Reactivity of rhenium(V) oxo Schiff base complexes with phosphine ligands: Rearrangement and reduction reactions

Paul D. Benny, Jenny L. Green, Hendrik P. Engelbrecht, Charles L. Barnes, Silvia S. Jurisson

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Abstract

The symmetric rhenium(V) oxo Schiff base complexes frans-[ReO(OH 2)(acac2en)]Cl and trans-[ReOCl(acac2pn)], where acac2en and acac2pn are the tetradentate Schiff base ligands N,N'-ethylenebis(acetylacetone) diimine and N,N'- propylenebis(acetylacetone) diimine, respectively, were reacted with monodentate phosphine ligands to yield one of two unique cationic phosphine complexes depending on the ligand backbone length (en vs pn) and the identity of the phosphine ligand. Reduction of the Re(V) oxo core to Re(III) resulted on reaction of frans-[ReO-(OH2)(acac2en)]Cl with triphenylphosphine or diethylphenylphosphine to yield a single reduced, disubstituted product of the general type trans-[ReIII(PR 3)2(acac2en)]+. Rather unexpectedly, a similar reaction with the stronger reducing agent triethylphosphine yielded the intramolecularly rearranged, asymmetric cis-[ReVO(PEt 3)(acac2en)]+ complex. Reactions of frans-[RevO(acac2pn)CI] with the same phosphine ligands yielded only the rearranged asymmetric cis-[ReVO(PR3)(acac 2pn)]+ complexes in quantitative yield. The compounds were characterized using standard spectroscopic methods, elemental analyses, cyclic voltammetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystallographic data for the structures reported are as follows: frans-[ReIII(PPh 3)2(acac2en)]PF6 (H 48C48N2O2P3- Re·PF6), 1, triclinic (P1), a = 18.8261(12) Å, b = 16.2517(10) Å, c = 15.4556(10) Å, α = 95.522(1)°, β = 97.130(1)°, γ = 91.350(1)°, V = 4667.4(5) Å3, Z = 4; trans-[ReIII(PEt2Ph)2(acac 2en)]PF6 (H48C32N2O 2P2Re·PF6), 2, orthorhombic (Pccn), a = 10.4753(6) Å, b = 18.4315(10) Å, c = 18.9245(11) Å, V = 3653.9(4) Å3, Z = 4; cis-[ReVO(PEt 3)(acac2en)]PF6 (H33C 18N2O3PRe·1.25PF6), 3, monoclinic (C2/c), a = 39.8194(15) Å, b = 13.6187(5) Å, c = 20.1777(8) Å, β = 107.7730(10)°, V = 10419.9(7) Å3, Z = 16; cis-[ReVO(PPh3)(acac 2pn)]PF6 (H35C31N2O 3-PRe·PF6), 4, triclinic (P1), a = 10.3094(10) Å, b = 12.1196(12) Å, c = 14.8146(15) Å, α = 105.939(2)°, β = 105.383(2)°, γ = 93.525(2)°, V = 1698.0(3) Å3, Z = 2; cis-[ReVO(PEt 2Ph)(acac2pn)]PF6 (H35C 23N2O3PRe·PF6), 5, monoclinic (P21/n), a = 18.1183(18) Å, b = 11.580(1) Å, c = 28.519(3) Å, β = 101.861(2)°, V = 5855.9(10) Å3, Z = 4.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2381-2390
Number of pages10
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume44
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 7 2005
Externally publishedYes

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