Abstract
Reactions of M(CO)5THF, which was generated photochemically from M(CO)6 in THF, with (CH3)3CS(CH2)nSC (CH3)3 (=SS; n=5, 6; M=W, Cr) at room temperature afforded exclusively the bimetallic complexes (CO)5MSSM(CO)5. These new complexes with dithiaalkane bridging ligands have been characterized by IR and H NMR spectroscopies and elemental analysis. Kinetic studies of ligand-exchange reactions in these complexes in chlorobenzene (= CB) solutions employing tri(iso-propyl)phosphite (= L) as an incoming nucleophile indicated that the bridging ligand SS is replaced by L to afford finally (CO)5MP(O-i-Pr)3 as the sole reaction product. The kinetic data have also confirmed that replacement of SS by L under pseudo-first-order reaction conditions is dissociative and proceeds via a mechanism which involves initial M-S bond breaking followed by other steps. First order rate constants and activation parameters for these reactions have been determined.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1199-1207 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Coordination Chemistry |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank the Deanship of Research, Jordan University of Science and Technology for financial support, Grant No. 59/98.
Keywords
- Bimetallic
- Kinetics
- Mechanism
- Metal carbonyls
- Substitution
- Sulfur bridging ligands
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry