Stephen D. Robinson and Arvind Sahajpal
N,N′-Diphenylguanidine reacted with
the hydrido complexes [MH2(CO)(PPh3)3]
(M = Ru or Os) and
mer-[IrH3(PPh3)3] in boiling
toluene to afford the complexes
[MH{PhNC(NH2)NPh}(CO)(PPh3)2]
and
[IrH2{PhNC(NH2)NPh}(PPh3)
2] in which the
N,N
′-diphenylguanidinate anions adopt a
symmetrical chelate co-ordination mode. Under similar conditions the
trifluoroacetato complexes
[M(O2CCF3)2(CO)(PPh3)
2] afforded salts
[M{PhNC(NH2)NPh}{PhNC(NH2)NPh
·H}(CO)(PPh3)2][O2CCF
3] containing one chelate
N,N
′-diphenylguanidinate anion and one
monodentate N,N
′-diphenylguanidine
ligand. Spectroscopic evidence indicates that the trifluoroacetate
anions are hydrogen bonded to one or more of the N-bound hydrogens.