title: p-tert-Butylcalix[4]arene Tetrakis(diphenylphosphinite) and Tetrakis(dimethylphosphinite) Acting as Phosphorus Binding Surfaces for Monometallic and Homo- and Heterodimetallic Fragments.
abstract: p-tert-Butylcalix[4]arene tetrakis(diphenylphosphinite), calix[4]-(PPh(2))(4) (1), and tetrakis(dimethylphosphinite), calix[4]-(PMe(2))(4) (2), provide a phosphorus surface consisting of four coplanar trivalent phosphorus atoms for binding two metal ions into a close geometrical proximity. Homodimetallic complexes have been obtained in the reaction of 1 with [(COD)MCl(2)] [COD = cycloocta-1,5-diene], namely, [{calix[4]-(PPh(2))(4)}(MCl(2))(2)] [M = Pd (3), Pt (4)]. Characterizations by (1)H and (31)P NMR were particularly informative and showed how the bridging methylene of the calix[4]arene skeleton may function as a spectroscopic probe. A dimeric complex was obtained by reacting 1 with [Rh(CO)(2)Cl](2) to give [{calix[4]-(PPh(2))(4)}{Rh(CO)Cl}(2)] (5). Reaction of 1 with excess NiCl(2) gave exclusively the monometallic complex, [{calix[4]-(PPh(2))(4)}NiCl(2)] (6), regardless of the stoichiometry used. The analogous Pd monometallic complex (7) undergoes a ligand disproportionation reaction, while the corresponding Pt analogue does not exist under the same conditions. Complex 6 represents a good entry to dinuclear heterodimetallic complexes. In fact, its reaction with [(NBD)Mo(CO)(4)] [NBD = norbornadiene] led to [{calix[4]-(PPh(2))(4)}NiCl(2){Mo(CO)(4)}] (8). The use of the more basic and less sterically demanding ligand 2 led to the synthesis of homonuclear bimetallic complexes [{calix[4]-(PMe(2))(4)}(MCl(2))(2)] [M = Ni (9), Pd (10), Pt (11)].
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Minérale et Analytique, BCH, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, and Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Parma, I-43100 Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stolmàr
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Floriani
authors.forename: Angiola
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiesi-Villa
authors.forename: Corrado
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rizzoli