IR,Multinuclear-NMR,and Structural Studies on [WH(CO)2(NO)(PR3)2]: cis-Influence of Phosphorus Ligands on Hydride Character

A thorough IR and ¹H-, ¹³C-, ³¹P-, ¹⁸³W-NMR spectroscopic, and X-ray structural study was carried out on complexes of the type trans, trans-WH(CO)₂(NO)(PR₃)₂], (R = Et, Me, Ph, i-PrO, MeO, and PhO). Linear correlations could be found between Tolman's parameter X and v(CO), v(WH), v(NO), δ(¹³C) (CO), as well as 1n(k), k being the H/D exchange rate constant for the hydride in CD₃OD. The ¹J(¹⁸³W,³¹P), ²J(³¹P,¹H), and ²J(³¹P,¹³C) as well as the ¹J(¹⁸³W,¹H) values are related to the electronegativity of the R groups on the phosphorus ligands. This is also indicated by EHT calculations of s-orbital populations of appropiate W model complexes. The X-ray structures of WH(CO)₂(NO)(PR₃)₂] (R = Me, Ph, and MeO) were determined. Minor differences were observed in the W? P bond lenghts and in the P? W? P and C? W? C angles. No obvious relationship between X-ray data and spectroscopic parameters could be found. All three structures reveal a bending of both the CO and PR₃ ligands towards the hydride atom. The total octahedral distortion is remarkably constant (25.6, 29.4, and 27.0° tilt, respectively), although the ligands individually are very different. This is attributed to redistribution of π-electron density between CO and PR₃ groups toward the central W-atom in the three complexes.