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Julie A DuPont1, Glenn P A Yap, Charles G Riordan
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA.
Abstract:
The syntheses, spectroscopic properties, and structures of the monovalent cobalt complexes, [PhTt (tBu)]Co(L), 1-L {PhTt (tBu) = phenyltris[( tert-butylthio)methyl]borate; L = PPh 3, PMe 3, PEt 3, PMe 2Ph, PMePh 2, P(OPh) 3, CNBu (t)}, are described. Complexes 1-L are prepared via the sodium amalgam reduction of [PhTt (tBu)]CoCl in the presence of L. The complexes display magnetic moments and paramagnetically shifted (1)H NMR spectra consistent with triplet, S = 1, ground states. The molecular geometries, determined by X-ray diffraction methods, reveal that some of the complexes display structures in which the L donor is moved off of the inherent 3-fold axis. In the most extreme cases (e.g., 1-P(OPh) 3 or 1-CNBu ( t )), the geometries can be described as cis-divacant octahedra. The origin of the geometric distortions is a consequence of the electronic characteristics of L as first deduced by Detrich et al. for [Tp (Np)]Co(L) ( J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 1703). The results establish a linear correlation between the magnitude of the structural distortion and the electronic parameter of the phosphine donor.
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