Document Type
Journal Article
Department/Unit
Department of Chemistry
Title
Dual coordination modes of ethylene-Linked NP2 ligands in cobalt(II) and nickel(II) Iodides
Language
English
Abstract
Here we report the syntheses and crystal structures of a series of cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes derived from RNP2 ligands (where R = OMeBz, HBz, BrBz, Ph) bearing ethylene linkers between a single N and two P donors. The CoII complexes generally adopt a tetrahedral configuration of general formula [(NP2)Co(I) 2], wherein the two phosphorus donors are bound to the metal center but the central N-donor remains unbound. We have found one case of structural isomerism within a single crystal structure. The CoII complex derived from BzNP2 displays dual coordination modes: one in the tetrahedral complex [(BzNP2)Co(I)2]; and the other in a square pyramidal variant, [(BzNP2)Co(I)2]. In contrast, the NiII complexes adopt a square planar geometry in which the P(Et)N(Et)P donors in the ligand backbone are coordinated to the metal center, resulting in cationic species of formula [(RNP2)Ni(I)]+ with iodide as counterion. All NiII complexes exhibit sharp 1H and 31P spectra in the diamagnetic region. The Co II complexes are high-spin (S = 3/2) in the solid state as determined by SQUID measurements from 4 to 300 K. Solution electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments reveal a high-spin/low-spin CoII equilibrium that is dependent on solvent and ligand substituent. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
Publication Date
2011
Source Publication Title
Inorganic Chemistry
Volume
50
Issue
20
Start Page
10213
End Page
10224
Publisher
American Chemical Society
DOI
10.1021/ic201213c
Link to Publisher's Edition
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic201213c
ISSN (print)
00201669
ISSN (electronic)
1520510X
APA Citation
Dong, Q., Rose, M., Wong, W., & Gray, H. (2011). Dual coordination modes of ethylene-Linked NP2 ligands in cobalt(II) and nickel(II) Iodides. Inorganic Chemistry, 50 (20), 10213-10224. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic201213c