Synthesis and properties of some 2-(dimethylamino)methyl-substituted arylcopper compounds

The synthesis and isolation of 2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenylcopper and its 5-methyl, 5-methoxy, 5-chloro and 3-chloro derivatives are described. These hydrocarbon-soluble arylcopper compounds are appreciably more thermally stable than phenylcopper (e.g. 2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenylcopper decomposes only at 175–185°). They also show improved hydrolytic and oxidative stability.Lithiation of 1-methoxy-4-[(dimethylamino)methyl]naphthalene with butyllithium occurs at the 5-position. Metathesis of 1-methoxy-4-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-5-lithionaphthalene with cuprous bromide affords the corresponding organocopper compound.     

Carbon-13-nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of 5-coordinate tris-olefin complexes of rhodium(I)

Studies of the ¹³C N.M.R. spectra of the series RhX[P(Ch₂CH₂CHCH₂)₃] and RhX[P(CH₂CH₂CH₂CHCH₂)₃] where x  Cl or Br have revealed that (a) the J(¹⁰³Rh-¹³C) (olefin) for the complexes studied is only $\text{1}\text{2}$ ? $\text{1}\text{3}$ that found for square-planar complexes, and (b) the fluxional character in the olefinic carbons observed for the compounds RhX[P(CH₂CH₂CHCH₂)₃] is related to the partial rotation of the olefin about the rhodium-olefin bond.     

Carbonyl rhodium(I) complexes with α-diimines ligands

The reactions of [Rh(CO)₂Cl]₂ with α-diimines, RN=CR′-CR′=NR (R = c-Hex, C₆H₅, p-C₆H₄OH, p-C₆H₄CH₃, p-C₆H₄OCH₃, R′ = H; R = c-Hex, C₆H₅, p-C₆H₄OH, p-C₆H₄OCH₃; R′ = Me) in 2:1 Rh/R-dim ratio gave rise to ionic compounds [(CO)₂Rh.R-dim(R′,R′)][Rh(CO)₂Cl₂] which have been characterized by elemental analyses, electrical conductivity, ¹H-NMR and electronic and IR spectroscopy. Some of these complexes must involve some kind of metal-metal interaction. The complex [Rh(CO)₂Cl.c-Hex-dim(H,H)] has been obtained by reaction of [Rh(CO)₂Cl]₂ with the c-Hex-dim(H,H) ligand in 1:1 Rh/R-dim ratio. The reactions between [(CO)₂Rh.R-dim(H,H)][Rh(CO)₂Cl₂](R = c-Hex or p-C₆H₄OCH₃) with the dppe ligand have been studied. The known complex RhCl(CO)(PPh₃)₂ has been isolated from the reaction of [(CO)₂Rh.R-dim(H,H)]-[Rh(CO)₂Cl₂] (R = c-Hex or p-C₆H₄OCH₃) with PPh₃ ligand.     

Rhodium(I) and rhodium(III) arene complexes with N-carbazolyltriphenylphosphinegold(I) and other polycyclic arene ligands

The new heteronuclear arene complexes [(COD)Rh(μ-cbz)AuPPh₃]ClO₄, [{(COD)Rh}₂(μ-cbz)AuPPh₃](ClO₄)₂, [(C₅Me₅)Rh(μ-cbz)AuPPh₃](ClO₄)₂ and [{C₅Me₅) Rh}₂(μ-cbz)AuPPh₃](ClO₄)₄ (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene, cbz = carbazolyl), and the mononuclear arene complexes [(COD)Rh(arene)]ClO₄ (arene = tetralin, biphenyl, fluorene, indene, 9,10-dihydroanthracene or carbazole) have been prepared by reaction of the acetone solvated complexes [(COD)Rh(Me₂CO)_x]ClO₄ or [(C₅Me₅)Rh(Me₂CO)₃](ClO₄)₂ with (cbz)AuPPh₃ or the appropriate polycyclic arene ligand.     

