PI-BACK-BONDING IN BIS(ISONITRILE) COMPLEXES OF RHODIUM(II) ACETATE -STRUCTURAL ANALOGS FOR RHODIUM CARBENOIDS

Authors
EAGLE CT FARRAR DG PFAFF CU DAVIES JA KLUWE C MILLER L
Citation
Ct. Eagle et al., PI-BACK-BONDING IN BIS(ISONITRILE) COMPLEXES OF RHODIUM(II) ACETATE -STRUCTURAL ANALOGS FOR RHODIUM CARBENOIDS, Organometallics, 17(20), 1998, pp. 4523-4526
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Organometallics → ACNP
ISSN journal
02767333
Volume
17
Issue
20
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4523 - 4526
Database
ISI
SICI code
0276-7333(1998)17:20<4523:PIBCOR>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Rh-2(O2CCH3)(4). 2C=NC6H4R (R = (CH3)(2)N-(1), -H (2), -CF3 (3)) were synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. The structures exhibited several common features: (i) a relatively short Rh-C bond ( 2.148(4) Angstrom (1), 2.133(4) Angstrom (2), and 2.122(4) Angstrom (3 )), (ii) an inversion center between the two rhodium atoms, (iii) copl anar aryl rings, and (iv) a significant deviation from linearity in th e Rh-C-N bond angle. Comparison to other rhodium carboxylate complexes indicates the presence of pi-back-bonding and by extension, pi-back-b onding in rhodium-carbenoid systems.