Issue 1, 2021

Reappraising Schmidpeter's bis(iminophosphoranyl)phosphides: coordination to transition metals and bonding analysis

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of a range of bis(iminophosphoranyl)phosphide (BIPP) group 4 and coinage metals complexes is reported. BIPP ligands bind group 4 metals in a pseudo fac-fashion, and the central phosphorus atom enables the formation of d0–d10 heterobimetallic complexes. Various DFT computational tools (including AIM, ELF and NCI) show that the phosphorus–metal interaction is either electrostatic (Ti) or dative (Au, Cu). A bridged homobimetallic Cu–Cu complex was also prepared and its spectroscopic properties were investigated. The theoretical analysis of the P–P bond in BIPP complexes reveals that (i) BIPP are closely related to ambiphilic triphosphenium (TP) cations; (ii) the P–P bonds are normal covalent (i.e. not dative) in both BIPP and TP.

Graphical abstract: Reappraising Schmidpeter's bis(iminophosphoranyl)phosphides: coordination to transition metals and bonding analysis

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
28 aug 2020
Accepted
25 okt 2020
First published
26 okt 2020
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 253-269

Reappraising Schmidpeter's bis(iminophosphoranyl)phosphides: coordination to transition metals and bonding analysis

A. T. Normand, E. D. Sosa Carrizo, C. Magnoux, E. Lobato, H. Cattey, P. Richard, S. Brandès, C. H. Devillers, A. Romieu, P. Le Gendre and P. Fleurat-Lessard, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 253 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC04736H

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