In Search of Fulminate Analogues: LnM≡CP=NR

Benjamin J. Frogley; Anthony F. Hill; Rong Shang; Manab Sharma; Anthony C. Willis

doi:10.1002/chem.202000635

In Search of Fulminate Analogues: L_nM≡CP=NR

Benjamin J. Frogley, Anthony F. Hill^*, Rong Shang, Manab Sharma, Anthony C. Willis

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Abstract

The “CPNR” ligand may be viewed as being isolobal with fulminate, CNO; however, attempts to prepare a complex of such a ligand resulted instead in a range of novel imino and aminophosphinocarbyne complexes. Sequential treatment of [Mo(≡CBr)(CO)₂(Tp*)] (Tp*=hydrotris(dimethylpyrazolyl)borate) with nBuLi and ClP=NMes* (Mes*=C₆H₂tBu₃-2,4,6) afforded mixtures of the complexes [Mo(≡CPnBuNHMes*)(CO)₂(Tp*)] and traces of the bimetallic products [Mo₂{μ₂-C₂P₂O(NHMes)₂}(CO)₄(Tp*)₂] and [Mo₂(μ₂-C₂PNHMes)(CO)₄(Tp*)₂]. The reaction of [W(≡CBr)(CO)₂(Tp*)] with nBuLi and ClP=NMes* afforded predominantly the mononuclear carbyne [W{≡CP(=NMes*)nBu₂})(CO)₂(Tp*)] and traces of the binuclear complex [W₂(μ-C₂PNHMes)(CO)₄(Tp*)₂] which is also obtained when tBuLi is used. Although not isolable, the intended complexes [M(≡CPNMes*)(CO)₂(Tp*)] could be generated in situ and spectroscopically characterized via the reactions of the stannyl carbynes [M(≡CSnnBu₃)(CO)₂(Tp*)] and ClP=NMes*. The preceding observations are mechanistically interpreted with reference to a computational interrogation of the model complex [Mo(≡CP=NCH₃)(CO)₂(Tp*)], the LUMO of which has considerable phosphorus character.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8819-8827
Number of pages	9
Journal	Chemistry - A European Journal
Volume	26
Issue number	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202000635
Publication status	Published - 17 Jul 2020

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