0000000000857007
AUTHOR
Prasanta Ghosh
First Ruthenium Complex of Glyoxalbis(N-phenyl)osazone (LNHPhH2): Synthesis, X-ray Structure, Spectra, and Density Functional Theory Calculations of (LNHPhH2)Ru(PPh3)2Cl2
The first ruthenium complex containing the parent osazone ligand, glyoxalbis(N-phenyl)osazone (LNHPhH2), is reported. The complex (LNHPhH2)Ru(PPh3)2Cl2 (1) was characterized with mass, IR, 1H NMR, and UV−vis spectroscopy as well as with theoretical calculations. Density functional theory calculations on the model compound (LNHPhH2)Ru(PMe3)2Cl2 (2) reproduce the geometrical features observed for 1 and verify that it formally contains a ruthenium(II) metal center coordinated by a neutral osazone. Subsequent bonding analyses identify π-interactions between the occupied orbitals of the metal fragment and the LUMO of the osazone, which results in transfer of approximately 0.3 electrons from the …
Electronic structure of the glyoxalbis(2-hydroxyanil) (gha) ligand in [CoIII(gha)(PPh3)2]+: radical vs. non-radical states
The synthesis, structure and spectroscopic properties of a complex salt [CoIII(gha)(PPh3)2][CoIICl3(PPh3)]·C2H5OH (1) are reported; gha = glyoxalbis(2-hydroxyanil). This is the first single crystal X-ray structure of a (gha)2− complex with a transition element. Though the determined bond parameters and UV-Vis spectroscopic data correlate well with a diradical description for the cation in 1, detailed electronic structure calculations using density functional theory confirm that [Co(gha)(PPh3)2]+ can be described as a closed shell singlet species which nevertheless displays an interesting electronic structure with significant electron transfer to the formally unoccupied LUMO of the square pl…