Structures and spectroscopic characterization of the divalent complexes cisdibromidotetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide)iron(II) dichloromethane 0.771solvate, [FeBr 2 (C 9 H 9 N) 4 ]Á0.771CH 2 Cl 2 or cis-FeBr 2 (CNXyl) 4 Á0.771CH 2 Cl 2 (Xyl = 2,6-dimethylphenyl), trans-dibromidotetrakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide)iron(II), [FeBr 2 (C 9 H 9 N) 4 ] or trans-FeBr 2 (CNXyl) 4 , trans-dibromidotetrakis(2,6dimethylphenyl isocyanide)cobalt(II), [CoBr 2 (C 9 H 9 N) 4 ] or trans-CoBr 2 (CNXyl) 4 , and trans-dibromidobis(2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide)nickel(II), [NiBr 2 (C 9 H 9 N) 2 ] or trans-NiBr 2 (CNXyl) 2 , are presented. Additionally, crystals grown from a cold diethyl ether solution of zero-valent Fe(CNXyl) 5 produced a structure containing a cocrystallization of mononuclear Fe(CNXyl) 5 and the previously unknown dinuclear [Fe(CNXyl) 3 ] 2 ( 2 -CNXyl) 3 , namely pentakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide)iron(0) tris( 2 -2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide)bis[tris(2,6dimethylphenyl isocyanide)iron(0)], [Fe(C 9 H 9 N) 5 ][Fe 2 (C 9 H 9 N) 9 ]. The (M)C-N-C(Xyl) angles of the isocyanide ligand are nearly linear for the metals in the +2 oxidation state, for which the ligands function essentially as pure donors. The CN stretching frequencies for these divalent metal isocyanides are at or above that of the free ligand. Relative to Fe II , in the structure containing iron in the formally zero-valent oxidation state, the Fe-C bond lengths have shortened, the C N bond lengths have elongated, the (M)C-N-C(Xyl) angles of the terminal CNXyl ligands are more bent, and the CN stretching frequencies have shifted to lower energies, all indicative of substantial M(d)!* backbonding. research papers Acta Cryst. (2019). C75, 1118-1127 Brennessel et al. Fe/Co/Ni complexes of 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide 1119 2.
RefinementCrystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 1. In 1, the cocrystallized dichloromethane solvent was modeled as disordered over a crystallographic twofold axis (0.50:0.50), and additionally over two general positions [0.593 (9) and 0.192 (9)]. The occupancies of the general positions were not required to sum to unity because it had been determined that there had been solvent loss during the mounting procedure. This loss was confirmed by a significant increase in R1 (strong data) when the occupancies were forced to sum to unity, as well as by examining the results of the SQUEEZE (Spek, 2015) routine of PLATON (Spek, 2009), which showed 150 electrons versus the expected 168. Analogous bond lengths and angles between the two positions of the dichloromethane solvent disorder were restrained to be similar. Anisotropic displacement parameters for proximal (including symmetry-equivalent) atoms were constrained to be equivalent. Additionally, anisotropic displacement parameters for all atoms of the major component were restrained to be similar.Methyl H atoms on C17 in 2a, C8, C9, and C17 in 2b, and C9 in 4 were modeled as rotationally disordered. research papers 1120 Brennessel et al....