The synthesis and structural characterization of linear and macrocyclic bis(dinitrosyliron) complexes supported by bis(phosphine) bridging ligands

Abstract

Reactions involving Fe(NO)2(CO)2 and the bis(phosphine) ligands bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (DPPM), bis(diphenylphosphino)acetylene (DPPA), 1,6-bis(diphenylphosphino)hexane (DPPH), and 1,4-bis(diphenyl phosphino)benzene (DPPB) have been examined. From these reactions, the mononuclear complex, Fe(κ1-DPPM)(NO)2(CO) 3, linear dinuclear species of the type Fe2(µ-L)(NO)4(CO)2 (L = Ph2PCH2PPh2 4, Ph2PC[Formula: see text]CPPh2 5, Ph2PCH2(CH3)4CH2PPh2 6, and Ph2P(p-C6H4)PPh2 7), and macrocyclic dinuclear species of the type Fe2(µ-L)2(NO)4 (L = Ph2PCH2PPh2 8 and Ph2PC[Formula: see text]CPPh2 9) were isolated and spectroscopically characterized. For 4, 5, 8, and 9, the solid-state molecular structures of the products were determined by use of single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. Key words: dinitrosyliron, iron nitrosyls, dinuclear macrocycles, bis(phosphine) complexes.