Promotion of tetrahedral copper(I) dimers by chelation of 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf). Crystal structures of [{CU(µ-X)(dppf-P,P′)}2](X = O2CH, I or NO3)
摘要:
Treatment of Cu(NO3)(2) with 1,1'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf) gave [{Cu(mu-NO3-O)(dppf-P,P')}(2)] which readily exchanged with NaO2CH or Kl to give [{Cu(mu-O2CH-O,O')(dppf-P,P')}(2)] or [{Cu(mu-l)(dppf-P,P')}(2)]. X-Ray structural analysis of the complexes revealed three tetrahedral copper(l) dimers with nitrate, iodide or formate preferentially in bridging and dppf consistently in chelating modes. The P-Cu-P chelate angle in the nitrate [117.8(1)degrees] is the largest of known dppf chelates in all geometries. These structures are different from their triphenylphosphine analogues which are all monomers. Exchanges of the nitrate complex with other carboxylates gave [{Cu(mu-O(2)CR)(dppf-P,P')}(n)] (R = Me, CF3, Et, Pr-n or Ph). It also reacted with a stoichiometric amount of dppf to give [Cu-2(NO3-O)(2)(mu-dppf)(dppf-P,P')(2)]. The geometrical influence of PPh(3), Ph(2)PCH(2)PPh(2) and dppf, and their preferred bonding modes to Cu-l in relation to the complex nuclearity, are discussed.