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Maria Haimerl1, Christian Graßl1, Michael Seidl1
1Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Abstract:
The reactivity of white phosphorus and yellow arsenic towards two different nickel nacnac complexes is investigated. The nickel complexes [(L1 Ni)2 tol] (1, L1 =[{N(C6 H3 i Pr2 -2,6)C(Me)}2 CH]- ) and [K2 ][(L1 Ni)2 (μ,η1 : 1 -N2 )] (6) were reacted with P4 , As4 and the interpnictogen compound AsP3 , respectively, yielding the homobimetallic complexes [(L1 Ni)2 (μ-η2 ,κ1 :η2 ,κ1 -E4 )] (E=P (2 a), As (2 b), AsP3 (2 c)), [(L1 Ni)2 (μ,η3 : 3 -E3 )] (E=P (3 a), As (3 b)) and [K@18-c-6(thf)2 ][L1 Ni(η1 : 1 -E4 )] (E=P (7 a), As (7 b)), respectively. Heating of 2 a, 2 b or 2 c also leads to the formation of 3 a or 3 b. Furthermore, the reactivity of these compounds towards reduction agents was investigated, leading to [K2 ][(L1 Ni)2 (μ,η2 : 2 -P4 )] (4) and [K@18-c-6(thf)3 ][(L1 Ni)2 (μ,η3 : 3 -E3 )] (E=P (5 a), As (5 b)), respectively. Compound 4 shows an unusual planarization of the initial Ni2 P4 -prism. All products were comprehensively characterized by crystallographic and spectroscopic methods.
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