Synthesis and Structure of [Tp(Bu)()t()2]In, a Highly Twisted [Tris(3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazolyl)hydroborato]indium(I) Complex: Comparison with the Re-Evaluated Ordered Structure of [Tp(Bu)()t]In.
The indium(I) complex [Tp(Bu)()t()2]In ([Tp(Bu)()t()2] = tris(3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazolyl)hydroborato), synthesized by the reaction of [Tp(Bu)()t()2]Na with InCl, exhibits a structure in which the [Tp(Bu)()t()2] ligand adopts a highly twisted configuration due to steric interactions of the tert-butyl substituents in the 5-positions of the pyrazolyl groups. In contrast, the absence of 5-tert-butyl substituents allows the pyrazolyl groups in [Tp(Bu)()t]In to be coplanar with their respective In-N-N-B planes. The structure of [Tp(Bu)()t]In has been previously reported but was noted to exhibit an unusual type of disorder in which a nitrogen atom of one molecule was coincident with the boron atom of its disordered configuration [Dias, H. V. R.; Huai, L.; Jin, W.; Bott, S. G. Inorg. Chem. 1995, 34, 1973-1974]. In view of the unusual nature of the disorder, which involved both a 2-fold rotation and a canting of the molecule, the disordered structure of [Tp(Bu)()t]In was re-evaluated. Significantly, an ordered structure of [Tp(Bu)()t]In was obtained. The disorder present in the previously reported structure is a consequence of adopting a space group with unnecessarily high symmetry. Thus, [Tp(Bu)()t]In provides an example where the structure is much better described as ordered in a noncentrosymmetric space group, rather than disordered in the centrosymmetric alternative. [Tp(Bu)()t()2]In is monoclinic, of space group P2(1)/c (No. 14), with a = 18.781(9) Å, b = 10.380(2) Å, c = 20.849(6) Å, beta = 112.76(3) degrees, and Z = 4. [Tp(Bu)()t]In is orthorhombic, of space group Cmc2(1) (No. 36), with a = 16.193(3) Å, b = 15.214(3) Å, c = 9.963(3) Å, and Z = 4.
Kuchta
Matthew C.
MC
Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, and Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203.
Dias
H. V. Rasika
HV
Bott
Simon G.
SG
Parkin
Gerard
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