NMR studies on [Rh(η6-arene)(P(OPH)3)2]ClO4 in the presence of acetone-d6. Arene dissociation and dynamic behaviour of the solvent complex

Abstract Dissociation of the complexes [Rh(η 6 -arene)L 2 ]ClO 4 (arene = mesitylene (Ia), toluene (Ib) and benzene (Ic); L = P(OPh) 3 ) with loss of the arene ligand in CD 2 Cl 2 / acetone- d 6 (95/5 mol/mol) has been studied by 31 P NMR spectroscopy; for initial 0.025 M concentrations of degrees of dissociation were 0.23, 0.33 and 0.85, respectively. The dissociations were first-order, with half-lifes of 31 (Ia), 1.2 (Ib) and 0.7 (Ic) h. The solvent complex [Rh(acetone) m L 2 ]ClO 4 produced by these dissociation reactions showed unusual dynamic structural behaviour. In dry acetone the two phosphorus nuclei were magnetically equivalent (species II-A 2 ), whereas in acetone solutions conta…