New rhenium(I) compounds containing the donor-acceptor diphosphine ligands 2-(ferrocenylidene)-4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)4-cyclopenten-1,3-dione (fbpcd) and 2-(3-ferrocenylprop-2-ynylidene)-4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)4-cyclopenten- 1,3-dione (fpbpcd): Electrochemical behavior, MO properties, and X-ray diffraction structure of fac-BrRe(CO)3(fpbpcd)

Bhaskar Poola, Xiaoping Wang, Michael G. Richmond

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Abstract

Displacement of the labile THF molecules in BrRe(CO)3(THF)2 (1) by the diphosphine ligands 2-(ferrocenylidene)-4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)4-cyclopenten-1,3-dione (fbpcd) and 2-(3-ferrocenylprop-2-ynylidene)-4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)4-cyclopenten- 1,3-dione (fpbpcd) yields the mononuclear compounds fac-BrRe(CO)3(fbpcd) (2) and fac-BrRe(CO)3(fpbpcd) (3), respectively. The new ligand fpbpcd ligand has been synthesized from 3-ferrocenylpropynal and the parent diphosphine ligand 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-4-cyclopenten-1,3-dione (bpcd) through a Knoevenagel condensation. 2 and 3 have been isolated and fully characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopies (1H and 31P), ESI mass spectrometry, and X-ray diffraction analysis in the case of 3. The electrochemical properties of compounds 2 and 3 have been examined by cyclic voltammetry, and the nature of the HOMO and LUMO levels in these systems has been confirmed by MO calculations at the extended Hückel level. The redox and MO data are discussed relative to the redox and orbital properties of related functionalized diphosphines based on the bpcd platform.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2619-2624
Number of pages6
JournalPolyhedron
Volume28
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2 2009
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Continued financial support from the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant B-1093) is greatly appreciated. Prof. Andreas H. Franz (UP) and Ms. Nicole Ledbetter (UNT) are thanked for their expertise and help in recording the mass spectra for compounds 2 and 3 .

FundersFunder number
Welch FoundationB-1093

    Keywords

    • Crystal structure
    • Diphosphine ligands
    • MO calculations
    • Redox chemistry
    • Rhenium(I) compounds

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