Zur Addition von Übergangsmetallhalogeniden an Acetylacetonate zweiwertiger Metallionen

Addition of Transition Metal Dihalides to Acetylacetonates of Divalent Metal Ions Transition metal dihalides ^aM^IIX₂ (FeCl₂, CoCl₂ NiBr₂ etc.) are added by the chelates M^II(acac)₂ under formation of binuclear complexes (THF)₂M^II(acac)₂(^aM^IIX₂). The octahedral and the tetrahedral centre of these compounds are connected by tridentate oxygen atoms of the two acetylacetonato ligands which are simultaneously included in four-membered rings (M^IIOM^II). The addition is combined with a deformation of the octahedral centre, as a prerequisite of a closest package of the atoms within the M^IIOM^II-ring. In the trinuclear complex (THF)₂Ni(acac)₂(HgCl₂)₂ III the interaction between the three coordination centres is weak. No structural change of the octahedral centre (THF)₂Ni(acac)₂ is found, but the HgCl₂-groups diverge slightly from linearity (Cl? Hg? Cl 171.1°). No binuclear complexes with a central ion of the oxidation state III in the octahedral centre were obtained. One reason is the lowered donor strength of the bidentate Lewis base function of the octahedral centre (THF)₂Mⁿ⁺(acac)₂]^n-2 with M⁺³ as a centralatom. Reacting systems with di- and trivalent ions prefer ionic complexes, as it is shown by the formation of (THF)₂V(acac)₂](THF)CoCl₃] IV from VCl₃ and Co(acac)₂. The crystal structures of (THF)₂Co(acac)₂CoCl₂ II and (THF)₂V(acac)₂](THF)CoCl₃] IV were determined by x-ray diffraction. II : orthorhombic-primitive; space group P2₁2₁2₁, Z = 4; a = 967.4(2), b = 1453.4(3), c = 1715.9(4) pm; R = 0.049 for 3084 observed reflections. IV : triclinic; space group P1, Nr. 2; Z = 2; a = 871,5(2), b = 930,6(3), c = 1865,6(6) pm; α = 101,70(2), b? = 92,45(2), γ = 91,06(2)°; R = 0,060 für 4221 observed reflections.