloride at Pd. In addition, treatment of 2 with PhC equivalent to CLi affords (Pd(C equivalent to CPh)[Ind(Ph2P=S)(2)]}(nBu(4)N) (8), the first alkynylpalladate to be isolated. All the new compounds have been characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The structures of complexes 3, 5, and 8 have been further analyzed by means of X-ray diffraction studies.
2-Indenylidene Pincer Complexes of Zirconium and Palladium
摘要:
IndH(2)(Ph2P=X)(2)] derivatives (1, X = NMes; 4, X = S) react with [Zr(NMe2)(4)] and [PdCl2(cod)] to afford the complexes {[Ind(Ph(2)PNMes)(2)]Zr(NMe2)(2)} (3), {[lnd(Ph2PS)(2)]Zr(NMe2)(2)} (5), and {[Ind(Ph2PS)(2)]Pd(HNc-Hex(2))} (7). The ability of the phosphazene and thiophosphinoyl side arms to support the coordination of the indenyl ring as 2-indenylidene was evidenced by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies. Analysis of the bonding situation by density functional theory calculations revealed a strong a interaction but a negligible (if any) pi interaction between C2 and the metal.
The coordination of tridentate ligands featuring lateral coordination sites prone to acting as bridging ligands was explored with the aim of obtaining original polymetallic species in a straightforward and controlled manner. Accordingly, the 2-indenylidene chloropalladate [Ind(Ph2P=S)(2)}PdCl](-) was found to behave as a kappa(2)-C,S bidentate ligand toward metal fragments, giving access to homo- and heteropolymetallic complexes. X-ray diffraction analyses reveal the presence of short metal metal contacts in all of these complexes. Density functional theory calculations unambiguously substantiate that the metals engage in unusual d(8)center dot center dot center dot d(8) interactions with a quasi-perpendicular arrangement of their coordination planes.