Issue 24, 2016

Electronic and steric Tolman parameters for proazaphosphatranes, the superbase core of the tri(pyridylmethyl)azaphosphatrane (TPAP) ligand

Abstract

The Tolman electronic parameters (TEP) and cone angles were experimentally measured for a series of substituted proazaphosphatrane ligands by synthesizing their respective Ni(LR)(CO)3 complexes, where L = P(RNCH2CH2)3N and R = Me, iPr, iBu and Bz. The complexes Ni(LMe)(CO)3 (1), Ni(LiPr)(CO)3 (2), Ni(LiBu)(CO)3 (3) and Ni(LBz)(CO)3 (4) display CO vibrational frequencies (A1 mode) at 2057.0, 2054.6, 2054.9 and 2059.1 cm−1, respectively. The TEPs for the phosphine ligands in 1–3 are among the lowest measured, with values close to P(tBu)3 the most donating phosphine measured by Tolman. The cone angles of LR measured in 1–4 are 152, 179, 200 and 207° for R = Me, iPr, iBu and Bz, respectively. The substituted proazaphosphatranes have larger cone angles compared to the analogous trialkyl subsituted monophosphines. Our study demonstrates that while the cone angles have a significant dependence on R, all of the substituted proazaphosphatranes are strong electron donors. Additionally, in order to determine the electronic donor strength of our previously reported multidentate ligand, TPAP, Ni(TPAP)(CO)2 (5) (TPAP = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)azaphosphatrane) and Ni(LMe)2(CO)2 (6) were also synthesized and evaluated in a similar fashion.

Graphical abstract: Electronic and steric Tolman parameters for proazaphosphatranes, the superbase core of the tri(pyridylmethyl)azaphosphatrane (TPAP) ligand

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 jan. 2016
Accepted
15 feb. 2016
First published
24 feb. 2016

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 9853-9859

Electronic and steric Tolman parameters for proazaphosphatranes, the superbase core of the tri(pyridylmethyl)azaphosphatrane (TPAP) ligand

Z. Thammavongsy, I. M. Kha, J. W. Ziller and J. Y. Yang, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 9853 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00326E

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