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Preparation and Reactivity of a Triphosphenium Bromide Salt: A Convenient and Stable Source of PhosphorusI
Published on: November 22, 2016
Reactions of Lithiated Diphosphanes R2P-P(SiMe3)Li (R = tBu and iPr) with [MeNacnacTiCl2·THF] and [MeNacnacTiCl3].
Ł Ponikiewski1, A Ziółkowska1, J Pikies1
1Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology , 11/12 Gabriela Narutowicza Str, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland.
Abstract:
β-Diketiminate complexes of TiIII-containing phosphanylphosphido ligands [MeNacnacTi(Cl){η2-P(SiMe3)-PR2}] (MeNacnac- = [Ar]NC(Me)CHC(Me)N[Ar]; Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3) were prepared by reactions of [MeNacnacTiCl2·THF] with lithium derivatives of diphosphanes R2P-P(SiMe3)Li (R = tBu, iPr) in toluene solutions. Surprisingly, reactions of [MeNacnacTiCl2·THF] with R2P-P(SiMe3)Li in THF solutions led to TiIV complexes containing phosphanylphosphinidene ligands [MeNacnacTi(Cl)(η2-P-PtBu2)] via an autoredox path involving a migration of a nitrene NAr from the Nacnac skeleton to the Ti centers. Solid-state structures of [MeNacnacTi(Cl){η2-P(SiMe3)-PtBu2}] (1a) and [MeNacnacTi(Cl)(η2-P-PtBu2)] (two isomers 2a1, 2a2) together with [MeNacnacTi(Cl){η2-P(SiMe3)-PiPr2}] (1b) and [MeNacnacTi(Cl)(η2-P-PiPr2)] (2b) were established by the single-crystal X-ray diffraction and display clearly side-on geometry of the (Me3Si)P-PR2 and P-PR2 moieties in the solid state. Phosphanylphosphinidene complexes [MeNacnacTi(Cl)(η2-P-PR2)] indicate that the 31P NMR resonances of phosphinidene P atoms appear at a very low field in solution and in the solid state.
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