Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2002, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (8): 1470.

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Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Tetranuclear Cobalt Carbonyl Clusters

WU Bing-Fang1, ZHANG Fu-Qiang1, LIU Shu-Tang1, HU Xiang1, JIN Xiang-Lin2   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Neimongol University, Hohhot 010021, China;
    2. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing University, Beijing, 100871, China
  • Received:2001-04-18 Online:2002-08-24 Published:2002-08-24

Abstract: The reactions of Co2(CO)8 with organic cyclic dithiophosphinate SP(S)(C6H4OR)N(C6H5)NC(Me)(R=Me, Et) gave four tetranuclear cobalt carbonyl clusters containing capping S, