Issue 21, 2020

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of NO+, NO˙ and NO pincer PCN-Rh complexes

Abstract

Synthesis of a pincer-type linear nitrosyl complex [Rh(PtBu2CNEt2)(NO)]+ (3+) is described. The product and all intermediates involved were fully characterized by FTIR, NMR, cyclic voltammetry and X-ray crystallography. Attempts at obtaining (3+) from its chlorinated precursor Rh(PCN)(NO)Cl (2) revealed that a relative stabilization of this complex ion is introduced by the BArF counteranion, as other counteranions—PF6, BF4 and triflate—proved to coordinate to the metal center. Redox reactivity both of (3+) and of that of its five-coordinate derivatives (2) and [Rh(PCN)(NO)(CH3CN)]+ (4+) was found to distinguish itself from analogous PCP complexes due to a relative stabilization of higher oxidation states. Oxidation of these three complexes was studied by FTIR spectroelectrochemistry. Reduction of complex (3+) to yield a short-lived {RhNO}9 species [Rh(PCN)(NO)]˙ () was also carried out. Complex () was proved able to activate carbon–halogen bonds in aryl halides, in much a similar way as that of its PCP analogue. Complex (3+) was also seen to establish a linear ↔ bent nitrosyl equilibrium upon addition of CO which could not be fully displaced with excess CO.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, structure and reactivity of NO+, NO˙ and NO− pincer PCN-Rh complexes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Mar 2020
Accepted
04 May 2020
First published
04 May 2020

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 7093-7108

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of NO+, NO˙ and NO pincer PCN-Rh complexes

C. M. Gallego, C. Gaviglio, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein, F. Doctorovich and J. Pellegrino, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 7093 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT00962H

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