Coordination chemistry of Ga(C5Me4Ph): novel homoleptic d10 cluster complexes of palladium.
The synthesis and characterization of the novel sterically encumbered Ga(I) ligand GaCp(Ph) (1b) (Cp(Ph) = C5Me4Ph) is presented. GaCp(Ph) reacts with the Pd(0) source Pd2(dvds)3 (dvds = tetramethyldivinyldisiloxane) to give the trinuclear cluster [Pd3(GaCp(Ph))(mu2-GaCp(Ph))(mu3-GaCp(Ph))2(dvds)] (2a). 2a is the first example of a Ga(I)-containing cluster with a potentially labile olefinic ligand. It was found that 2a is an intermediate in the formation of the dinuclear cluster [Pd2(GaCp(Ph))2(mu2-GaCp(Ph))3] (2b), which is formed on reaction of 2a with GaCp(Ph). Both clusters were found to be labile toward GaCp, AlCp, or phosphines, giving substitution products in all cases.
Buchin
Beatrice
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Anorganische Chemie II, Organometallics & Materials, Bochum, Germany.
Gemel
Christian
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Cadenbach
Thomas
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Fischer
Roland A
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