Chelate and Pincer Carbene Complexes of Rhodium and Platinum Derived from Hexaphenylcarbodiphosphorane, Ph<sub>3</sub>PCPPh<sub>3</sub>
作者:Kazuyuki Kubo、Nathan D. Jones、Michael J. Ferguson、Robert McDonald、Ronald G. Cavell
DOI:10.1021/ja0502831
日期:2005.4.1
The reaction of [(cod)RhCl]2 with Ph3P=C=PPh3 (1) gave the bidentate Rh(I) carbene complex, (cod)Rh[eta2-CP(C6H4)Ph2}PPh3}] (2), in which one of the Ph groups in 1 underwent orthometalation to form the chelate. Displacement of cod by 2 equiv of PMe3 transformed 2, via a second orthometalation event, into the Rh(III) C,C,C pincer carbene complex, HRh(PMe3)2[eta3-CP(C6H4)Ph2}2] (3). The reaction of [Me2Pt(SMe2)]2 with 1 led directly to the analogous C,C,C pincer carbene complex of Pt(II), (Me2S)Pt[eta3-CP(C6H4)Ph2}2] (4). DFT calculations on a model form of 3 suggest a net single sigma-bonding interaction between Rh and an sp2-hybridized carbene center, with a HOMO that is predominantly carbene pz in character.