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Steric and Electronic Factors That Control Two-Electron Processes between Metal Carbonyl Cations and Anions
Zhen, Yueqian,Feighery, William G.,Lai, Chung-Kung,Atwood, Jim D.
, p. 7832 - 7837 (2007/10/02)
Reactions of metal carbonyl cations (Mn(CO)6(+), Re(CO)6(+), Mn(CO)5PPh3(+), Mn(CO)4(PPh3)2(+), Mn(CO)5PEt3(+), Mn(CO)5PPh2Me(+), Re(CO)5PPh3(+), and CpFe(CO)3(+)) with metal carbonyl anions (Co(CO)3PPh3(-), Co(CO)4(-), Mn(CO)5(-), Mn(CO)4PPh3(-), Mn(CO)4PEt3(-), Mn(CO)4PPh2Me(-), Mn(CO)3(PPh3)2(-), CpFe(CO)2(-), Re(CO)5(-), and Re(CO)4PPh3(-)) are reported.Peak potentials are reported for all ions, and nucleophilicites (as measured by reaction with MeI) are reported for the anions.Reaction of any metal carbonyl cation with any metal carbonyl anion leads ultimately to binuclear products, which are the thermodynamic products.The binuclear products are formed by single-electron transfer.In over half of the reactions between metal carbonyl cations and anions, a two-electron change results in a new metal carbonyl cation and anion.The two-electron change may be considered mechanistically as a CO(2+) transfer with the more nucleophilic of the two anions retaining the CO(2+).The kinetic and thermodynamic driving forces and the suggested mechanism are examined.
Formation of metal-metal bonds by ion-pair annihilation. Dimanganese carbonyls from manganate(-I) anions and manganese(I) cations
Lee,Kuchynka,Kochi
, p. 1886 - 1897 (2008/10/08)
The coupling of the anionic Mn(CO)5- and the cationic Mn(CO)6+ occurs upon mixing to afford the dimeric Mn2(CO)10 in essentially quantitative yields. Dimanganese decacarbonyl is formed with equal facility from the coupling of Mn(CO)5- with Mn(CO)5(py)+ and Mn(CO)5(NCMe)+. By way of contrast, the annihilation of Mn(CO)4PPh3- with Mn(CO)6+ yields a pair of homo dimers Mn2(CO)10 and Mn2(CO)8(PPh3)2 together with the cross dimer Mn2(CO)9PPh3. Extensive scrambling of the carbonylmanganese moieties also obtains with Mn(CO)4P(OPh)3- and Mn(CO)5PPh3+, as indicated by the production of Mn2(CO)8[P(OPh)3]2, Mn2(CO)8[P(OPh)3](PPh3), and Mn2(CO)8(PPh3)2 in more or less statistical amounts. These diverse Mn-Mn couplings can be accounted for by a generalized formulation (Scheme VI), in which the carbonylmanganese anions Mn(CO)4P- and the cations Mn(CO)5L+ undergo an initial electron transfer to produce Mn(CO)4P? and Mn(CO)5L?, respectively. The behaviors of these 17- and 19-electron radicals coincide with those independently generated in a previous study of the anodic oxidation of Mn(CO)4P- and the cathodic reduction of Mn(CO)5L+, respectively. The facile associative ligand substitution of 17-electron carbonylmanganese radicals by added phosphines provides compelling evidence for the interception of Mn(CO)4P? and its interconversion with 19-electron species in the course of ion-pair annihilation. The reactivity trend for the various ion pairs qualitatively parallels the driving force for electron transfer based on the oxidation and reduction potentials of Mn(CO)4P- and Mn(CO)5L+, respectively, in accord with the radical-pair mechanism in Scheme VI.
