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Synthesis, properties, and reactions of monosulfonated triphenylphosphine (PPh2(m-C6H4SO3K) = TPPMS) complexes of iridium(I). Crystal and molecular structure of [N(CH2C6H5)(C2H5) 3+][PPh2(m-C6H4SO 3)-]·H2O

  • Paul J. Roman
  • , David P. Paterniti
  • , Ronald F. See
  • , Melvyn Rowen Churchill
  • , Jim D. Atwood

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Abstract

Iridium complexes containing the TPPMS ligand (TPPMS = PPh2(m-C6H4SO3K)) have been prepared and studied in DMSO and H2O as a comparison to the PPh3 analogues in toluene. Measurements of the pH of the complexes show that most are almost neutral, but Ir(CO)(H)(TPPMS)3 is basic (pH = 10.7). The basicity of Ir(CO)(H)(TPPMS)3 is confirmed by its reaction with H2O to give Ir(CO)(H)2(TPPMS)3+. In aqueous solution, reaction of trans-Ir(CO)(OH)(TPPMS)2 with H2 produces only fac-Ir(CO)(H)3(TPPMS)2 not the usual mixture of facial and meridional isomers. This is attributed to a hydrogen-bonding interaction between the two cis-TPPMS ligands in H2O. Reaction of trans-Ir(CO)(Cl)(TPPMS)2 with CO in water produces [Ir(CO)2(TPPMS)2+]Cl- and [Ir(CO)3(TPPMS)2+]Cl sequentially in a reaction that is pH dependent. Reaction of trans-Ir(CO)(OH)(TPPMS)2 with CO results in products based on the water gas shift-reaction. These complexes of TPPMS are spectroscopically very similar to the PPh3 analogues, but display significantly different reactions in H2O.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1484-1490
Number of pages7
JournalOrganometallics
Volume16
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 1997

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