This
report describes the synthesis of water-soluble silver(I) and platinum(II)
complexes bearing sulfonated mono- or dianionic N-heterocyclic carbene
ligands. Thus, treatment of the corresponding zwitterionic imidazolium
derivative with silver(I) oxide in water afforded the light-sensitive
bis(carbene) complexes Ag[Ag(NHC)2] (2
Ag+
), which were transformed into the stable salts
Na[Ag(NHC)2] (2) by addition of sodium chloride.
In contrast, the same reaction in dmso afforded mono(carbenes) of
general formula Na[AgCl(NHC)] (3). The solvent-dependence
of the reaction product can be rationalized on the basis of the equilibrium
[AgCl2]− ↔ AgCl + Cl–. The precipitation of silver chloride is more favored in protic
solvents than in aprotic solvents such as dmso, thus explaining the
formation of bis(carbenes) in water. The formation of silver chloride
may also promote the hydrolysis of silver NHC complexes under some
conditions. The water-soluble platinum(II) complexes Na[PtCl2(dmso)(NHC)] were synthesized by using either mono(carbene) silver
complexes 3 as carbene-transfer agents or by direct metalation
of the imidazolium salt with cis-[PtCl2(dmso)2] in the presence of NaHCO3 as base.
The (NHC)Pt(II) complexes were tested as catalysts for the hydration
of alkynes in the aqueous phase and found to be active in neat water
without the need for acidic cocatalysts.
A series of carbosilane dendritic compounds Gn-ONNMe
m
, containing one (n = 0), four (n = 1), eight
(n = 2), or 16 (n = 3) terminal pyridylimine ligands, substituted with m methyl groups (m = 0, 2, 3),
and nickel complexes Gn-ONNMe
m
NiBr2, comprising monometallic to metallodendritic structures, have
been synthesized. The nickel complexes, in combination with methylaluminoxane (MAO), are active
catalysts for the concurrent transformation of ethylene into mixtures of toluene-insoluble polyethylene
and oily oligomers. Oligomers consist of mixtures of olefins that follow a Schulz−Flory distribution,
and polymers are found to be highly branched low molecular weight polyethylene. The variation of the
pyridylimine ligand framework by methyl substituents has a decisive influence on the activities of the
nickel compounds. Also, the size (i.e., generation n) of the dendritic precursor acutely affects the catalyst
performance and the microstructure of the insertion products. Thus, higher generation catalysts show
superior oligomerization activities and produce less branched polyethylene polymers with higher molecular
weights.
RU&(CO)~q(~3-q2 : q2 : l12-c6H6)(t16-c6H6)] and [OS3(CO)9(p3-q2 : q2 : q2-C6H6)l A new co-ordination mode for benzene ligands in cluster complexes, in which the ring is symmetrically placed above a metal triangle has been crystallographically established in the carbonyl complexes [RU&(CO)11 (p3-q2 : q2 q2-c6Hs)(q6-c6H6)] and [OS3(CO)9(p3-72 7' : q2-C&j)].
The compound [Ru(CN(t)Bu)4(Cl)2], 1, reacts with I2, yielding the halogen-bonded (XB) 1D species {[Ru(CN(t)Bu)4(I)2]·I2}n, (2·I2)n, whose building block contains I(-) ligands in place of Cl(-) ligands, even though no suitable redox agent is present in solution. Some isolated solid-state intermediates, such as {[Ru(CN(t)Bu)4(Cl)2]·2I2}n, (1·2I2)n, and {[Ru(CN(t)Bu)4(Cl)(I)]·3I2}n, (3·3I2)n, indicate the stepwise substitution of the two trans-halide ligands in 1, showing that end-on-coordinated trihalides play a key role in the process. In particular, the formation of ClI2(-) triggers electron transfer, possibly followed by an inverted coordination of the triatomic species through the external iodine atom. This allows I-Cl separation, as corroborated by Raman spectra. The process through XB intermediates corresponds to reduction of one iodine atom combined with the oxidation of one coordinated chloride ligand to give the corresponding zerovalent atom of I-Cl. This redox process, explored by density functional theory calculations (B97D/6-31+G(d,p)/SDD (for I and Ru atoms)), is apparently counterintuitive with respect to the known behavior of the corresponding free halogen systems, which favor iodide oxidation by Cl2. On the other hand, similar energy barriers are found for the metal-assisted process and require a supply of energy to be passed. In this respect, the control of the temperature is fundamental in combination with the favorable crystallizations of the various solid-state products. As an important conclusion, trihalogens, as XB adducts, are not static in nature but are able to undergo dynamic inner electron transfers consistently with implicit redox chemistry.
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