Reactions of phenylimidotrichlorobis(triphenyl-phosphine)rhenium(V). Reaction with trimethyl-phosphine and reduction of trimethylphosphine complex to phenylamido complexes of rhenium(I, III). The X-ray crystal structures of phenylamido-(dinitrogen)tetrakis(trimethylphosphine)-rhenium(I) and phenylamido(buta-1,3-diene)-tetrakis-(trimethylphosphine)rhenium(I)

  • Kwok W. Chiu
  • , Wai Kwok Wong
  • , Geoffrey Wilkinson*
  • , Anita M.R. Galas
  • , Michael B. Hursthouse*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The interaction of Re(NPh)Cl3(PPh3)2 with PMe3 gives Re(NPh)Cl3(PMe3)(PPh3) or Re(NPh)Cl3(PMe3)2 depending on conditions. In the presence of excess PMe3 the phenylimido compounds in tetrahydrofuran are reduced by sodium amalgam giving products whose nature depends on the atmosphere (Ar, N2, H2 CO, butadiene) used. The following compounds have been characterised: Re(NHPh)(N2)(PMe3)4, ReH(NHPh)(η′-CH2PMe2)(PMe3)4, Re(H)2(NHPh)(PMe3)4, Re(NHPh)(CO)2(PMe3)3, Re(NHPh)(CO)3(PMe3)2, Re(NHPh)(η4-C4H6)(PMe3)3 and Re(NPh)Cl2(PMe3)3. The structures of Re(NHPh)(N2)(PMe3)4 (3) and Re(NHPh)(C4H6)(PMe3)3, (8) have been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. (3) is monoclinic, space group P21/n with a = 9.574(2), b = 19.528(3), c = 14.385(3)Å and β = 99.06(2)°; (8) is orthorhombic, space group Pbc21, with a = 12.207(2), b = 13.884(2), c = 14.242(2)Å. The structures were solved via the heavy atom method and refined by least squares to R values of 0.065 and 0.062 for 3249 and 2009 observed diffractometer data, respectively. In the dinitrogen complex the N2 and NHPh ligands adopt a cis configuration with Re–N bond lengths of 1.955(13) and 2.200(14)Å, respectively. In the butadiene complex, whose structure is not well defined due to disorder and/or pseudo symmetry correlation effects, the Re–N (amido) distance is 2.13(3)Å.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)37-44
Number of pages8
JournalPolyhedron
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 1982

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