1. Synthesis and Reactivity of Trifluoromethyl Isocyanide Rhodium(I) Complexes
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Vicente, J., Gil-Rubio, J., Guerrero-Leal, J., and Bautista, D.
- Abstract
The complex trans-[Rh(CF
3 )(CNXy)2 (PPh3 )] (1 ) reacts with SO2 , tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), or maleic anhydride (MA) to give the complexes [Rh(CF3 )(CNXy)2 (PPh3 )L] (L = SO2 (2 ), TCNE (3 ), MA (4 )) and with CO or CF3 CO2 H to give, respectively, mixtures containing mainly [Rh(CF3 )(CNXy)2 (CO)(PPh3 )] or trans-[Rh(CNXy)2 (PPh3 )2 ]CF3 CO2 , which is prepared in better yield by reaction of trans-[RhCl(PPh3 )2 (CO)] with XyNC and NaCF3 CO2 . [Rh(CF3 )(CNXy)3 ] (6 ) is prepared by reaction of [Rh(CF3 )(CNXy)3 (PPh3 )] (7 ) with 35% H2 O2 or, better, by reaction of [Rh(μ-OH)(COD)]2 with XyNC and Me3 SiCF3 . The reaction of6 with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) or maleic anhydride (MA) gives the complexes [Rh(CF3 )(CNXy)3 L] (L = TCNE (8 ), MA (9 )). The oxidative addition reaction of MeI or n-C4 F9 I with complex6 gives the octahedral Rh(III) complexes [Rh(CF3 )(R)I(CNXy)3 ] (R = Me (10 ), n-C4 F9 (11 )). In an attempt to obtain single crystals of complex11 , a few crystals of [{Rh(CF3 )(n-C4 F9 )(CNXy)2 }2 (μ-I)2 ] (12 ) were obtained. The crystal structures of complexes2 −4 and12 have been determined by X-ray diffraction studies.- Published
- 2005