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Kyle E Rosenkoetter1, Michael K Wojnar1, Bronte J Charette1
1Department of Chemistry , University of California , Irvine , California 92697-2025 , United States.
Abstract:
Double deprotonation of bis(2-mercapto-4-methylphenyl)amine ([SNS]H3) followed by addition to NiCl2(PR3)2 in air-free conditions afforded [SN(H)S]Ni(PR3) (1a, R = Cy; 1b, R = Ph) complexes, characterized as diamagnetic, square-planar nickel(II) complexes. When the same reaction was conducted with 3 equiv of KH, the diamagnetic anions K{[SNS]Ni(PR3)} were obtained (K[2a], R = Cy; K[2b], R = Ph). In the presence of air, the reaction proceeds with a concomitant one-electron oxidation. When R = Cy, a square-planar, S = 1/2 complex, [SNS]Ni(PCy3) (3a), was isolated. When R = Ph, the bimetallic complex {[SNS]Ni(PPh3)}2 ({3b}2) was obtained. This bimetallic species is diamagnetic; however, in solution it dissociates to give S = 1/2 monomers analogous to 3a. Complexes 1-3 represent a hydrogen-atom-transfer series. The bond dissociation free energies (BDFEs) for 1a and 1b were calculated to be 63.9 ± 0.1 and 62.4 ± 0.2 kcal mol-1, respectively, using the corresponding p Ka and E°' values. Consistent with these BDFE values, TEMPO• reacted with 1a and 1b, resulting in the abstraction of a hydrogen atom to afford 3a and 3b, respectively.
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