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STRUCTURAL, THEORETICAL, AND SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF MERCURY(II) COMPLEXES OF TWO NEW UNSYMMETRIC PHOSPHORUS YLIDES

, , , , , and . PHOSPHORUS SULFUR AND SILICON AND THE RELATED ELEMENTS, 188 (12): 1743-1758 (December 2013)
DOI: {10.1080/10426507.2013.779274}

Abstract

The reaction of Ph2PCH2PPh2 (dppm) with 4-methylphenacyl bromide and 2-(bromoacetyl)naphthalene in chloroform produce the new phosphonium salts Ph2PCH2PPh2CH2C(O)C6H4MeBr (1) and Ph2PCH2PPh2CH2C(O)C10H7Br (2). Further, by reaction of the monophosphonium salts of dppm with the strong base Et3N the corresponding bidentate phosphorus ylides, Ph2PCH2P(Ph)(2) = C(H)C(O)C6H4Me (3) and Ph2PCH2P(Ph)(2) = C(H)C(O)C10H7 (4) were obtained. The reaction of these ligands with mercury(II) halides in dry methanol led to the formation of the mononuclear complexes \HgX2(Ph2PCH2PPh2C(H)C(O)C6H4Me)\ X = Cl (5), Br (6), and I (7) and \HgX2(Ph2PCH2PPh2C(H)C(O)C10H7)\ X = Cl (8), Br (9), and I (10). Characterization of the obtained compounds was performed by elemental analysis, IR, H-1, P-31, and C-13 NMR spectra. The structure of compounds 3 and 10 are unequivocally determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. X-ray analysis of 10 reveals the presence of mononuclear complex containing Hg atom in a distorted tetrahedral environment. In all complexes, the title ylides are coordinated through the ylidic carbon and the phosphine phosphorus. Computational studies on ligand 4 and complexes 8, 9, and 10 at DFT (B3LYP) level of theory are also reported. It was shown that the formation of P,C-coordinated 1+1 complex 10 is energetically more favored than corresponding P,P-coordinated 1+2 product. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements to view the following free supplemental files: Additional figures

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