Exploring the Coordination Chemistry of N₂ with Technetium PNP Pincer-Type Complexes

Flexible binding of PNP pincer ligands to monomeric iron complexes.

Transition metal complexes supported by pincer ligands have many important applications. Here, the syntheses of five-coordinate PNP pincer-supported Fe complexes of the type (PNP)FeCl2 (PNP = HN{CH2CH2(PR2)}2, R = iPr ((iPr)PNP), tBu ((tBu)PNP), or cyclohexyl ((Cy)PNP)) are reported. In the solid state, ((iPr)PNP)FeCl2 was characterized in two different geometries by X-ray crystallography. In o...

Gas-phase chemistry of technetium carbonyl complexes.

Gas-phase chemical behaviors of short-lived technetium carbonyl complexes were studied using a low temperature isothermal chromatograph (IC) coupled with a (252)Cf spontaneous fission (SF) source. Fission products recoiled from the (252)Cf SF source were thermalized in a mixed gas containing CO, and then technetium carbonyl complexes were formed from reactions between CO gas and various technet...

A readily accessible PNP pincer ligand with a pyrrole backbone and its Ni(I/II) chemistry.

The novel chelating PNP pincer ligand 2,5-bis((diphenylphosphino)methyl)-1H-pyrrole (1) was prepared and its nickel coordination chemistry explored. The reaction with Ni(COD)(2) led to a diamagnetic dinuclear nickel(I) complex (4) which was also obtained by the reaction of the square planar Ni(II) complexes [(PNP-Ph(2))NiX] (X = Cl (2), X = I (3)) with Li(Et(3)BH).

Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrido Carbonyl Molybdenum and Tungsten PNP Pincer Complexes

In the present study the Mo(0) and W(0) complexes [M(PNP)(CO)3] as well as seven-coordinate cationic hydridocarbonyl Mo(II) and W(II) complexes of the type [M(PNP)(CO)3H]+, featuring PNP pincer ligands based on 2,6-diaminopyridine, have been prepared and fully characterized. The synthesis of Mo(0) complexes [Mo(PNP)(CO)3] was accomplished by treatment of [Mo(CO)3(CH3CN)3] with the respective PN...

Chemistry of Mixed Donor Pincer Ligand Nickel Complexes