ESR investigation of the substitution reactions in rhodium(I) complexes with spin-labeled ligands

A number of new spin-labelled Rh^I complexes containing both the 3,6-ditert-butyl-o-benzosemiquinone (3,6-SQ) fragment and n- and π-donor ligands have been prepared. The tetracoordinate derivatives of the composition L₂Rh-(3,6-SQ), where L  CO, P(OPh)₃, L  1/2 1,5-COD and the pentacoordinate complex (PPh₃)₂Rh(3,6-SQ)(CO) were isolated in individual state, the formation of other rhodium compounds was registered by ESR spectroscopy. The presence of an o-benzosemiquinolate ligand in the molecule with the unpaired electron located essentially on this fragment does not significantly influence on the reactivity of the metal ion in most cases; the n- and π-donor ligands exchange reactions studied by ESR confirm this fact. (PPh₃)₂Rh(3,6-SQ) has an abnormal distribution of spin density of the unpaired electron in the molecule, mostly located on the metal atom, this derivative bearing a close analogy to the rhodium(II) (d⁷) complexes.     

μ-Peroxodicobalt(III) complexes containing aromatic ligands

A series of new μ-peroxodicobalt(III) complexes have been prepared and characterized. Studies of the chemical and physical properties of these complexes were carried out using IR, electronic and NMR spectroscopy along with conductivity, magnetic susceptibility and thermogravimetric measurements. The complexes [Co₂(dpk·dien)₂ (dpk·H₂O)O₂] (ClO₄)₄·H₂O, [Co₂(dpk)₄(py)₂O₂](ClO₄)₄·4H₂O, [Co₂(dpk·H₂O₄(py)₂O₂] (ClO₄)₄, and [Co₂(dpk)₂(terpy)₂O₂](ClO₄)₄ were prepared by bubbling oxygen through a solution containing Co(NO₃)₂, NaClO₄, and the appropriate ligand mixture. Electronic spectral studies are consistent with the formulation as binuclear peroxo complexes. Thermogravimetric studies reveal the stoichiometric loss of O₂ and H₂O below 100°C. The auxiliary ligands, pyridine (py), diethylenetriamine (dien) and terpyridine (terpy) are lost at higher temperatures. Molar conductance of these complexes is indicative of a 4:1 electrolyte while magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate the diamagnetic character of the above four complexes. Three additional complexes of Co(II) containing di-2-pyridyl ketone (dpk) and terpy were prepared to compare spectral changes upon oxygenation.     

Four- and five-coordinate copper(II) complexes containing mixed ligands

New copper(II) complexes of general formula, Cu(ONS)B (ONS = the di-negatively charged Schiff base, S-benzyl-β-N-(2-hydroxyphenyl) methylendithiocarbazate; B = pyridine, 2,2′-dipyridyl or 1,10-phenanthroline) have been synthesized and characterised by magnetic and spectroscopic measurements. The complex, Cu(ONS)py is four-coordinate and square-planar. Magnetic and spectroscopic data support a five-coordinate, presumably, a trigonal-bipyramidal structure for the [Cu(ONS)dipy] and (Cu(ONS)phen] complexes     

Spectroscopic studies of 4-substituted pyridinium 2-pyridylcarbonylmethylide-rhodium(I) complexes and x-ray molecular structure of (1,5-cyclooctadiene) (4-methylpyridinium 2-pyridylcarbonylmethylide)rhodium(I) perchlorate

(1,5-Cyclooctadiene) (4-substituted pyridinium 2-pyridylcarbonylmethylide)- rhodium(I) perchlorates, [Rh(COD)(C₅H₄NC(O)C?H₊C₅H₄X-4)]ClO₄ [COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene; X = CH₃C(O), CH₃OC(O), C₆H₅, CH₃, and H], have been prepared. They are shown to have the geometry with coordination by the pyridyl nitrogen and carbonyl oxygen atoms of the ylide ligands and to exhibit intramolecular rearrangement of coordinated COD in chloroform, methanol, and dimethyl sulphoxide based on IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopies. Although the ylides have exhibited fluorescence bands due to an intramolecular charge-transfer transition and phosphorescence bands due to a carbonyl ³(n?π^*) transition, the complexes have given emission bands due to the metal-to-ylide ligand charge-transfer transition. A.single crystal X-ray crystal structure has been determined for [Rh(COD)(C₅H₄NC(O)C?H₊C₅H₄CH₃-4)]ClO₄. The crystals are monoclinic, space group P2₁/n with cell dimensions a = 14.887(3), b = 20.274(4), c = 6.966(1) Å, β = 96.13(1)°, and Z = 4. The structure has been refined by a block-diagonal least-squares method to final R = 0.060 for 2997 independent reflections with |F_o| > 3σ(F). The ylide carbon-pyridinium nitrogen bond distance is 1.420(10) Å. The bonded distances from rhodium to the midpoints of the double bonds of COD are 1.982(11) and 2.014(12) Å.     

