Mono- and bi-nuclear complexes of rhodium with functionalised diphosphine ligands
摘要:
Treatment of [RhCl(PPh3)3] with R2PCH2CH2PR2 (R = C6H4SMc-2 or C6H4SPr 2) gives the ionic complexes [Rh(R2PCH2CH2PR2)]Cl A. When R = C7H4NS (benzothiazolyl) or C8H7N7 (N-methyl-bonzimidazolyl), however, the partially substituted complex [RhCl(PPh3)(R2PCH2CH2PR2)] B result. Treatment of B (R = C7H4NS) with CHCl3 results in oxidation and disproportionation to the salt \ (RhCl)2-(mu-dbtpe)2][RhCl4(dbtpe)]2 C [dbtpe = (C7H6NS)2PCH2CH2P(SNC7H4)2]. X-ray diffraction analysis of C shows the cation to have a structure with a P-P chelated dbtpe ligand on each RhCl unit spanning the two metals by P,N ligation. The anion has regular octahedral co-ordination. Reaction of dbtpe with [{RhCl(cod)}2] (cod - cycloocta-1,5-diene) or [{RhCl(CO)2}2\ gives [(RhCl)2(mu-dbtpe)2] D which also has two P-P chelated RhCl units linked by P,N ligation, as shown by an X-ray crystal structure analysis. Full spectroscopic details are given for these compounds and their possible inter-relationship is discussed.