The structure of KCe(III)Ce(IV)(SO4)4

Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements and Mineral Raw Material, Kol'sk Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Institute of Organization of the National Economy, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 14–18, September–October, 1990.     

Synthesis,molecular structures and PMR spectra of heteronuclear niobocene derivatives containing a niobium-tin bond

Treatment of niobocene carbonylhydride, Cp₂Nb(CO)H (I), with Ph_nSnCl_4?n and Et₂SnCl₂ in THF in the presence of Et₃N leads to the respective heteronuclear complexes Cp₂Nb(CO)SnR_nCl_3?n (R = Ph, n = 3 ÷ 1 (II–IV), R = Et, n = 2 (V)). Treatment of II with HCl in ether gives Cp₂Nb(CO)SnCl₃ (VI). Complex VI and its analog (MeC₅H₄)₂Nb(CO)SnCl₃ (VIII) were prepared by an alternative synthesis using direct reaction of I or (MeC₅H₄)₂Nb(CO)H with an equimolar quantity of SnCl₄ in THF in the presence of Et₃N. Complex VI is also generated by insertion of SnCl₂ into the NbCl bond in Cp₂Nb(CO)Cl (VII). X-Ray analysis of complexes II and VIII was performed: for II, space group P2₁/n, a = 10.1021(21), b = 17.4633(32), c= 14.2473(29) Å, β = 95.578(16)°, Z = 4; for VIII, space group. P2₁/n, a= 8.9369(15), b = 13.3589(12), c = 13.9292(20) Å, β = 99.490(14)°, Z = 4. The NbSn bond in VIII (2.764(9) Å) is shorter than that in II (2.825(2) Å). In both cases the NbSn bond is significantly shorter than the sum of Nb and Sn covalent radii (1.66 + 1.40 = 3.06 Å). It is probably partly multiple in character owing to an additional interaction of the lone electron pair of the Nb^III ion (d² configuration) with the antibonding Sn orbitals. The PMR spectra of II–VI exhibit two satellites of the singlet of C₅H₅ protons because of HSn¹¹⁷ and HSn¹¹⁹ spin-spin coupling (SSC). The SSC constant correlates with the number of electronegative chlorine atoms on the Sn atom.