Abstract
Ni(cdt) reacts with t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 in pentane at 20°C to yield brownish crystals of ( t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 )Ni(η 2 -C 12 H 18 ) (1). The molecular structure of 1, as established by X-ray crystallography, exhibits a trigonal-planar coordination geometry of the nickel center with a η 2 bonded cdt ligand. In the crystal 1 exists as two enantiomers, which are determined by the leftor right-handed screw axis of the cdt ligand. The cdt ligand in 1 resists most typical displacement reactions but 1 reacts with CO at – 78°C to afford the colorless 18e complex ( t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 )Ni(CO) 2 (2). From the reaction of Ni(cod) 2 with t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 yellow needles of ( t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 )Ni(η 2 -cod) (3) are obtained. Low temperature NMR spectroscopy established that only one diene C=C bond is coordinated to nickel(0). At higher temperatures a rapid exchange of the coordinated and unbound C=C bonds is induced. When solutions of 3 are kept at 20°C for several days the dinuclear, almost insoluble yellow complex {( t Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 )Ni} 2 (μ-η 2 ,η 2 -cod) (4) precipitates. The reaction of Ni(C 2 H 4 ) 3 and t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 affords orange ( t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 )Ni(C 2 H 4 ) (5). From Ni(1,5-hexadiene) 2 and t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 in 1,5-hexadiene the yellow-greenish complex ( t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 )Ni(η 2 -C 6 H 10 ) (6) is obtained. As for 3, only one diene C=C bond is coordinated to nickel(0), but the structure is fluxional with exchange of the coordinated and unbound C=C bonds (NMR at 20°C). From a solution of 6 in pentane the dinuclear, diastereomeric compounds rac/meso-{( t Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 )Ni} 2 (μ-η 2 ,η 2 -C 6 H 10 ) (7a,b) separate in large yellow crystals. In similar reactions the 1,6-heptadiene complexes ( t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P t Bu 2 )Ni(η 2 -C 7 H 12 ) (8) and rac/meso-{( t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P t Bu 2 )Ni}2(µ-η 2 μ-η 2 ,η 2 -C 7 H 12 ) (9a,b) are also obtained. In 6, 7a,b, 8, and 9a,b the open-chain diene ligands can easily be displaced, e.g., by ethene to afford 5. Thus, complexes 6, 7a,b, 8, 9a, b are the most reactive. These complexes react readily (the ethene derivative 5 also reacts but very slowly) with butadiene to yield large yellow cubes of ( t Bu 2 Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 )Ni(η7 2 -C 4 H 6 ) (10), which is also fluxional. The alkene complexes 5, 6, 7a, b, 8, 9a,b, 10 react with ethyne to yield yellow-brownish crystalline ( t Bu 2 t Bu 2 PC 2 H 4 P 4 P'Bu 2 )Ni(C 2 H 2 ) (11).