Issue 1, 2001

The structure and dynamics of cationic zirconocene complexes with phenyl coordination

Abstract

Density functional computations (BP86/ECP1 and B3LYP/II level) have revealed that the phenyl group in [Zr(η-C5H5)(η-C5H4CR2C6H5)Me]+ (R = H) is coordinated to the Zr atom via one of the phenyl carbon atoms, rather than via an agostic Zr–H contact, as suggested previously. A stationary point with such an agostic interaction is the transition structure for phenyl rotation with a barrier higher than 50 kJ mol−1 (B3LYP/II level), consistent with results from dynamic NMR spectroscopy for a closely related compound (R = Me). The structural assignments are supported by the good accord between the computed (GIAO-B3LYP/II level) and experimental NMR chemical shifts. A second dynamic process with a very similar activation barrier is indicated to involve dissociation of the coordinated phenyl moiety from the Zr atom and inversion at the latter. The same structural motif (i.e. η1-bonded aryl group) is also found for the [Zr(η-C5H4CH2C6H5)2]2+ dication.

Graphical abstract: The structure and dynamics of cationic zirconocene complexes with phenyl coordination [ ]

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Sep 2000
Accepted
08 Nov 2000
First published
13 Dec 2000

J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 79-84

The structure and dynamics of cationic zirconocene complexes with phenyl coordination

M. Bühl and J. Saßmannshausen, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 79 DOI: 10.1039/B007748H

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