title: Di- and trinuclear complexes with the mono- and dianion of 2,6-bis(phenylamino)pyridine: high-field displacement of chemical shifts due to the magnetic anisotropy of quadruple bonds.
abstract: The monoanion of 2,6-bis(phenylamino)pyridine (HBPAP(-)) has been found to support quadruply bonded Cr(2)(4+) and Mo(2)(4+) units in Cr(2)(HBPAP)(4) (1) and Mo(2)(HBPAP)(4) (2). The corresponding dianion BPAP(2)(-) was able to stabilize the trinuclear complexes, (TBA)(2)Cr(3)(BPAP)(4) (3) and (TBA)(2)Ni(3)(BPAP)(4) (4), where TBA is the tetrabutylammonium cation. The dinuclear complexes have the typical paddlewheel configuration with Cr-Cr distances of about 1.87 A and a Mo-Mo distance of 2.0813(5) A and exhibit a high-field displacement of the corresponding N-H signals caused by the magnetic anisotropy of the quadruple bonds. For the trinuclear complexes, 3 has a linear chain of three chromium atoms arranged in an unsymmetrical fashion with two chromium atoms paired to give a quadruply bonded unit (Cr-Cr distance: 1.904(3) A) and an isolated, square planar Cr(II) unit at 2.589(3) A from the dimetal unit. On the other hand, the three nickel atoms in 4 are evenly spaced, having Ni.Ni distances of 2.3682(8) A. The trinuclear compounds show a twisted conformation with an overall torsion angle of about 30 degrees.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding, P.O. Box 30012, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA. cotton@tamu.edu
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Cotton
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Murillo
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang