Issue 14, 2006

Triazenide-bridged rhodium–palladium complexes: [I2Rh(µ-p-MeC6H4NNNC6H4Me-p)2Pd(η3-C3H5)], a stable paramagnetic [RhPd]4+ species with a localised Rh(ii) centre

Abstract

Deprotonation of mixtures of the triazene complexes [RhCl(CO)2(p-MeC6H4NNNHC6H4Me-p)] and [PdCl(η3-C3H5)(p-MeC6H4NNNHC6H4Me-p)] or [PdCl2(PPh3)(p-MeC6H4NNNHC6H4Me-p)] with NEt3 gives the structurally characterised heterobinuclear triazenide-bridged species [(OC)2Rh(µ-p-MeC6H4NNNC6H4Me-p)2PdLL′] {LL′ = η3-C3H51 or Cl(PPh3) 2} which, in the presence of Me3NO, react with [NBun4]I, [NBun4]Br, [PPN]Cl or [NBun4]NCS to give [(OC)XRh(µ-p-MeC6H4NNNC6H4Me-p)2PdCl(PPh3)] (X = I 3, Br 4, Cl 5 or NCS 6) and [NBun4][(OC)XRh(µ-p-MeC6H4NNNC6H4Me-p)2Pd(η3-C3H5)], (X = I 7 or Br 8). The allyl complexes 7 and 8 undergo one-electron oxidation to the corresponding unstable neutral complexes 7 and 8 but, in the presence of the appropriate halide, oxidative substitution results in the stable paramagnetic complexes [NBun4][X2Rh(µ-p-MeC6H4NNNC6H4Me-p)2Pd(η3-C3H5)], (X = I 9 or Br 10). X-Ray structural (9), DFT and EPR spectroscopic studies are consistent with the unpaired electron of 9 and 10 localised primarily on the Rh(II) centre of the [RhPd]4+ core, which is susceptible to oxygen coordination at low temperature to give Rh(III)-bound superoxide.

Graphical abstract: Triazenide-bridged rhodium–palladium complexes: [I2Rh(µ-p-MeC6H4NNNC6H4Me-p)2Pd(η3-C3H5)]−, a stable paramagnetic [RhPd]4+ species with a localised Rh(ii) centre

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Oct 2005
Accepted
30 Nov 2005
First published
03 Jan 2006

Dalton Trans., 2006, 1749-1757

Triazenide-bridged rhodium–palladium complexes: [I2Rh(µ-p-MeC6H4NNNC6H4Me-p)2Pd(η3-C3H5)], a stable paramagnetic [RhPd]4+ species with a localised Rh(II) centre

C. J. Adams, R. A. Baber, N. G. Connelly, P. Harding, O. D. Hayward, M. Kandiah and A. G. Orpen, Dalton Trans., 2006, 1749 DOI: 10.1039/B514513A

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