Chiral bisphosphinite metalloligands derived from a P-chiral secondary phosphine oxide

Eddie Y.Y. Chan, Qian Feng Zhang, Yiu Keung Sau, Samuel M.F. Lo, Herman H.Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams, Richard K. Haynes, Wa Hung Leung

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Abstract

Interaction of PdCl2(MeCN)2 with 2 equiv of (S p)-tBuPhP(O)H (1H) followed by treatment with Et 3N gave [Pd-{(1)2H}]2(μ-Cl)2 (2). Reaction of 2 with Na[S2CNEt2] or K[N(PPh 2S)2] afforded Pd[(1)2H](S2CNEt 2) (3) or Pd[(1)2H)-[N(PPh2S)2] (4), respectively. Treatment of 3 with V(O)(acac)2 (acac = acetylacetonate) and CuSO4 in the presence of Et3N afforded bimetallic complexes V(O)[Pd(1)2(S2CNEt 2)]2 (5) or Cu[Pd(1)2(S2CNEt 2)]2 (6), respectively. X-ray crystallography established the Sp configuration for the phosphinous acid ligands in 3 and 6, indicating that 1H binds to Pd(II) with retention of configuration at phosphorus. The geometry around Cu in 6 is approximately square planar with the average Cu-O distance of 1.915(3) Å. Treatment of 2 with HBF4 gave the BF2-capped compound [Pd{(1)2BF 2}](μ-Cl)2 (7). The solid-state structure of 7 containing a PdP2O2B metallacycle has been determined. Chloride abstraction of 7 with AgBF4 in acetone/water afforded the aqua compound [Pd{(1)2BF2}(H2O) 2][BF4] (8) that reacted with [NH4] 2[WS4] to give [Pd{(1)2BF2} 2]2[μ-WS4] (9). The average Pd-S and W-S distances in 9 are 2.385(3) and 2,189(3) Å, respectively. Treatment of [(η6-p-cymene)RuCl2]2 with 1H afforded the phosphinous acid adduct (η6-p-cymene)RuCl2(1H) (10). Reduction of [Cp*RuCl2]x (Cp* = η5-C5Me5) with Zn followed by treatment with 1H resulted in the formation of the Zn(II) phosphinate complex [{Cp*Ru(η6-C6H5)} tBuPO2}]2(ZnCl2)2 (11) that contains a Zn2O4P2 eight-membered ring.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4921-4926
Number of pages6
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume43
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 09 Aug 2004

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