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Title: Thermodynamic studies of competitive adduct formation: single- and double-insertion reactions of carbon monoxide with rhodium octaethylporphyrin dimer

Journal Article · · J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00226a022· OSTI ID:5914172

Reactions of carbon monoxide with (octaethylporphyrin)rhodium dimer, ((OEP)Rh)/sub 2/, in toluene produce and equilibrium system involving four species: ((OEP)Rh)/sub 2/ (1), ((OEP)Rh)/sub 2/(CO) (2), (OEP)RhC(O)Rh(OEP) (3), and (OEP)RhC(O)C(C)Rh(OEP) (4). No evidence is found for the formation of a diacarbonyl adduct of 1, which is accounted for on the basis of required structural features of metal-metal-bonded porphyrin dimers. /sup 1/H and /sup 13/C NMR evidence is presented for double insertion of CO into the Rh-Rh bond. NMR methods are used to determine enthalpy and entropy changes for the reaction of 1 with CO to form the following: 2, /Delta/H/sub 2//degree/ = /minus/10/plus minus/ 1 kcal/mol (/minus/41 /plus minus/ 4 kJ/mol), /Delta/S/sub 2//degree/ = /minus/26 /plus minus/ 4 cal/K/center dot/mol/minus/109 /plus minus/ 17 J/K/center dot/mol; 3, /Delta/H/sub 3//degree/ = /minus/12 /plus minus/ 2 kcal/mol (/minus/50 /plus minus/ 8 kJ/mol), /Delta/S/sub 3//degree/ = /minus/31 /plus minus/5 cal/K/center dot/mol (/minus/130 /plus minus/21 J/K/center dot/mol); 4, /Delta/H/sub 8//degree/ = /minus/21 /plus minus/2 kcal/mol (/minus/88 /plus minus/ kJ/mol), /Delta/S/sub 8//degree/ = /minus/62 /plus minus/ 5 cal/K/center dot/mol (/minus/259 /plus minus/ 30 J/K/center dot/mol). Thermodynamic criteria for the double insertion of CO into metal-metal bonds are presented and applied to the (OEP)Rh system.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA)
OSTI ID:
5914172
Journal Information:
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 110:18
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English