Displacement of the ethene ligand in
(dippe)Pd(C2H4)
(dippe =
iPr2PC2H4PiPr2)
by 1-alkynes
RC⋮CH affords the mononuclear complexes
(dippe)Pd(RC⋮CH) (R = Me
(2a), Ph (3a), CO2Me (4), SiMe3 (5)). The molecular
structure of 3a has been determined by X-ray
crystallography. Mononuclear 2a and 3a have been
reacted with stoichiometric amounts of
(dippe)Pd(η1-C3H5)2
as a source for [(dippe)Pd0] to
yield the dinuclear derivatives
{(dippe)Pd}2(μ-RC⋮CH) (R = Me (2b), Ph
(3b)). By the reaction of
(dippe)Pd(C2H4) with
difunctional
vinylacetylene the mononuclear complex
(dippe)Pd{(1,2-η2)-RC⋮CH}
(R = CHCH2 (6a)) is
formed, which is in equilibrium with isomeric
(dippe)Pd{(3,4-η2)-H2CCHC⋮CH}
(6b).
Addition of [(dippe)Pd0] to
6a,b yields dinuclear
{(dippe)Pd}2(μ-RC⋮CH) (R
= CHCH2 (6c)).
Reaction of
(dippe)Pd(C2H4) with
butadiyne affords
(dippe)Pd(η2-HC⋮CC⋮CH)
(7c). From
dippe, Pt(cod)2, and
C4H2 the Pt homologue has also been synthesized
and thus, together
with the already known Ni derivative, the series
(dippe)M(η2-HC⋮CC⋮CH) (M = Ni
(7a),
Pd (7c), Pt (7f)) is now complete. When
7c and [(dippe)Pd0] are
combined, the dinuclear
complex
{(dippe)Pd}2(μ-RC⋮CH) (R
= C⋮CH (7e)) is formed in solution, whereas
isomeric
{(dippe)Pd}2{μ-(1,2-η2):(3,4-η2)-HC⋮CC⋮CH}
(7d) is present in the solid state. The
preparation of the Pd0−1-alkyne complexes refutes the
conventional wisdom that this type of
compound is inherently unstable. By reaction of
(dippe)Pd(C2H4) with
internal alkynes C2R2
the complexes (dippe)Pd(RC⋮CR) (R = Me
(8a), Ph (9), CO2Me
(10), SiMe3 (11)) have
also
been prepared. Combining 8a with
[(dippe)Pd0] affords dinuclear
{(dippe)Pd}2(μ-MeC⋮CMe)
(8b). Finally, solution thermolysis of 2b
and 8b gives rise to dinuclear alkyne-free
Pd2(dippe)2 (12).