Synthesis and structural characterization of fac-BrMn(CO)3{PH(C6H5)2}2

In attempts to find appropriated methods for preparation of unstable sulfinyl and sulfonylphosphane complexes we have synthesized the diphenylphosphine complexes of Mn(I), BrMn(CO)₄PHPh₂, (1) and BrMn(CO)₃(PHPh₂)₂ (2). Both should undergo electrophilic substitution in the presence of an adequated base. Parallel to the reactions of stabilization of phosphanes we have studied by means of x-ray analysis the structure of fac-BrMn(CO)₃(PHPh₂)₂ (2). The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P, a = 9.840(2), b = 11.207(2), c = 13.083(3) Å, = 72.00(3), = 69.59(3), = 81.41(3)°, U = 1284.7(4) ų, and Z = 2. In this complex the manganese atom shows an octahedral coordination geometry, with three carbonyl ligands in a fac arrangement, and one bromide and two diphenylphosphine ligands cis to each other.