Volume 634, Issue 8 pp. 1415-1420
Article

An Unusual Product from the Reaction of C(PPh3)2 with [Mn2(CO)10]: Formation and Crystal Structure of [Mn(OPPh3)2{O2CC(PPh3)2}2][Mn(CO)5]2

Wolfgang Petz Prof. Dr.

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Wolfgang Petz Prof. Dr.

Marburg Germany, Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität

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Florian Öxler

Florian Öxler

Marburg Germany, Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität

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Ramona Ronge

Ramona Ronge

Marburg Germany, Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität

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Bernhard Neumüller Prof. Dr.

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Bernhard Neumüller Prof. Dr.

Marburg Germany, Fachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universität

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First published: 26 May 2008
Citations: 12

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Abstract

The carbodiphosphorane C(PPh3)2 (1) reacts with [Mn2(CO)10] in THF to produce quantitatively the salt-like complex (HC{PPh3}2)[Mn(CO)5] (2) as THF solvate. If the reaction is carried out in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) small amounts of [Mn(OPPh3)2{O2CC(PPh3)2}2][Mn(CO)5]2 (3) as DME solvate along with solvent free 2 as the main product were isolated. Proton abstraction from the solvent led to the formation of 2; the ligands OPPh3 and O2CC(PPh3)2}2 of 3 are the results of a side reaction from [Mn2(CO)10] and 1 in a Wittig type manner. From the reaction in benzene small amounts of 3 were also obtained, crystallizing as benzene solvate 4C6H6. The crystal structures of THF, 2, 1.75DME and 4C6H6 are reported. The compounds are further characterized by IR and 31P NMR spectroscopy.

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