Durene-rhodium(I) complexes. Crystal structures of the complexes [Rh(durene)(diolefin)]ClO4 (diolefin  tetrafluorobenzobarrelene or trimethyltetrafluorobenzobarrelene)

The crystal structures of [Rh(durene)(diolefin)ClO₄ (diolefin  tetrafluorobenzobarrelene (TFB) and trimethyltetrafluorobenzobarrelene (Me₃TFB)) have been solved by standard X-ray single crystal methods. The compounds crystallize in the space groups R₃c for the unmethylated TFB compound and P2₁/n for the methylated one. The cell dimensions are 25.7586(5), 17.0059(4) Å and 12.6686(6), 11.5565(3), 16.7269(8) Å, β  104.023(5)°, respectively. The refinement was taken to R values of 0.04 and 0.06, respectively. The arene in the TFB derivative has a distorted inverted boat conformation which becomes a skew one in the Me₃TFB compound. These puckering seems to be related to the tendency of rhodium(I) to achieve square-planar coordination.     

Trans-bis(dimethylglyoximato) cobalt(III) complexes containing imidazole and thiocyanate as axial ligands

Imidazole(Im), benzimidazole(BzIm), morpholine (Morph) and their derivatives react with Co(CNS)₂ and dimethylglyoxime(DH₂) in ethanolic medium in presence of air to form a number of new cobalt(III) complexes of the type trans-[Co(DH)₂(L)(SCN)], which are characterised on the basis of electronic and IR spectra, NMR (¹H and ¹³C) and mass spectra as well as thermogravimetric (TG-DTA) and conductance measurements. The thiocyanate groups are S-bonded. The NMR observations suggest that in solution these compounds exist as mixtures of the neutral species [Co(DH)₂(L)(SCN)] and the salt [Co(DH)₂(SCN)₂]^? [Co(DH)₂(L)₂]⁺. The mass spectra does not show the molecular ion peak of the complex. The TG-DTA measurements show that the thermolysis of these complexes proceeds through polymeric intermediates giving CO₃O₄ as the end product.     

Tridentate chelate π-bonded complexes of rhodium(I), iridium(I), and iridium(III) and chelate σ-bonded complexes of nickel(II), palladium(II), and platinum(II) formed by intramolecular hydrogen abstraction reactions

2,2′-Bis(o-diphenylphosphino)bibenzyl, o-Ph₂PC₆H₄CH₂CH₂C₆H₄PPh₂-o (bdpbz), is dehydrogenated by various rhodium complexes to give the planar rhodium(I) complex

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, from which the ligand, 2,2′-bis(o-diphenylphosphino)-trans-stilbene (bdpps) can be displaced by treatment with sodium cyanide. The stilbene forms stable chelate olefin complexes with planar rhodium(I) and iridium(I) and with octahedral iridium(III). On reaction with halide complexes of nickel(II), palladium(II) or platinum(II), the stilbene ligands

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(R = Ph or o-CH₃C₆H₄) lose a vinyl proton in the form of hydrogen chloride to give chelate, planar σ-vinyls of general formula =CHC₆H₄PR₂-o) (M = Ni, Pd, Pt; X = Cl, Br, I) of high thermal stability; analogous methyl derivatives =CHC₆H₄PR₂-o) are obtained from Pt(CH₃)₂(COD) (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) and the stilbene ligands. The bibenzyl also forms chelate σ-benzyls HCH₂C₆H₄PPh₂-o) (M = Pd, Pt; X = Cl, Br, I). The ¹H NMR spectra of the o-tolyl methyl groups in the compounds =CHC₆H₄PR₂-o) (M = Ni, Pd, Pt; R = o-CH₃C₆H₄) vary with temperature, probably as a consequence of interconversion of enantiomers arising from restricted rotation about the M---P and M---C bonds. Possible mechanisms for the dehydrogenation reactions are briefly discussed.     

Carbonyl-organocobalt(I) and -(II) complexes

Passage of CO through solutions of complexes (C₆F₅)₂CoL₂ gives carbonyl derivatives (C₆F₅)₂CoL₂(CO) (L₂ = 2 PEt₃, 2 P-n-Bu₃, 2 PPh₃, Ph₂PCH₂CH₃PPh₂). The properties of these compounds are described.The compounds are also produced by treating solutions of (C₆F₅)₂Co-(dioxane)₂ with CO, but a simultaneous reduction to (C₆F₅)Co(CO)₄ takes place. Treatment of the latter complex with monodentate ligands gives substitution products (C₆F₅)Co(CO)₃L (L = PEt₃, P-n-Bu₃, PPh₃) all of which are monomeric, whereas the addition of Ph₂PCH₂CH₂PPh₂ gives the dimer (C₆F₅)(CO)₂CoLLCo(CO)₂(C₆F₅). The properties of these compounds are discussed.     

