Synthesis of Tellurido‐Bridged IrPt₂, IrPd₂, and IrPtPd Clusters by Inserting Zero‐Valent Pt and Pd Centers into TeC Bonds

Abstract

Soluble transition-metal sulfido clusters have been investigated extensively because of their relevance to biological and industrial catalysts. In contrast, the chemistry of the analogues of tellurium, the heavier congener of sulfur, has been less-well developed.

Reactions of Schiff Base‐Substituted Diselenides and ‐tellurides with Ni(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II) Phosphine Complexes

“…For most of the structural parameters, a linear dependence with the size of the chalcogen or the size of the metal is observed along the series [M(L S )(PPh 3 )] – [M(L Se )(PPh 3 )] – [M(L Te )(PPh 3 )]. The Pd1–Te1 and Pt1–Te1 bonds of 2.4825(2) and 2.502(1) Å are similar to the shortest bond lengths reported in previous studies of palladium [ 21,25–29,34,36–38 ] and platinum [ 39–52 ] phenyltellurolato complexes. Remarkably and probably as a result of the strain in the five‐membered Te1–Ni1–N1 chelate ring, the Ni1–Te1 bond length in [Ni(L Te )(PPh 3 )] is only 2.4050(5) Å.…”

“…Selected bond lengths [Å] and angles (°) in the dichalcogenides {HL Y } 2 [30] and their nickel, palladium and platinum complexes [M(L Y )(PPh 3 )] (Y = Se, Te). [21,[25][26][27][28][29]34,[36][37][38] and platinum [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] [53] Ni(TeMes)Cp(PEt 3 ), [54] [W(CO) 5 -μ-(TePh)NiCp(PPh 3 )] [55] and [57] [(NiCpiPr 4 ) 2 -μ-( Te) 2 ] (2.44-2.45 Å), [58] [CpFe(C 5 H 4 )-Te(I) 2 -Ni(NHC)Cp] (2.4407(8) Å) [59] and (μ 4 -telluro)-hexakis(μ 3 -telluro)bis(μ 2 -bis(diphenylphosphino)methane)-bis(η 5 -tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-pentanickeldiniobium (2.436(5) Å) [60] show the overall shortest Ni-Te bond lengths. (m/z = 538.0818) can be observed.…”