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Mono- and dinuclear Ni(i) products formed upon bromide abstraction from the Ni(i) ring-expanded NHC complex [Ni(6-Mes)(PPh3)Br]

Blackaby, William J. M., Sabater, Sara, Poulten, Rebecca C., Page, Michael J., Folli, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8913-6606, Krewald, Vera, Mahon, Mary F., Murphy, Damien M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5941-4879, Richards, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6691-2377 and Whittlesey, Michael K. 2017. Mono- and dinuclear Ni(i) products formed upon bromide abstraction from the Ni(i) ring-expanded NHC complex [Ni(6-Mes)(PPh3)Br]. Dalton Transactions 47 (3) , pp. 769-782. 10.1039/C7DT04187J

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Abstract

Bromide abstraction from the three-coordinate Ni(I) ring-expanded N-heterocyclic carbene complex [Ni(6-Mes)(PPh3)Br] (1; 6-Mes = 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene) with TlPF6 in THF yields the T-shaped cationic solvent complex, [Ni(6-Mes)(PPh3)(THF)][PF6] (2), whereas treatment with NaBArF4 in Et2O affords the dimeric Ni(I) product, [{Ni(6-Mes)(PPh3)}2(μ-Br)][BArF4] (3). Both 2 and 3 act as latent sources of the cation [Ni(6-Mes)(PPh3)]+, which can be trapped by CO to give [Ni(6-Mes)(PPh3)(CO)]+ (5). Addition of [(Et3Si)2(μ-H)][B(C6F5)4] to 1 followed by work up in toluene results in the elimination of phosphine as well as halide to afford a co-crystallised mixture of [Ni(6-Mes)(η2-C6H5Me)][B(C6F5)4] (4), and [6MesH⋯C6H5Me][B(C6F5)4]. Treatment of 1 with sodium salts of more strongly coordinating anions leads to substitution products. Thus, NaBH4 yields the neutral, diamagnetic dimer [{Ni(6-Mes)}2(BH4)2] (6), whereas NaBH3(CN) gives the paramagnetic monomeric cyanotrihydroborate complex [Ni(6-Mes)(PPh3)(NCBH3)] (7). Treatment of 1 with NaOtBu/NHPh2 affords the three-coordinate Ni(I) amido species, [Ni(6-Mes)(PPh3)(NPh2)] (8). The electronic structures of 2, 5, 7 and 8 have been analysed in comparison to that of previously reported 1 using a combination of EPR spectroscopy and density functional theory.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Published Online
Status: Published
Schools: Chemistry
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN: 1477-9226
Funders: EPSRC and Royal Society
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 21 December 2017
Date of Acceptance: 1 December 2017
Last Modified: 22 May 2023 18:52
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/107747

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