摘要:
In order to elucidate the charge dispersal from an iminium group onto an attached C=C bond, the crystal structures of a propyne iminium salt and its Co-2(CO)(6)-complexed analogue have been determined. For 1-(1-methyl-2-butyn-1-ylidene)pyrrolidinium triflate (3), the bond lengths of the C=C-C=N+ unit agree well with those obtained earlier by ab initio calculations; they confirm the nature of these cations as alkynyl-substituted iminium salts, with no significant resonance contribution from a beta-aminoallenyl structure. The triflate counterion is closely associated with the iminium function, and a C+-O contact smaller than the sum of the van der Waals radii is found. The first Co-2(CO)(6) complex with a propyne iminium ligand has been prepared from 3 and Co-2(CO)(8), and after anion exchange, the crystal structure of hexacarbonyl[mu-eta(4)-(1-methyl-1-(1-pyrrolidiniumylidene)-2-butyne)]dicobalt(Co-Co) hexafluorophosphate (4b) has been determined. The iminium character is preserved in this complex (C=N+ bond length 1.302(8) Angstrom), and dispersal of the positive charge onto one of the cobalt atoms is obviously not important. IR and NMR data confirm this conclusion. Salt 3, C10H14NF3O3S, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c with a = 9022(3) Angstrom, b = 12.183(2) Angstrom, c = 12.013(2) Angstrom, beta = 97.73(3)degrees, and Z = 4. Cobalt complex 4b, C15H14-NCo2F6O6P, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pca2(1) with a = 14.170(3) Angstrom b = 10.780(2) Angstrom, c = 13.718(3) Angstrom, and Z = 4.