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Title: Synthesis of asymmetric Rh/sub 2//sup 4+/ complexes. X-ray crystal structure of Rh/sub 2/(form)/sub 3/(NO/sub 3/)(PPh/sub 3/)/center dot/0. 5CH/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ and Rh/sub 2/(form)/sub 3/(NO/sub 3/)(C/sub 5/H/sub 5/N) (form = N,N'-di-p-tolylformamidinate)

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00300a031· OSTI ID:5761824

The reaction of the paramagnetic Rh/sub 2//sup 5+/ complex Rh/sub 2/(form)/sub 3/(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/ (form = N,N'-di-p-tolylformamidinate) with an excess of the neutral ligands PPh/sub 3/, pyridine, and dimethylamine leads, via reductive elimination of one nitrate group, to the formation of the asymmetric Rh/sub 2//sup 4+/ complexes Rh/sub 2/(form)/sub 3/(NO/sub 3/)L L = PPh/sub 3/ (1), pyridine (2), N(CH/sub 3/)/sub 2/H (3). The two rhodium atoms in complexes 1-3 display different coordinations and reduced average formal oxidation states. The complexes have been characterized by IR, /sup 31/P NMR, and /sup 103/Rh NMR spectroscopic methods, which point out the nonequivalence of the two rhodium atoms. Complexes 1 and 2 have also been characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis. Complex 1 belongs to the monoclinic space group system P2/sub 1//n, with a = 21.529 (3) /angstrom/; b = 23.990 (3) /angstrom/, c = 11.944 (1) /angstrom/, /beta/ = 102.13 (4)/degree/, Z = 4, and R = 0.057 for 2046 reflections with I > 3/sigma/(I). The crystal structure reveals that one of the three formamidinate groups spanning the dimetal center (Rh-Rh = 2.498 (2) /angstrom/) is bonded in an unusual way, namely, /sigma/,/sigma/-N,N' with a localized double bond. Complex 2 forms monoclinic crystals in space group P2/sub 1//c with a = 10.238 (1) /angstrom/, b = 16.567 (2) /angstrom/, /beta/ = 955.6 (3)/degree/, Z = 4, and R = 0.041 for 3392 reflections with I > 3/sigma/(I). In complexes 2 and 3 of all the bridging ligands are bonded in the usual fashion, namely, /sigma/,/sigma/-N,N' with delocalized double bonds. 18 refs., 3 figs., 6 tabs..

Research Organization:
Universite di Messina (Italy)
OSTI ID:
5761824
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 28:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English