"Through-space" 31P spin-spin couplings in ferrocenyl tetraphosphine coordination complexes: improvement in the determination of the distance dependence of J(P,P) constants

Abstract From the analysis of several nickel and palladium halide complexes of a constrained ferrocenyl tetraphosphine, the existence in solution phase of unique 31P–31P “through-space” nuclear spin–spin coupling constants (JPP) had been previously evidenced. Due to the blocked conformation of the species in solution, and based on the NMR spectra obtained for the complexes and their corresponding solid state X-ray structures, these JPP constants had been shown to clearly depend on the mutual spatial position of the corresponding phosphorus atoms. Herein, the quantitative correlation disclosed at that time (P⋯P distance dependence of coupling constants) is remarkably confirmed, and mathemati…

Evidence of intramolecular electron transfer between two metallic atoms in a bimetallic complex by electrochemical methods

The electrochemical properties of the monomeric complex [(η5-C5H5)(μ-η5:η1-C5H4(CH2)2P(C6H5)2TiCl2] 1 and the heterobimetallic complex [(η5-C5H5)(μ-η5:η1-C5H4(CH2)2P(C6H5)2TiCl2][RuCl2(C6H4(CH3)(C3H7))] 2 have been studied by cyclic voltammetry, controlled potential electrolysis and rotating disk electrode voltammetry. An unexpected electron transfer between the two heterobimetallic atoms has been observed. This transfer takes place via an intramolecular interaction, hence via a chloride bridge. Electrochemical simulation has been carried out to verify experimental results and to obtain the kinetic constant of the proposed square scheme.

On the mechanistic behavior of highly efficient palladium-tetraphosphine catalytic systems for cross-coupling reactions: first spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of oxidative addition on Pd(0)/multidentate ferrocenylpolyphosphine complexes

Electrochemical studies carried out in conjunction with 31P NMR spectroscopy on the palladium(II)/palladium(0) halogeno complexes of the tetraphosphine 1,1′,2,2′-tetrakis(diphenylphosphino)-4,4′-di...

Bis(η-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)hydridoniobium Ditelluride, a Convenient Reagent for the Synthesis of Polynuclear Metal Telluride Complexes

Optical, Electrochemical, and Catalytic Properties of the Unsaturated Host Pd3(dppm)3(CO)2+and Pd4(dppm)4(H)2+2Clusters: An Overview

This paper presents an overview of the optical, photophysical, and photochemical properties including UV-visible and luminescence spectra in solution at 298 and 77 K, along with electrochemical, and catalytic behavior under reduction conditions (for both thermally and electrochemically assisted systems) of the tri- and tetranuclear Pd3(dppm)3(CO)2+ and Pd4(dppm)4(H)2+ 2 clusters (dppm=bis(diphenylphosphino)methane). This review is also complemented with relevant information about their syntheses, molecular and electronic structures supported from computer modeling, EHMO and DFT calculations, and their host-guest behavior with anions and neutral molecules, in relation with their observed rea…

Electrochemical reduction properties of A-frame compounds and crystal structure of Pd2(dppm)2(Me)2(Br)+ dimer

Abstract Two series of A-frame complexes, [Pd2(dppm)2(R)2(μ-X)]+ (R = Me and X = Cl, Br, I, H; R = Mes and X = Br, I), were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The 2-electron reduction potentials for the first series increase from I (−1.10), Br (−1.17), Cl (−1.25) to H (−1.65 V versus SCE, in CHCl3), as well as in the second series; Br (−1.35) and I (−1.38 V versus SCE, in THF). The nature of the LUMO where the electron reduction takes place is qualitatively addressed by DFT on the corresponding model complexes [Pd2(H2PCH2PH2)2(R)2(μ-X)]+. The LUMO and (LUMO + 1) of the halide derivatives exhibit the presence of Pd d x 2 - y 2 atomic orbitals interacting in an anti-bonding fashion with…