Dangling phosphine complexes: Phosphine exchange in pentacarbonyl tungsten complexes of bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)phenylphosphine

Chaminda P. Gamage, Ryan C. Bailey, Ellen A. Keiter, John R. Kuczynski, Kraig A. Wheeler, Charlotte L. Stern, Douglas E. Brandt, Richard L. Keiter

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Abstract

Abstract The reaction of [W(CO)5NH2Ph] with Ph2PCH2PPhCH2PPh2 under mild conditions and stoichiometric control leads to two sets of linkage isomers: [(OC)5W{κ1-PPh(CH2PPh2)2}] 6a and [(OC)5W(κ1- PPh2CH2PPhCH2PPh2)] 6b; [(OC)5W{μ-PPh2CH2PPh(CH2PPh2)}W(CO)5] 7a and [(OC)5W(μ-PPh2CH2PPhCH2PPh2)W(CO)5] 7b. Isomers 6a and 6b exist in solution in equilibrium with K = 4.35 for 6b/6a in CDCl3 at 55 °C. Under the same conditions, the rate of isomerization of 6a to 6b is 4.32 × 10-6 s-1. Isomerization is thought to proceed by an initial attack of a carbonyl group by a pendant phosphine followed by ring opening and a 1,2-phosphine shift. At higher temperatures, chelated complexes with four- and six-membered rings are formed: [(OC)5W{μ-κ1-, κ2-PPh2CH2 (PhPCH2PPh2)W(CO)4 }] 9a, [(OC)5W{μ-κ1-, κ2-PPh (CH2PPh2)2}W(CO)4 }] 9b, and [(OC)4W{κ2-(PPh2CH2)2PPh}] 10b. X-ray crystal structures of 6a, 7b, and 9b have been determined.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number19161
Pages (from-to)258-265
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume794
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 27 2015

Keywords

  • Group 6 carbonyls
  • Linkage isomers
  • Pendant phosphines
  • Phosphine exchange
  • bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)phenylphosphine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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