New CpCrCl2(PR3) complexes: physical properties and reduction chemistry
摘要:
Compounds CpCrCl2L (L = PMe2Ph, 1; PMePh2, 2; PPh3, 3) have been prepared. Their magnetic moment is in accord with the presence of three unpaired electron and a variable temperature H-1 NMR investigation of 1 shows Curie-Weiss behavior. The H-1 NMR, EPR and UV-visible spectra are in agreement with those of other previously reported compounds of the same family. An electrochemical investigation shows the accessibility of an irreversible reduction process. A parallel sodium reduction investigation of complexes CpCrCl2L (L = PMe3 and eta(1)-dppe) suggests that the reduction process is followed by immediate chloride loss, and then by a ligand redistribution process to afford chromocene and unstable inorganic phosphine complexes of Cr(II). (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.