Abstract
Monovalent Rh was installed into the group 13 metallatranes, M[N(o-(NCH2P(iPr)2)C6H4)3] (where M = Al and Ga, abbreviated as ML) to generate Rh → M bonds in the parent complexes, Cl-RhAlL (1-Cl) and Cl-RhGaL (2-Cl). The electron-withdrawing nature of the group 13 metalloids was probed by cyclic voltammetry, and Rh-Ga was found to be more electron-deficient than Rh-Al (Epc = -2.07 and -1.95 V vs. Fc+/Fc for 1-Cl and 2-Cl, respectively). Both 1-Cl and 2-Cl were further functionalized through metathesis reactions using MeLi to generate 1-CH3 and 2-CH3, respectively, or using LiHBEt3 to form 1-H and 2-H, respectively. The solid-state structures of all Rh-M bimetallics feature Rh-M bond lengths that are less than the sum of the covalent radii of Rh and M (Rh-M: 2.50-2.54 Å for 1-X and 2.49-2.46 Å for 2-X, where X = Cl, CH3, and H). In the Rh-M structures, the Rh center is distorted from square pyramidal geometry due to steric interactions between X and the isopropyl substituents of L. Finally, all the Rh-M bimetallics exhibit fluxionality that involves phosphine exchange. Of note, the two phosphines cis to the X ligand become inequivalent at low temperature. The activation barrier to exchange these two phosphine donors is: 14.9, 14.2, 10.9, and 11.5 kcal mol-1 for 1-Cl, 2-Cl, 1-H, and 2-H, respectively. The activation barriers for 1-CH3 and 2-CH3 are both >15.2 kcal mol-1. At high temperature, 2-Cl was also found to exchange all three phosphine donors. Mechanisms for the different types of phosphine exchange are proposed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5689-5701 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Dalton Transactions |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 17 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
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Structure and dynamic NMR behavior of rhodium complexes supported by Lewis acidic group 13 metallatranes. / Moore, James T.; Smith, Nicholas E.; Lu, Connie C.
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T1 - Structure and dynamic NMR behavior of rhodium complexes supported by Lewis acidic group 13 metallatranes
AU - Moore, James T.
AU - Smith, Nicholas E.
AU - Lu, Connie C.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Monovalent Rh was installed into the group 13 metallatranes, M[N(o-(NCH2P(iPr)2)C6H4)3] (where M = Al and Ga, abbreviated as ML) to generate Rh → M bonds in the parent complexes, Cl-RhAlL (1-Cl) and Cl-RhGaL (2-Cl). The electron-withdrawing nature of the group 13 metalloids was probed by cyclic voltammetry, and Rh-Ga was found to be more electron-deficient than Rh-Al (Epc = -2.07 and -1.95 V vs. Fc+/Fc for 1-Cl and 2-Cl, respectively). Both 1-Cl and 2-Cl were further functionalized through metathesis reactions using MeLi to generate 1-CH3 and 2-CH3, respectively, or using LiHBEt3 to form 1-H and 2-H, respectively. The solid-state structures of all Rh-M bimetallics feature Rh-M bond lengths that are less than the sum of the covalent radii of Rh and M (Rh-M: 2.50-2.54 Å for 1-X and 2.49-2.46 Å for 2-X, where X = Cl, CH3, and H). In the Rh-M structures, the Rh center is distorted from square pyramidal geometry due to steric interactions between X and the isopropyl substituents of L. Finally, all the Rh-M bimetallics exhibit fluxionality that involves phosphine exchange. Of note, the two phosphines cis to the X ligand become inequivalent at low temperature. The activation barrier to exchange these two phosphine donors is: 14.9, 14.2, 10.9, and 11.5 kcal mol-1 for 1-Cl, 2-Cl, 1-H, and 2-H, respectively. The activation barriers for 1-CH3 and 2-CH3 are both >15.2 kcal mol-1. At high temperature, 2-Cl was also found to exchange all three phosphine donors. Mechanisms for the different types of phosphine exchange are proposed.
AB - Monovalent Rh was installed into the group 13 metallatranes, M[N(o-(NCH2P(iPr)2)C6H4)3] (where M = Al and Ga, abbreviated as ML) to generate Rh → M bonds in the parent complexes, Cl-RhAlL (1-Cl) and Cl-RhGaL (2-Cl). The electron-withdrawing nature of the group 13 metalloids was probed by cyclic voltammetry, and Rh-Ga was found to be more electron-deficient than Rh-Al (Epc = -2.07 and -1.95 V vs. Fc+/Fc for 1-Cl and 2-Cl, respectively). Both 1-Cl and 2-Cl were further functionalized through metathesis reactions using MeLi to generate 1-CH3 and 2-CH3, respectively, or using LiHBEt3 to form 1-H and 2-H, respectively. The solid-state structures of all Rh-M bimetallics feature Rh-M bond lengths that are less than the sum of the covalent radii of Rh and M (Rh-M: 2.50-2.54 Å for 1-X and 2.49-2.46 Å for 2-X, where X = Cl, CH3, and H). In the Rh-M structures, the Rh center is distorted from square pyramidal geometry due to steric interactions between X and the isopropyl substituents of L. Finally, all the Rh-M bimetallics exhibit fluxionality that involves phosphine exchange. Of note, the two phosphines cis to the X ligand become inequivalent at low temperature. The activation barrier to exchange these two phosphine donors is: 14.9, 14.2, 10.9, and 11.5 kcal mol-1 for 1-Cl, 2-Cl, 1-H, and 2-H, respectively. The activation barriers for 1-CH3 and 2-CH3 are both >15.2 kcal mol-1. At high temperature, 2-Cl was also found to exchange all three phosphine donors. Mechanisms for the different types of phosphine exchange are proposed.
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