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Niobium tetrachloride complexes with thio-, seleno- and telluro-ether coordination – synthesis and structures

Yao-Pang Chang,a  William Levason,*a  Mark E. Lighta  and  Gillian Reida 
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a Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
E-mail: wxl@soton.ac.uk

Abstract

NbCl4 reacts with the dithioethers MeS(CH2)nSMe (n = 2 or 3), iPrS(CH2)2SiPr or o-C6H4(CH2SEt)2 in a 1 : 1 molar ratio in CH2Cl2 or toluene over several days, to give red or orange, paramagnetic complexes, [NbCl4(dithioether)]. Their X-ray crystal structures confirm distorted octahedral geometries with chelating dithioether. MeS(CH2)2SMe, alone, also forms an [NbCl4{MeS(CH2)2SMe}2] complex based upon eight-coordinate Nb(IV) in a square antiprismatic geometry. Similar six-coordinate cis-[NbCl4(diselenoether)] are formed by MeSe(CH2)nSeMe (n = 2 or 3) and nBuSe(CH2)3SenBu. The monodentate ligands Me2S, Me2Se and nBu2Se form [NbCl4(R2E)2] (E = S, Se) which are unstable in solution, losing R2E to form complexes with a 1 : 1 stoichiometry, which are shown to be diamagnetic dimers, [(Me2E)Cl3Nb(μ-Cl)2NbCl3(Me2E)], with single Nb–Nb σ-bonds. Tellurium ligands tend to decompose in these reactions, but reaction at room temperature of Me2Te and NbCl4 formed [NbCl4(Me2Te)2], the X-ray structure of which revealed an eight-coordinate dimer, [Nb2Cl4(μ-Cl)4(Me2Te)4]. The new complexes have been characterised by microanalysis, IR, UV-visible spectroscopy and magnetic measurements. X-ray crystal structures are reported for [NbCl4(L–L)] (L–L = MeS(CH2)nSMe, n = 2 or 3, iPrS(CH2)2SiPr, o-C6H4(CH2SEt)2, MeSe(CH2)3SeMe), [Nb2Cl8(Me2Te)4], [Nb2Cl8(Me2S)2] and [Nb2Cl8(Me2Se)2]. The complexes are very sensitive to moisture and dioxygen, and some also readily undergo C–E bond cleavage. Two ligand fragmentation products were identified –[Nb2Cl4(μ-S)2{MeS(CH2)3SMe}2] and [Nb2Cl4(μ-Se)2{o-C6H4(CH2)2Se}4]. X-ray crystal structures are also reported for the oxidation/hydrolysis products [NbOCl3(Me2S)] and [NbOCl3{MeS(CH2)2SMe}].

Graphical abstract: Niobium tetrachloride complexes with thio-, seleno- and telluro-ether coordination – synthesis and structures

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The article was received on 27 Jul 2016, accepted on 13 Sep 2016 and first published on 13 Sep 2016


Article type: Paper
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02979E
Citation: Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 16262-16274
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    Niobium tetrachloride complexes with thio-, seleno- and telluro-ether coordination – synthesis and structures

    Y. Chang, W. Levason, M. E. Light and G. Reid, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 16262
    DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02979E

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