Si–H and Si–C Bond Activation of a Triorganosilane Promoted by [RhCl{P(i-Pr)3}2]. Synthesis and Structure of a Dinuclear Rh(IV) Complex with μ-Silylene Ligands
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
- Vol. 70 (1) , 189-195
- https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.70.189
Abstract
[RhClL2] (L = P(i-Pr)3) reacts with tris(2-phenylethyl)silane in pentane to give a dinuclear Rh(IV) complex, [LRh(H)2{μ-Si(CH2CH2Ph)2}2Rh(H)2L] (1), and several organic products including ethylbenzene, chloro{tris(2-phenylethyl)}silane, and tetrakis(2-phenylethyl)silane. Results of X-ray crystallography and NMR study of 1 indicate a symmetrical molecular structure containing two Rh(IV) centers which are bonded to each other through two bridging silylene ligands. [1, triclinic, space group with a = 12.886(4), b = 13.217(3), c = 10.388(3) Å, α = 104.78(2), β = 106.50(2), γ = 61.70(2)°, V = 1478 Å3, Z = 1, R = 0.073, Rw = 0.081 for 3930 reflections with I > 3σ(I) and 289 variables]. The initial reaction products contain mononuclear Rh(III) complexes, [RhCl(H)2L2] (2) and [RhCl(H) {Si(CH2CH2Ph)3}L2] (3), the latter of which is turned into 1 on further stirring. Reactions of tribenzylsilane and of tris(p-methylbenzyl)silane with [RhClL2] cause immediate separation of [RhL(R3Si)H(μ-Cl)2RhH(SiR3)L] (4: R = CH2Ph, 5: R = CH2C6H4Me-p). X-Ray crystallography of 4 has revealed the structure containing two Rh(III) centers with distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination [4, monoclinic, space group P21/n with a = 11.513(3), b = 28.227(9), c = 20.883(5) Å, β = 94.14(2)°, V = 6769 Å3, Z = 4, R = 0.071, Rw = 0.066 for 4249 reflections with I > 3σ(I) and 637 variables]. A prolonged reaction of tribenzylsilane leads to formation of chlorotribenzylsilane.This publication has 47 references indexed in Scilit:
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