Iridium {mu}-imido/amido A-frame complexes
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
The reaction of Ir{sub 2}Cl{sub 2}(CO){sub 2}({mu}-dppm){sub 2}(dppm=bis(diphenylphosphino)methane) with 2 equiv of LiNHR yields Ir{sub 2}({mu}-NR)(CO){sub 2}({mu}-dppm){sub 2}, (1) (R=p-tolyl,Ph,p-BrC{sub 6}H{sub 4}), or its tautomer Ir{sub 2}({mu}-NHR)(CO){sub 2}({mu}-dppm)-({mu}-dppm-H), (2) (dppm-H = bis(diphenylphosphino)methanide; R= Et, Bu{sup 5}). NMR data suggest that (1) (R=p-tolyl, Ph, p-BrC{sub 6}H{sub 4}) are in equilibrium with small amounts of (2) in polar solvents. An X-ray structural determination of (1) (R = p-tolyl) shows that the imido nitrogen atom links two iridium atoms at the apex of an A-frame complex. A very short N-C distance in the imido group suggests extensive N-lone pair donation to the tolyl ring. Crystals of (1) (R = p-tolyl) from benzene are tetragonal (P4{sub 3}) with a = 21.337(1) {Angstrom},c = 14.478-(2) {Angstrom}, and Z = 4. With the exception of R=p-NO{sub 2}C{sub 6}H{sub 4}, p-BrC{sub 6}H{sub 4}, and Et, the complexes react with 1 equiv of CO at ambient temperature to form Ir{sub 2}(CO){sub 3}({mu}-dppm){sub 2} as the major metal containing product. For R = Et, the reaction generates the unstable isocyanate complex Ir{sub 2}(CO){sub 4}({mu}-dppm){sub 2} and amine except for the p-NO{sub 2}C{sub 6}H{sub 4} complex, which gives a complex mixture of products.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-88ER13880
- OSTI ID:
- 457128
- Journal Information:
- Inorganic Chemistry, Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 34; ISSN 0020-1669; ISSN INOCAJ
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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