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Protonation of [{t-BuC(PMes)2}Li(THF)3] (2; Mes = 2,4,6-(CH3)3C6H2) with either t-BuCl or H2O yields the 1,3-diphosphapropene (Z)-MesP=C(t-Bu)P(H)Mes (3) after recrystallization; treatment of 3 with n-butyllithium at -78°C in THF regenerates 2. Metathesis of 2 with MOR (M = Na, K, R = t-Bu; M = Rb, Cs, R = CH2CH(Et)CH2CH2CH2CH3) at -78°C, followed by recrystallization in the presence of crown ethers, allows access to the 1,3-diphosphaallyl complexes [t-BuC(PMes) 2][M(15-crown-5)2] (M = Na (4), K (5), Cs (7)) and [t-BuC(PMes)2]-[Rb(12-crown-4)2] (6), the latter of which exhibits a tert-butyl CH3⋯Rb contact in the solid state. An attempt to prepare [t-BuC(PMes)2][Cs(12-crown-4)2] (8) by metathesis resulted in ligand degradation to give, after recrystallization, the secondary phosphanide complex [Mes2P][Cs(12-crown-4)2] (9) in low yield. Studies reveal that the heavier alkali-metal complexes (5-7) are stable indefinitely in crystalline form under a dry nitrogen atmosphere, but are, as the group is descended, increasingly unstable in solution in the presence of the lithium alkoxide byproduct and may degrade to give mixtures containing secondary phosphanides, the known ditertiary diphosphane (Mes 2P)2 (10), t-BuC≡P (11), and other minor unidentified phosphorus-containing compounds. DFT studies at the BL3YP/6-31G* level on the precursor compounds (Z)- and (E)-MesP=C(t-Bu)P(Cl)Mes (1a,c) indicate that the Z isomer is more stable than the E isomer by 47.4 kJ mol-1, confirming the experimentally observed preference for the Z configuration of the P=C bond.
Author(s): Liddle ST, Izod K
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Organometallics
Year: 2004
Volume: 23
Issue: 23
Pages: 5550-5559
ISSN (print): 0276-7333
ISSN (electronic): 1520-6041
Publisher: American Chemical Society
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om049538u
DOI: 10.1021/om049538u
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