P[K[ Baker\ D[E[ Belcher:Polyhedron 07 "0888# 618Ð622
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Table 2
0H and selected 20 P "0H # NMR dataa for the bimetallic complexes ðMo"CO#"L\L? or Lý!P#"h1!RC1R?#CpŁðBF3Ł "0Ð8#
Complex 0H "d# "ppm# 20 P "d# "ppm#:J "Hz#
0
1
2
3
4
6[6Ð6[9 "br m\ 14H\ Ph#^ 5[14\ 5[24 "1s\ 4H\ Cp#^ 2[0\ 2[9\ 1[7\ 1[64 "3s\ 01H\ C1Me#^
1[5Ð1[24 "m\ 7H\ PhPCH1CH1#
6[74Ð6[94 "br m\ 29H\ Ph#^ 5[1\ 5[04 "1s\ 4H\ Cp#^ 2[14\ 2[04\ 1[74 "2s\ 8H\ C1Me#^
1[54Ð1[24 "m\ 7H\ PhPCH1CH1#
6[6Ð6[5 "br m\ 24H\ Ph#^ 4[6\ 4[5 "1s\ 4H\ Cp#^ 2[0\ 1[7\ 1[5 "2s\ 5H\ C1Me#^ 1[5Ð1[24
"m\ 7H\ PhPCH1CH1#
6[6Ð5[6 "br m\ 24H\ Ph#^ 4[6\ 4[5 "1s\ 4H\ Cp#^ 2[0\ 1[7\ 1[5 "2s\ 5H\ C1Me#^ 1[5Ð1[24
"m\ 7H\ PhPCH1CH1#
6[6Ð6[9 "br m\ 39H\ Ph#^ 4[54\ 4[44 "1s\ 4H\ Cp#^ 2[14 "s\ 2H\ C1Me#^ 1[5Ð1[24 "m\ 7H\
PhPCH1CH1#
−
38[5 "s#^ 37[4 "s#^ 12[38 "s#^ 08[7 "s#^ 3[22 "s#
38[93 "s#^ 36[80 "s#^ 12[24 "s#^ 08[7 "s#^ 1[49
"d# ðJꢀ34[34 HzŁ
−
38[48 "s#^ 37[56 "s#^ 15[54 "s#^ 19[65 "s#^
−2[93 "d# ðJꢀ27[27 HzŁ
5
6
7[9Ð6[9 "br m\ 34H\ Ph#^ 4[5\ 4[4 "1s\ 4H\ Cp#^ 1[5Ð1[24 "m\ 7H\ PhPCH1CH1#
6[6Ð6[1 "br m\ 29H\ Ph#^ 4[4\ 4[24 "1s\ 4H\ Cp#^ 2[04 "s\ 8H\ C1Me#^ 1[6Ð1[3 "m\ 7H\
PhPCH1CH1#
6[44Ð6[94 "br m\ 24H\ Ph#^ 4[54\ 4[44 "1s\ 4H\ Cp#^ 2[1 "s\ 5H\ C1Me#^ 1[5Ð1[24 "m\
7H\ PhPCH1CH1#
−
38[55 "d# ðJꢀ22[22 HzŁ^ 12[81 "s#^ 08[72
"d# ðJꢀ20[20 HzŁ^ −9[64 "s#^ −0[82 "s#
37[59 "s#^ 12[67 "s#^ 6[90 "s#^ −0[95 "s#^
−1[91 "s#
7
8
6[64Ð6[04 "br m\ 39H\ Ph#^ 4[6\ 4[5 "1s\ 4H\ Cp#^ 2[1 "s\ 2H\ C1Me#^ 1[5Ð1[3 "m\ 7H\
PhPCH1CH1#
−
aSpectra recorded in CDCl2 "¦14>C# and referenced to SiMe3 "0H# and 74) H2PO3 "20 P "0H # #[brꢀbroad\ sꢀsinglet\ dꢀdoublet\ mꢀmultiplet[
insoluble in diethyl ether and hydrocarbon solvents[ The
1!butyne complexes are the most soluble\ and the
diphenylacetylene complexes are the least soluble[ Com!
