Issue 24, 1993

When does a nitrogen attached to a λ3-phosphorus assume a pyramidal geometry? Crystal structures of Group 6 metal carbonyl complexes of isomeric forms of λ3-cyclotriphosphazanes

Abstract

The reaction of [Mo(CO)4(nbd)](nbd = norbornadiene) with trans-[EtNP(OC6H3Me2-2,6)]3(L1) or cis-[EtNP(OCH2CF3)]3(L2) yields the mono- and di-nuclear molybdenum(0) complexes [Mo(CO)4(L1)]1 and [{Mo(CO)4(µ-L2)}2]2, respectively. They represent the first organometallic transition-metal derivatives of λ3-cyclotriphosphazanes and have been characterised by elemental analysis and IR and NMR spectroscopy and their structures confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The different co-ordination behaviour of the cis and trans isomeric forms of this type of ligand is revealed. A pyramidal geometry observed around one of the nitrogen atoms of the P3N3 ring in complex 1 is unprecedented among λ3-phosphazanes.

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J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993, 3635-3639

When does a nitrogen attached to a λ3-phosphorus assume a pyramidal geometry? Crystal structures of Group 6 metal carbonyl complexes of isomeric forms of λ3-cyclotriphosphazanes

R. Murugavel, S. S. Krishnamurthy and M. Nethaji, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993, 3635 DOI: 10.1039/DT9930003635

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