Riley, Laura E. and Krämer, Tobias and McMullin, Claire L. and Ellis, David and Rosair, Georgina M. and Sivaev, Igor B. and Welch, Alan J. (2017) Large, weakly basic bis(carboranyl)phosphines:an experimental and computational study. Dalton Transactions, 16 (46). pp. 5218-5228. ISSN 1477-9226

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The bis(carboranyl)phosphines [μ-2,2′-PPh-{1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H10)-1,2-closo-C2B10H10}] (I) and [μ-2,2′-PEt-{1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H10)-1,2-closo-C2B10H10}] (1) have been prepared and spectroscopically and structurally characterised. Crystallographic and DFT computational studies of 1 suggest that the orientation of the ethyl group, relative to the bis(carborane), is the result of intramolecular dihydrogen bonding. This orientation is such that the magnitudes of the 2JPH coupling constants are approximately equal but of opposite sign, and fast exchange between the methylene protons in solution leads to an observed 2JPH close to zero. The steric properties of I, 1 and their derivatives [μ-2,2′-P(Ph)AuCl-{1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H10)-1,2-closo-C2B10H10}] (2) and [μ-2,2′-P(Et)AuCl-{1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H10)-1,2-closo-C2B10H10}] (3) have been assessed by Tolman cone angle and percent buried volume calculations, from which it is concluded that the bis(carboranyl)phosphines I and 1 are comparable to PCy3 in their steric demands. The selenides [μ-2,2′-P(Ph)Se-{1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H10)-1,2-closo-C2B10H10}] (4) and [μ-2,2′-P(Et)Se-{1-(1′-1′,2′-closo-C2B10H10)-1,2-closo-C2B10H10}] (5) have also been prepared and characterised. The 1JPSe coupling constants for 4 and 5 are the largest reported so far for carboranylphosphine selenides and indicate that I and 1 are very weakly basic.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Transition-Metal-Complexes; Correlated Molecular Calculations; Catalytic-Properties; Nuclear-Magnetic-Resonance; Spin Coupling-Constants; Correlation-Energy; Crystal-Structures; Structural-Characterization; Heteroarylphosphorus Compounds; Gaussian-Basis Sets; Chemistry, inorganic & nuclear;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Chemistry
Item ID:	11595
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1039/C7DT00485K
Depositing User:	Tobias Kraemer
Date Deposited:	04 Nov 2019 17:09
Journal or Publication Title:	Dalton Transactions
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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