Issue 37, 2016

Molybdenum dinitrogen complexes facially coordinated by linear tridentate PEP ligands (E = N or P): impact of the central E donor in trans-position to N2

Abstract

The syntheses of molybdenum dinitrogen complexes supported by the tridentate PEP ligands (E = N, P) prPP(Ph)P = (Ph2PCH2CH2CH2)2P(Ph), prPPHP = (Ph2PCH2CH2CH2)2PH, PN(Ph)P = (Ph2PCH2CH2)2N(Ph) and prPN(Ph)P = (Ph2PCH2CH2CH2)2N(Ph) are reported. Together with the coligand dmpm = (CH3)2PCH2P(CH3)2 dinitrogen complexes of the type [Mo(N2)(PEP)(dmpm)] are formed. The new systems are characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy and compared with the literature-known complex [Mo(N2)(dpepp)(dmpm)] (1) (dpepp = PhP(CH2CH2PPh2)2). The consequences of the substitution of the central P-donor of dpepp by N and the replacement of its C2 by C3 linkages as well as the exchange of the EPh by an EH function are investigated with respect to the stability of the corresponding N2-complexes. Importantly, the activation of the N2 ligand drastically increases upon replacing the trans-phosphine with a trans-amine donor.

Graphical abstract: Molybdenum dinitrogen complexes facially coordinated by linear tridentate PEP ligands (E = N or P): impact of the central E donor in trans-position to N2

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 jun 2016
Accepted
16 aug 2016
First published
18 aug 2016

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 14801-14813

Molybdenum dinitrogen complexes facially coordinated by linear tridentate PEP ligands (E = N or P): impact of the central E donor in trans-position to N2

S. Hinrichsen, A. Schnoor, K. Grund, B. Flöser, A. Schlimm, C. Näther, J. Krahmer and F. Tuczek, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 14801 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02316A

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