Zur Nucleophilie des sterisch anspruchsvollen Basenanions von Lithiumdiisopropylamid beim Protonenersatz gegen das isolobale AuPPh3-Kation in [(μ-H)(μ-PPh2) (CO)8Re2]

Nucleophilic Property of the Bulk Anion of the Base Lithium diisopropylamide at the Proton Exchange vs. the Isolobal AuPPh₃ Cation in [(μ-H) (μ-PPh₂) (CO)₈Re₂] The proton exchange in the starting material [(μ-H)(μ-PPh₂)(CO)₈Re₂] vs. the isolobal [AuPPh₃]⁺ cation when reacted with the steric expansive base LDA depending on reaction temperature leads to the three-membered metal ring substance [(μ-PPh₂)(CO)₈Re₂(AuPPh₃)] or the metallatetrahedron complex [(μ-C-(N i-Prop₂)O)(μ-PPh₂)(CO)₆Re₂(AuPPh₃)₂]. The tetrahedral cluster compound obtained through the nucleophilic property of LDA shows by means of cyclic voltammetry a reversible and a irreversible one-electron transfer redox step. The single crystal X-ray analysis of the compound with a tetrahedral Au₂Re₂ core gives following values of metal-metal bond lengths: Re? Re 312.2(2) pm, Au? Au 270.9(2) pm, and Au? Re 297.7(2) pm. The acyl diisopropylamido groups bridging the Re? Re bond is planar.