Mechanistic aspects of (CC) isomerization in vinylic rhodium(III) complexes

Observations concerning the (CC) isomerization of several vinylic Rh^III complexes suggest an intramolecular pathway; isomerization occurs at a rate which is affected by the backbonding ability of the metal and the π-acidity of the vinylic ligand in the complex.     

Cleavage by halogens of carbon—cobalt bonds in organometallic complexes of cobalt(III) : III. Kinetics and mechanism of the reactions of organobis(dimethylglyoximato)cobalt(III) complexes with iodine in chloroform

The kinetics of the reaction between organocobaloximes, RCo(DH)₂H₂O, and iodine have been investigated. They reveal the participation of an RCo(DH)₂H₂O · I₂ intermediate which undergoes intramolecular transalkylation and acts as an electrophile towards a second organocobaloxime molecule. The trend in reactivity as the R group is varied is discussed.     

Dioxouranium(VI) complexes of some sulphur donor ligands

Complexes of uranyl chloride and uranyl nitrate of the type UO₂X₂·2L and [UO₂X₂2L′], where X = Cl or NO₃ and L = N,N′-tetramethylthiourea (TMTU); N,N′-dimethylthiourea (DMTU); monomethylthiourea (MMTU), monoethylthiourea (METU), pyridine-2-thiol (PYT) and L′ = 4,6-dimethylpyrimidine-2-thiol (PYMT), have been prepared. The complexes were characterised on the basis of IR spectroscopy and by elemental analysis. In some cases Raman spectra are also reported.     

Synthesis and characterization of triorganoantimony(V) complexes with bidentate ligands

Monochelated organoantimony(V) complexes of the type R₃Sb(OMe)L, where R = Me or Ph, and L is the anion of acetylacetone, 8-hydroxyquinoline, salicylaldehyde, o-hydroxyacetophenone or 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde have been obtained from triorganoantimony(V) dibromide and the sodium derivative of the ligands in a benzene-methanol mixture. Molecular weight determination in benzene reveals the monomeric nature of these complexes. IR and NMR data suggest that L acts as a bidentate ligand giving an octahedral environment for the antimony atom.     

Fluorinated barrelene-ruthenium(II) complexes with anionic chelating ligands

Reaction of ruthenium(III) chloride with the barrelene diolefins (tetrafluoro-benzobarrelene (TFB) or (trimethyltetrafluorobenzobarrelene) (Me₃ TFB) leads to the formation of the polymeric complexes [RuCl₂(barrelene)]_n. These compounds react with anionic chelating ligands with formation of new hexacoordinated neutral complexes of the general formulae [Rh(chelate)₂(barrelene)], where chelate = acetylacetonate, tropolonate, salicylal-dehydate and 8-oxyquinolinate. The IR and ¹H NMR spectra of the complexes are given and discussed.     

Palladium(II) malonato complexes with some heterocyclic ligands

Palladium(II) malonato complexes with heterocyclic ligands have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic and biological studies. The compoun     

3,3′-Dicarbomethoxy-2,2′-bipyridyl complexes of palladium(II), platinum(II) and rhodium(III)

3,3′-Dicarbomethoxy-2,2′-bipyridyl(DCMB)reacts with K₂MCl₄(M = Pd,Pt) to give M(DCMB)Cl₂ and with RhCl₃ to give the cis-[Rh(DCMB)₂Cl₂]⁺ ion. Attempts to prepare the tris (DCMB) complex with Rh(III) and analogous Co(III) complexes were unsuccessful.     

Alkyl complexes of palladium(II) with trimethylphosphine and 1,2-bis-(dimethylphosphino)ethane ligands

A number of neutral, mononuclear dialkylpalladium(II) tertiary phosphine complexes of geneal formula cis or trans-PdR₂(PMe₃)₂ and cis-PdR₂ (dmpe) [dmpe = 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane], R = Me, CH₂Ph, CH₂CMe₂Ph, CH₂SiMe₃ have been obtained by interaction of magnesium reagents with palladium(II) acetate or trans-Pd(O₂CMe)₂(PMe₃)₂.