Edwin C. Constable, Catherine E. Housecroft, Markus Neuburger, Alain G. Schneider and Margareta Zehnder
The new compound
4′-(diphenylphosphino)-2,2′:
6′,2
″-terpyridine L1 has been prepared; in solution it
readily oxidises to the corresponding phosphine oxide, L2.
The reaction between L1 and
FeCl2·4H2O yielded salts containing
[FeL12]2+, however, oxidation resulted
in the formation of [FeL22]2+. The
corresponding ruthenium(II) complex of L2 has also
been prepared and structurally characterised as the hexafluorophosphate
salt; attempts to prepare [RuL12]2+
always resulted in oxidation of the ligand to L2. The
reaction of L1 with cobalt(II) acetate gave
[CoL12]2+ which has been isolated as
the hexafluorophosphate salt. The complexes have been characterised by
IR and NMR spectroscopies, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis.
Compound L1 also reacts with
[PdCl2(NCMe)2] to give
trans-[PdCl2L12] which has
been fully characterised; results of an X-ray diffraction study confirm
the trans configuration of the complex.