title: Synthesis, characterization and structures of cyclic organorhodium complexes of the type [Rh{CH(SO₂Ph)CH₂CH₂YR₂-κC,κY}L₂] (YR₂ = PPh₂, NMe₂; L₂ = diphosphine, cyclooctadiene).
abstract: Reactions of dinuclear chloridorhodium(I) complexes [(RhL₂)₂(μ-Cl)₂] (L₂ = P[symbol: see text]P: Me₂P(CH₂)₂PMe₂, dmpe, 7a; Ph₂PCH₂PPh₂, dppm, 7b; Ph₂P(CH₂)₂PPh₂, dppe, 7c; Ph₂P(CH₂)₃PPh₂, dppp, 7d; L₂ = cycloocta-1,5-diene, cod, 5) with lithiated γ-phosphino- and γ-aminofunctionalized propyl phenyl sulfones (Li[CH(SO₂Ph)CH₂CH₂PPh₂], 2; Li[CH(SO₂Ph)CH₂CH₂NMe₂], 4) led to the formation of organorhodium inner complexes of the type [Rh{CH(SO₂Ph)CH₂CH₂PPh₂-κC,κP}(P[symbol: see text]P)] (8a-d), [Rh{CH(SO₂Ph)CH₂CH₂NMe₂-κC,κN}(P[symbol: see text]P)] (9a-d), [Rh{CH(SO₂Ph)CH₂CH₂PPh₂-κC,κP}(cod)]·LiCl (11·LiCl) and [Rh{CH(SO₂Ph)CH₂CH₂NMe₂-κC,κN}(cod)]·LiCl (12·LiCl), respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of 9c·THF, 11 and 12 exhibited in all three compounds a distorted square planar coordination of the rhodium atoms having bidentately coordinated neutral co-ligands (cod, 11, 12; dppe, 9c) and anionic α-phenylsulfonyl γ-phosphinopropyl (κC,κP; 11) and γ-aminopropyl ligands (κC,κN; 12, 9c), thus being typical organorhodium inner complexes. Furthermore, organorhodium inner complexes of type 8 were obtained in reactions of the dinuclear chloridobridged rhodium complexes [(RhL₂)₂(μ-Cl)₂] (L₂ = P[symbol: see text]P, 7a-d; cod, 5; (C₂H₄)₂, 6) with the (non-lithiated) γ-phosphinofunctionalized propyl phenyl sulfone PhSO₂CH₂CH₂CH₂PPh₂ (1) resulting in the formation of complexes having the sulfone κP coordinated ([RhClL₂-(Ph₂PCH₂CH₂CH₂SO₂Ph-κP)] (L₂ = P[symbol: see text]P, 10a-d; cod, 13; (C₂H₄)₂, 14) which were deprotonated (10a-d, 13) at the α-C atom with lithium diisopropyl amide (LDA) in a subsequent reaction. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of 10c (P[symbol: see text]P = dppe) revealed the expected square-planar coordination geometry of Rh. The identities of all rhodium complexes have been unambiguously proved by microanalyses and NMR spectroscopy (¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Strasse 2, D-06120, Halle, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gómez-Ruiz
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Steinborn