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Three-Coordinate Monomeric Phosphido Complexes of Ni(II)
1Department of Chemistry, Towson University, Towson, Maryland 21252, United States.
Abstract:
This paper reports the synthesis of the first series of terminal phosphido Ni(II) complexes supported by the β-diketiminato ligand [PrNN] (where PrNN = 2,4-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenylimido)pentyl). Neutral mononuclear Ni(II) complexes [PrNN]Ni-PPh2 (2) and [PrNN]Ni-PAd2 (3) were obtained from the reaction of [PrNN]NiBr2Li(thf)2 (1) with the R2PM (R = Ph, 1-adamantyl (Ad); M = Li, K) phosphide reagents. The structures of the synthesized compounds were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, which revealed that the Ni center in these terminal phosphido complexes is three-coordinate with an almost planar geometry when R = Ph and a pyramidal geometry when R = Ad. The reactivity of the synthesized complexes was also studied in a range of bond forming reactions, including P-C and P-P bonds.
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