Chemistry of Thermally Generated Transient Phosphanoxyl Complexes

Tobias Heurich, Zheng Wang Qu, Gregor Schnakenburg, Yaser Nejatyjahromy, Olav Schiemann, Stefan Grimme, Rainer Streubel

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Abstract

Investigations on the reactivity of the transiently formed phosphanoxyl complex [(CO)5W(Ph2PO•)], thermally generated from [(CO)5W(Ph2PO)] in toluene, is presented. Apart from self-reactions, trapping of this radical complex was achieved using group 14 hydrides Ph3EH (E = Si, Ge, Sn), leading to new phosphane complexes possessing a P-O-EPh3 bonding motif and the corresponding TEMP-H as byproduct. Reaction pathways, derived from DFT calculations, clearly revealed the intermediacy of various open-shell complexes; EPR measurements showed the presence of radicals, but unfortunately interpretation was not achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2877-2883
Number of pages7
JournalOrganometallics
Volume36
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Aug 2017
Externally publishedYes

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