Straightforward synthesis of phosphametallocenium cations of Rh and Ir
摘要:
Reaction of 3,4-dimethylphospholylthallium (Tl-1) with [Cp* MCl(2)](2) (M = Rh, Ir) leads to the formation of the dimeric species [(Cp* M)(2)(Me(2)C(4)H(2)P)(3)](+) 2 and 3 with bridging mu-eta(1): eta(1)-phospholyl ligands. The phosphametallocenium sandwich complexes [Cp* M(Me(2)C(4)(SiMe(3))(2)P)](+) 7 (M = Rh) and 8 (M = Ir) could be obtained from the reaction of [Cp* MCl(2)](2) and the 2,5-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1-trimethylstannylphosphole 6, with the bulky trimethylsilyl groups preventing the phosphole from eta(1)-and enforcing a eta(5)-coordination. The structures of phospharhodocenium cation 7 and a byproduct 9 containing a phosphairidocenium moiety could be determined by X-ray diffraction. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.