Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Triangular Rh2Au Cluster Compound Inspired by the Isolobality Concept
Abstract The synthesis of [Rh2(η5‐Cp)2(μ‐H)(μ‐PPh2)2]BF4 (2) by protonation reaction of the metal basic complex [Rh2(η5‐Cp)2(μ‐PPh2)2] (1) with tetrafluoroboric acid in diethyl ether is described. Complex salt 2 was obtained in high yield and fully characterized by spectroscopic means and X‐ray crys...
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| author | Prof. Dr. Hans‐Christian Böttcher Dr. Marion Graf Dr. Peter Mayer Prof. Dr. Manfred Scheer |
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| description | Abstract The synthesis of [Rh2(η5‐Cp)2(μ‐H)(μ‐PPh2)2]BF4 (2) by protonation reaction of the metal basic complex [Rh2(η5‐Cp)2(μ‐PPh2)2] (1) with tetrafluoroboric acid in diethyl ether is described. Complex salt 2 was obtained in high yield and fully characterized by spectroscopic means and X‐ray crystal diffraction. Applying the isolobal analogy between H and the fragment Au(PPh3) as a synthetic strategy on the reaction of compound 2 with equimolar amounts of [Au(CH3)(PPh3)] in refluxing acetone resulted in the formation of the expected triangular cluster compound [Rh2{μ‐Au(PPh3)}(η5‐Cp)2(μ‐PPh2)2]BF4 (3) in good yield. Metal cluster salt 3 was fully characterized by spectroscopic data and its molecular structure in the crystal was determined by X‐ray diffraction. The structural comparison of the protonated dirhodium core in the cationic complex of 2 with the Rh2Au framework in 3 is in good accordance with the isolobal relation between H+ and Au+ because they share the respective same position in these closely related molecular structures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5064f90f04634907bb526b12cd9dd4a92022-12-21T17:16:01ZengWiley-VCHChemistryOpen2191-13632020-10-0191099199510.1002/open.202000217Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Triangular Rh2Au Cluster Compound Inspired by the Isolobality ConceptProf. Dr. Hans‐Christian Böttcher0Dr. Marion Graf1Dr. Peter Mayer2Prof. Dr. Manfred Scheer3Department Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstraße 5–13 81377 München GermanyDepartment Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstraße 5–13 81377 München GermanyDepartment Chemie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstraße 5–13 81377 München GermanyInstitut für Anorganische Chemie Universität Regensburg Universitätsstrasse 31 93040 Regensburg GermanyAbstract The synthesis of [Rh2(η5‐Cp)2(μ‐H)(μ‐PPh2)2]BF4 (2) by protonation reaction of the metal basic complex [Rh2(η5‐Cp)2(μ‐PPh2)2] (1) with tetrafluoroboric acid in diethyl ether is described. Complex salt 2 was obtained in high yield and fully characterized by spectroscopic means and X‐ray crystal diffraction. Applying the isolobal analogy between H and the fragment Au(PPh3) as a synthetic strategy on the reaction of compound 2 with equimolar amounts of [Au(CH3)(PPh3)] in refluxing acetone resulted in the formation of the expected triangular cluster compound [Rh2{μ‐Au(PPh3)}(η5‐Cp)2(μ‐PPh2)2]BF4 (3) in good yield. Metal cluster salt 3 was fully characterized by spectroscopic data and its molecular structure in the crystal was determined by X‐ray diffraction. The structural comparison of the protonated dirhodium core in the cationic complex of 2 with the Rh2Au framework in 3 is in good accordance with the isolobal relation between H+ and Au+ because they share the respective same position in these closely related molecular structures.https://doi.org/10.1002/open.202000217cyclopentadienyl compoundscrystal structuresgoldisolobality conceptrhodium |
| spellingShingle | Prof. Dr. Hans‐Christian Böttcher Dr. Marion Graf Dr. Peter Mayer Prof. Dr. Manfred Scheer Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Triangular Rh2Au Cluster Compound Inspired by the Isolobality Concept ChemistryOpen cyclopentadienyl compounds crystal structures gold isolobality concept rhodium |
| title | Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Triangular Rh2Au Cluster Compound Inspired by the Isolobality Concept |
| title_full | Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Triangular Rh2Au Cluster Compound Inspired by the Isolobality Concept |
| title_fullStr | Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Triangular Rh2Au Cluster Compound Inspired by the Isolobality Concept |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Triangular Rh2Au Cluster Compound Inspired by the Isolobality Concept |
| title_short | Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Triangular Rh2Au Cluster Compound Inspired by the Isolobality Concept |
| title_sort | synthesis and characterization of a novel triangular rh2au cluster compound inspired by the isolobality concept |
| topic | cyclopentadienyl compounds crystal structures gold isolobality concept rhodium |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/open.202000217 |
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