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greenish oily residue. The residue was dissolved in a minimum
2.4. X-ray crystallographic study
amount of methanol, and the solution was subjected to column
chromatography using Sephadex LH-20 resin. A red band was
eluted with methanol, and the eluate was evaporated at room tem-
perature and ambient pressure to give a red precipitate. The pre-
cipitate was collected by filtration and recrystallized from
methanol by vapor diffusion of diethyl ether, depositing red block
crystals. Yield: 54.6 mg (3.5%). Anal. Calc. for C30H32BCoF2N2O2P2-
S4: C, 48.01; H, 4.30; N, 3.73. Found: C, 47.30; H, 4.05; N, 3.61%.
1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz, 22 °C): d 2.47 (s, N–CH3, 6H), 2.80 (s,
N–CH3, 6H), 7.12 (t, Ph, J = 7.3 Hz, 4H), 7.21 (t, Ph, J = 7.3 Hz, 2H),
7.40–7.48 (m, Ph, 6H), 7.67–7.71 (m, Ph, 4H), 8.00–8.07 (m, Ph,
The X-ray diffraction data of 1 were obtained at À85(2) °C on a
Rigaku R-axis rapid imaging plate detector with a graphite-mono-
chromated Mo Ka radiation (k = 0.71073 Å). A suitable crystal was
mounted with a cryoloop and flash-cooled by cold nitrogen stream.
Data were processed by the Process-Auto program package [12],
and absorption corrections were applied by the numerical integra-
tion method from crystal shape [13]. The structure was solved by
the direct method using SIR2004 [14], and refined on F2 (with all
independent reflections) using SHELXL97 program [15]. All non-H
atoms were refined anisotropically. Hydrogen atoms were intro-
duced at the positions calculated theoretically and treated with
riding models. All calculations were carried out using CRYSTALSTRUC-
TURE software package [16].
4H). IR (KBr disc): m , m .
(B–F) 1096 cmÀ1 (P–O) 1005 cmÀ1
2.2.2. Method B
Crystal data are collected in Table 1.
To an acetonitrile solution (3 cm3) of cis-[Co(Me2dtc)2
(PHPh2)2]BF4 (49.5 mg, 0.065 mmol) was added a methanol solu-
tion (1 cm3) of LiBF4 (12.2 mg, 0.13 mmol) and an aqueous NaOH
solution (5.9 mg, 0.15 mmol, 1 cm3). The mixture was stirred in
the dark for 24 h at room temperature, and the resulting green pre-
cipitate was filtered off. The brown filtrate was evaporated under
reduced pressure, and the resulting oily residue was extracted with
dichloromethane. The filtered extract was concentrated to ca.
2 cm3 by flow of dry nitrogen, and the red brown concentrate
was subjected to column chromatography using Sephadex LH-20
resin. A major red band and a minor green band were eluted with
methanol. The major red eluate was evaporated to dryness under
reduced pressure, and the resulting crude product was recrystal-
lized from dichloromethane/methanol by slow evaporation of the
solvents at room temperature, depositing red block crystals. Yield:
7.8 mg (16%).
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Preparation and structural characterization of cobalt(III) complex
According to the synthetic methods for trans- and cis-[Co(Me2-
dtc)2(PHPh2)2]BF4 [3], we have tried to prepare the analogous
PClPh2 complexes. Firstly, the ligand substitution of PClPh2 for
PPh3 in trans-[Co(Me2dtc)2(PPh3)2]BF4 was attempted, likewise to
the preparation of trans-[Co(Me2dtc)2(PHPh2)2]BF4. However, the
reaction gave a complicated mixture of products, and no complex
could be isolated from the mixture except for [Co(Me2dtc)3] and
trans-[Co(Me2dtc)2(PPh3)2]BF4. Then, we examined an oxidative
addition of tetramethylthiuram disulfide to a mixture of cobalt(II)
tetrafluoroborate and PClPh2. In the case of PHPh2 this method
gave the cis-isomer of [Co(Me2dtc)2(PHPh2)2]BF4. When PClPh2
was added to a pale pink solution of Co(BF4)2Á6H2O in ethanol,
the color of reaction mixture immediately turned to blue, unlike
for PHPh2 which afforded a reddish brown solution. To this mixture
was added a solution of tetramethylthiuram disulfide in a mixture
of dichloromethane and ethanol. This reaction also gave a compli-
cated mixture of products, and the main product was green
[Co(Me2dtc)3]. After removal of [Co(Me2dtc)3] by washing with
diethyl ether, the residue was subjected to column chromatogra-
phy (Sephadex LH-20), and a red band was collected by elution
with methanol. From the eluate red crystals of 1 were obtained.
Although the yield of 1 was only a few percent, it was reproducible
in several experiments.
2.3. Measurements
Infrared spectra were measured on a JASCO FTIR-001 spectro-
photometer using KBr disc method. UV–Vis absorption spectra
were recorded on a JASCO V-550 spectrophotometer at room tem-
perature. Proton and phosphorus-31 NMR spectra were acquired
on a Varian 400-MR spectrometer at 22 °C. The 1H NMR chemical
shifts were referenced to the residual 1H NMR signals of the deu-
terated solvents and are reported versus TMS. The 31P NMR chem-
ical shifts were referenced to the external 85% H3PO4.
The molecular and crystal structure of 1 was determined by X-
ray crystallography. It was found that compound 1 crystallized in a
triclinic space group P1 with Z = 4. There are two crystallographi-
Table 1
Crystallographic data for compound 1.
ꢀ
Chemical formula
Formula weight
T (K)
Crystal color and shape
Size of specimen (mm)
Crystal system
Space group
C30H32BCoF2N2O2P2S4
750.50
188(2)
cally independent complex molecules in the asymmetric unit,
and both molecules are similar in structure, as shown in Fig. 1.
It was revealed that these complexes contain an anionic
Ph2POBF2OPPh2À ligand, which forms a six-membered chelate ring.
The chelate ring in molecule 1 (with Co1) has a skew conformation,
while that in molecule 2 (with Co2) has a distorted envelope con-
formation. Regardless, the chelate bite angles are very similar to
each other: 93.44(4)° versus 93.21(4)°. The average P–O, O–B and
red, block
0.20 Â 0.20 Â 0.20
triclinic
ꢀ
P1
Z
4
a (Å)
b (Å)
c (Å)
13.7205(7)
14.4337(8)
17.7699(8)
105.946(2)
90.256(2)
91.363(2)
3380.8(3)
1.474
0.892
0.081
0.065
0.190
B–F bond lengths in
1 are 1.574(6), 1.46(1) and 1.38(1) Å,
respectively. These bond lengths Àare comparable to those of the
a
(°)
b (°)
previously reported R2POBF2OPR2 complexes [17–19].
c
(°)
The above-mentioned P–O bonds (average 1.574(6) Å) are
shorter than those of cis-[Co(Me2dtc)2(Ph2POMe)2]BF4 (average
1.604(4) Å), which has the same coordination environment with
monodentate phosphinite (Ph2POMe) [2]. The Co–P bond lengths
in 1 are in the range of 2.222(1)–2.234(1) Å (average 2.227(2) Å),
which are also a little shorter than those in cis-[Co(Me2dtc)2
(Ph2POMe)2]BF4 (average 2.245 Å). These bond shortenings are
U (Å3)
Dcalc (Mg mÀ3
l
)
(Mo K
a
) (mmÀ1
)
Rint
R1 (F2: Fo2 > 2
r
(Fo2))
wR2 (F2: all data)
Goodness-of-fit (GOF) on F2
1.073