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Terminal nickel(ii) amide, alkoxide, and thiolate complexes containing amido diphosphine ligands of the type [N(o-C6H4PR 2)2]- (R = Ph, iPr, Cy)
Liang, Lan-Chang,Chien, Pin-Shu,Lee, Pei-Ying,Lin, Jia-Ming,Huang, Yu-Lun
, p. 3320 - 3327 (2008/09/20)
A series of nickel(ii) complexes of the type [R-PNP]Ni(ER′) ([R-PNP]- = [N(o-C6H4PR2) 2]-; R = Ph, iPr, Cy; E = NH, O, S; R′ = Ph, tBu) featuring unsupported, covalently bound π-donor ligands have been prepared and characterized. The metathetical reactions of [R-PNP]NiCl (R = Ph, iPr, Cy) with LiNHPh, NaOPh, or NaSPh, respectively, produced the corresponding anilide [R-PNP]Ni(NHPh), phenolate [R-PNP]Ni(OPh), and thiophenolate [R-PNP]Ni(SPh) derivatives. Treatment of [Ph-PNP]NiCl with either LiNHtBu or NaOtBu generated tert-butyl amide [Ph-PNP]Ni(NHtBu) and tert-butoxide [Ph-PNP]Ni(OtBu), respectively. In contrast, attempts to prepare analogous tert-butyl amide and tert-butoxide complexes of [iPr-PNP]- or [Cy-PNP] - were not successful. Protonolysis studies of these nickel(ii)-heteroatom complexes revealed the basic reactivity of these π-donor ligands. The basicity follows the order NHtBu > O tBu > NHPh > OPh > SPh. In addition to solution NMR spectroscopic data for all new compounds, X-ray structures of [ iPr-PNP]Ni(NHPh) and [iPr-PNP]Ni(OPh) are presented. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2008.