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Homobimetallic Cobalt Phosphinoamides: Characterization and Redox Chemistry. Master’s Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University Department of Chemistry Christine M. Thomas, Advisor In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Chemistry by Ramyaa Mathialagan February 2014 Copyright by Ramyaa Mathialagan © 2014 Acknowledgement ü First of all, I want to thank my supervisor, Prof. Christine Thomas, for her excellent guidance, critiques, advice and support. Thank you Chris, for teaching me everything inside and outside chemistry. ü I would like to record my sincere thanks to Prof. Casey Wade for his constant support. ü I would like to convey my thanks to Prof. Bruce Foxman and Mark Bezpalko for their kind help to solve all my structures. ü My sincere thanks to my lab-mates for their co-operation and help during the course of study. ü My special thanks to faculties and chemistry department office staffs for their friendly support during my stay. ü My heartfelt thanks to all my friends who were encouraged me and gave me confidence at the beginning of my course at Brandeis. ü I would like to express my lovable thanks to my husband and my little MATHI, without their support I can’t imagine the work accomplished throughout this period. ü My parents and my brothers are the great source of inspiration for me. I would like to express my gratitude for their encouragement, love, care and affection. They bestowed and the freedom I enjoyed at every point in my life cannot be explainable with mere word. -Ramyaa Mathialagan iii Abstract Homobimetallic Cobalt Phosphinoamides: Characterization and Redox Chemistry. A thesis presented to the Department of Chemistry Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts By Ramyaa Mathialagan Homobimetallic dicobalt complexes featuring vastly different coordination environments have been synthesized, and their multielectron redox chemistry has been investigated. Treatment of CoX2 with K[MesNPiPr2] leads to self-assembly of [(THF)Co(MesNPiPr2)2(µ-X)CoX] [X = Cl (1), I (2)], with one Co center bound to two amide donors and the other bound to two phosphine donors. Upon two-electron reduction, a ligand rearrangement occurs to generate the symmetric species (PMe3)Co(MesNPiPr2)2Co(PMe3) (3), where each Co has an identical mixed P/N donor set. One-electron oxidation of 3 to generate a mixed valence species promotes a ligand rearrangement back to an asymmetric configuration in [(THF)Co(MesNPiPr2)2Co(PMe3)][PF6] (4). To construct rigid bimetallic cobalt complexes, a series of triply bridged phosphinoamide complexes been synthesized. Reaction of K[MesNPiPr2] with CoCl2 in THF results in the formation of a brown crystalline solid, Co(µ- i 2 i PrNPPh2)3Co(η - PrNPPh2) (6). The one electron bulk chemical reduction in the absence and iv i i presence of two-electron σ-donor ligands yields Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co( PrNHPPh2) (7) and Co(µ- i PrNPPh2)3Co(PMe3) (8). Treatment of 8 with organic azides results in the formation of two- i electron oxidized Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co≡NMes (9, Mes = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl). In contrast to 9, the reaction of 8 with Ph2CN2 led to the formation of unexpected two-electron phosphine i oxidized product [Co(µ- PrNPPh2)2(µ-iPrNPPh2N2CPh2)Co] (11). Ligand substitution reactions i of 8 with Et4N-N3 and KOH resulted to the formation of [Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co(N3)][Et4N] (12) i and [Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co(OH)](KC12H24O6) (13), respectively. v Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: History and Recent Development on Late Transition 01 Metal Homobimetallic Complexes Chapter 2 Metal−Metal Bonding in Low-Coordinate Dicobalt Complexes 12 Supported by Phosphinoamide Ligands Chapter 3 Triply Bridged Homobimetallic Cobalt Phosphinoamides: Syntheses, 37 Characterization and Reactivity vi List of Tables 1 MO diagrams of 3 and 4 22 2 X-ray Diffraction Experimental Details of 1 - 4 34 3 Interatomic distances (Å) and angles (degrees) of 6 - 8 47 4 Interatomic distances (Å) and angles (degrees) of 9 - 13 48 5 X-ray diffraction Experimental Details of Complexes 6 - 8 64 6 X-ray diffraction Experimental Details of Complexes 9 - 13 65 vii List of Figures 1 Displacement ellipsoid (50%) representations of 2, 3 and 4 18 2 Frontier molecular orbital diagram of 3 and 4 21 1 3 H NMR of [(THF)Co(MesNPiPr2)2(µ-Cl)CoCl] (1) 29 1 4 H NMR of [(THF)Co(MesNPiPr2)2(µ-I)CoI] (2) 29 1 5 H NMR of (PMe3)Co(MesNPiPr2)2Co(PMe3) (3) 30 1 6 H NMR of [(THF)Co(MesNPiPr2)2Co(PMe3)]PF6 (4) 30 1 7 H NMR of [Co(MesNPiPr2)(PMe3)3]PF6 (5) 31 8 CV of [(THF)Co(MesNPiPr2)2(µ-I)CoI] (2) 31 9 CV of (PMe3)Co(MesNPiPr2)2Co(PMe3) (3) 32 10 EPR Spectrum of [(THF)Co(MesNPiPr2)2Co(PMe3)]PF6 (4) 32 11 UV- vis-NIR spectra of 3 and 4 in THF solution 33 12 ORTEP plots of molecular structures of 6 – 8 45 13 ORTEP plots of molecular structures of 9 and 11-13 46 14 Computed MO diagrams of complexes 8 and 9 50 viii 1 i 2 i 15 H NMR of Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co(η - PrNPPh2) (6) 58 1 i i 16 H NMR of Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co( PrNHPPh2) (7) 58 1 i 17 H NMR of Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co(PMe3) (8) 59 1 i 18 H NMR of Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co(NMes) (9) 59 1 i 19 H NMR of [Co(µ- PrNPPh2)2(µ-iPrNPPh2N2CPh2)Co] (11) 60 1 i 20 H NMR of [Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co(OH)](KC12H24O6) (13) 60 1 i 21 H NMR of [Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co(N3)][Et4N] (12) 61 i i 22 CV of Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co( PrNPPh2) (6) 61 i 23 CV of Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co(PMe3) (8) 62 i 24 CV of Co(µ- PrNPPh2)3Co(NMes) (9) 62 25 UV- vis-NIR spectra of 6-13 in THF solution 63 ix List of Schemes 1 The first quadruple and quintuple bonded Re2 and Cr2 complexes 3 2 Multi-metallic clusters with different donor ligands 4 3 Homobimetallic Co complexes with different ligand framework 6 4 Selected metal-ligand multiple bond complexes from literature 7 5 Electronic differences between homo and heterobimetallic complexes 8 6 Synthesis of complex 1 and 2 14 7 Reduction of 1 and 2 15 8 One and Two electron Oxidation of complex 3 16 9 Formation of mixed valence di-cobalt complexes 7 and 8 41 10 Synthesis of 9 and attempted nitrene transfer reaction 43 11 Attempted synthesis of di-cobalt carbene species 43 - - 12 Displacement of PMe3 from 8 by reaction with OH and N3 44 x Chapter 1 Introduction: History and Recent Development on Late Transition Metal Homobimetallic Complexes. 1 History of Metal-Metal Multiple Bond. The first reported observation of metal-metal bonded complex was observed in K3(W2Cl9) with W-W distance of 2.41 Å, which is significantly shorter than the elemental tungsten distance of 2.74 Å, by Brosset in 1935. The short distance between the metal atoms was thought to be due to a strong interaction, however, the actual bond order of this complex could not be determined.1 In 1956, Figgis and Martin suggested that the weak interaction between metal atoms in a well-known diamagnetic Cr2(µ-O2CMe)4(H2O)2 complex could possibly have metal-metal multiple bond character.2 In 1964, Cotton and coworkers reported the first structural 2- 3,4 characterization of a quadruple bond between rhenium atoms in [Re2Cl8] . Since then, a number of multiply bonded bimetallic complexes have been reported in the literature.5 The majority of the metal-metal multiply bonded complexes consist of two similar metal atoms in the 2nd and 3rd row, although a number of exceptions include vanadium and chromium complexes.6,7 A metal-metal bond order greater than four was not characterized in any isolated bimetallic I 5 complexes until Power’s quintuply bonded Cr2 (Cr , d ) complex was reported in 2005 (Scheme 1). In this complex, all five d orbitals are involved in bonding since the sterically encumbered terphenyl ligand framework stabilizes the CrI centers with weak aryl π interactions.8 In recent years, quintuply bonded di-chromium complexes with diverse ligand frameworks have been reported and their reactivity towards small molecules has been explored.9 Unsupported metal- metal multiply bonded complexes are often targeted to achieve maximum bond order and to avoid complications from metal-ligand overlap. 2 2- Cl Cl Cl Cl Re Re Cr Cr Cl Cl Cl Cl 3,8 Scheme 1. The first quadruple and quintuple bonded Re2 and Cr2 complexes. Cotton and coworkers introduced bridging amidinato, triazenato and carboxylato framework to construct D3h symmetric trigonal lantern and D4h tetragonal lantern complexes with transition metals across the periodic table, including multiply bonded di-iron, di-cobalt and di- nickel derivatives.10 Computational investigations of high spin metal-metal bonded complexes are challenging and yet to be explored. Multiple bonds between two different transition metals are uncommon, and this has become an emerging area of research in past few years. Late Transition Metal Homobimetallic Complexes. In contrast to the 2nd and 3rd row transition metals, multiple bonds between two first row transition metal atoms, except for vanadium and chromium complexes,5,6 are challenging targets for synthetic chemists. The intermediate spin state and lower electron count of early metal atoms (vanadium and chromium) favor the arrangement of electrons only in bonding orbitals in the d- manifold, but in the case of late transition metals their high electron count and high spin nature populates anti-bonding orbitals, resulting in lower metal-metal bond orders.