plexes 0Ð8 are all air!sensitive in solution\ but can be
stored in the solid state under dinitrogen[
the di}erence in the electron donating ability of PPh2 and
the pendant\ Ph1PCH1CH1 on the linear triphos would
not be expected to be very di}erent[ Complexes 0Ð8 all
showed alkyne stretching bands "Table 1# at considerably
lower wavenumber compared to the uncoordinated
alkyne ligands[ The "C2C# stretching bands for unco!
ordinated MeC1Me and MeC1Ph are 1202 and 1159 cm−0
respectively[ The carbonyl stretching bands for com!
plexes 0Ð8 are in a narrow range "y"CO#ꢀ0850 to
0879 cm−0#\ and no real trend exists for the variation of
R on the alkyne to the carbonyl and alkyne stretching
bands\ which are also in a narrow range "y"C2C#ꢀ0549
to 0575 cm−0#[ All complexes 0Ð8 have strong broad
bands at y"BF#ꢀ0989 cm−0 due to the tetra~uoroborate
anion\ which con_rms the cationic nature of these com!
plexes[
It is likely that the reactions of ðMo"CO#"h1!
RC1R?#1CpŁðBF3Ł with an equimolar amount of L\L? or
Lý "L\L? or LýꢀðWI1"CO#"PhP"CH1CH1PPh1#1Ð
P\P?#"h1!RC1R?#Ł proceed via associative mechanisms
involving the formation of the intermediates\ ðMo"C2
O#"L\L? or LýÐP# "h1!RC1R?#1CpŁðBF3Ł\ which have two
electron donating alkyne ligands\ before loss of alkyne to
give the observed products 0Ð8[ Green et al[ ð10Ł have
described the reactions of ðMo"CO#"h1!RC1R?#1"Cp or h4!
C8H6#ŁðBF3Ł with equimolar amounts of L to a}ord the
alkyne displaced complexes ðMo"CO#L"h1!RC1R?#"Cp or
h4!C8H6#ŁðBF3Ł " for Cp\ RꢀR?ꢀMe\ LꢀPEt2\ PPh2\
PCy2^ RꢀR?ꢀPh\ LꢀPEt2\ PPh2^ RꢀMe\ R?ꢀPh\
LꢀPEt2\ PPh2^ RꢀMe\ R?ꢀPh\ LꢀPPh2^ RꢀH\ R?ꢀ
iPr\ LꢀPPh2^ for h4!C8H6\ RꢀR?ꢀMe\ LꢀPEt2\ PPh2#\
and they proposed these reactions react by an associative
mechanism[
0
The H NMR spectra of 0Ð8 all have two cyclo!
pentadienyl resonances\ which indicates the presence of
two isomers[ The X!ray crystal structure of the 1!butyne
complex
ðWI1"CO#"PhP"CH1CH1PPh1#1ÐP\P?#"h1!Me
C1Me#Ł shows the complex crystallises as two dias!
tereoisomers in the single crystal chosen for X!ray crys!
tallography ð07Ł\ in an approximately 0]0 ratio[ One
diastereoisomer has the uncoordinated CH1CH1PPh1
group pointing up\ and the other pointing down[ This is
also observed in solution as shown by its20 P NMR spec!
trum ð07Ł[ Since the structure of ðMo"CO#"PEt2#"h1!Me
C1Me#CpŁðBF3Ł has been crystallographically determined
ð10Ł\ the likely structure of the two diastereoisomers of
for example\ complex 0 are shown in Fig[ 0[ The 20 P "0H #
NMR spectra of 1\ 2\ 4\ 6 and 7 all show 4 resonances
"Table 2# which is similar to the two diastereoisomers
The IR spectra of complexes 0Ð8 all have a very broad
carbonyl band which can be attributed to a combination
of the carbonyl stretching band on the molybdenum"II#
and tungsten"II# metal centres[ This was expected since
the carbonyl stretching bands as a nujol mull for the
1!butyne triphenylphosphine molybdenum"II# complex\
ðMo"CO#"PPh2#"h1!MeC1Me#CpŁðBF3Ł is 0862 cm−0\ and
for the 1!butyne linear triphos tungsten"II# complex
ðWI1"CO#"PhP"CH1CH1PPh1#1ÐP\P?#"h1!MeC1Me#Ł is
0846 cm−0[ These stretching frequencies are similar\ and