ISSN:
1434-1948
Keywords:
Cadmium
;
Crown compounds
;
Pentafluorophenyl
;
Potassium
;
S ligands
;
Chemistry
;
General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Bis(pentafluorophenyl)cadmium, [Cd(C6F5)2], reacts with equimolar amounts of triphenylmethanethiol, TrtSH, in toluene to give [{Cd(C6F5)(STrt)}4] · 1.5 tol (1). The cuboidal complex of 1 has been transformed into the heterometallic cuboidal complex [{Cd(C6F5)(STrt)}3(OH)K(THF)3] (2) by reaction with KOH in tetrahydrofuran. In the presence of 18-crown-6, the compound [K(18-crown-6)(THF)2][{Cd(C6F5)- (STrt)}3(OH)] · THF (3) has been obtained instead of 2. X-ray structure analysis shows the anion of 3 to be an incomplete cuboidal complex, which alternatively can be described as a cyclic trimer of the {Cd(C6F5)(STrt)} unit stabilized by a μ3-hydroxo ligand. The compound [K(18-crown-6)(THF)2][Cd(C6F5)(STrt)2] (4) has been isolated from reaction mixtures containing 1, KSTrt and 18-crown-6. The cadmium atom in 4 is three-coordinated, in contrast to the cadmium atoms in 1-3, which are situated in strongly distorted coordination tetrahedra. Intramolecular C6H5···C6F5···C6H5 stacks in 4 are interpreted as resulting from attractive ligand-ligand interactions. Spectroscopic data, particularly from 13C-NMR and IR spectra, are consistent with the order of ligand deficiency: 1 〉 2 〉 3 〉 4. The macrocyclic, eight-coordinate complex [K(18-crown-6)(THF)2]+ in 3 and 4 contains trans arranged THF ligands.
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