Volume 53, Issue 37 pp. 9827-9831
Communication

First Stabilization of 14-Electron Rhodium(I) Complexes by Hemichelation

Christophe Werlé

Christophe Werlé

Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex (France) http://lcsom.u-strasbg.fr

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Corinne Bailly

Corinne Bailly

Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex (France) http://lcsom.u-strasbg.fr

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Dr. Lydia Karmazin-Brelot

Dr. Lydia Karmazin-Brelot

Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex (France) http://lcsom.u-strasbg.fr

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Xavier-Frédéric Le Goff

Xavier-Frédéric Le Goff

Département de Chimie, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau cedex (France)

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Dr. Michel Pfeffer

Corresponding Author

Dr. Michel Pfeffer

Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex (France) http://lcsom.u-strasbg.fr

Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex (France) http://lcsom.u-strasbg.frSearch for more papers by this author
Dr. Jean-Pierre Djukic

Corresponding Author

Dr. Jean-Pierre Djukic

Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex (France) http://lcsom.u-strasbg.fr

Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR 7177 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex (France) http://lcsom.u-strasbg.frSearch for more papers by this author
First published: 17 July 2014
Citations: 28

This work was supported by the National Research Agency (ANR project WEAKINTERMET-2DA), the Laboratory of Excellence “Chemistry of Complex Systems” and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Graphical Abstract

Touching from a distance: The syntheses of unprecedented T-shaped 14-electron RhI hemichelates is made possible by choosing the anti-[(η66-fluorenyl){Cr(CO)3}2]-based benzylic anion as an ambiphilic hemichelating ligand, and treating it with [{Rh(nbd)Cl}2] (nbd=norbornadiene) or [{Rh(CO)2Cl}2].

Abstract

Hemichelation is emerging as a new mode of coordination where non-covalent interactions crucially contribute to the cohesion of electron-unsaturated organometallic complexes. This study discloses an unprecedented demonstration of this concept to a Group 9 metal, that is, RhI. The syntheses of new 14-electron RhI complexes were achieved by choosing the anti-[(η66-fluorenyl){Cr(CO)3}2] anion as the ambiphilic hemichelating ligand, which was treated with [{Rh(nbd)Cl}2] (nbd=norbornadiene) and [{Rh(CO)2Cl}2]. The new T-shaped RhI hemichelates were characterized by analytical and structural methods. Investigations using the methods of the DFT and electron-density topology analysis (NCI region analysis, QTAIM theory) confirmed the closed-shell, non-covalent and attractive characters of the interaction between the RhI center and the proximal Cr(CO)3 moiety. This study shows that, by appropriate tuning of the electronic properties of the ambiphilic ligand, truly coordination-unsaturated RhI complexes can be synthesized in a manageable form.

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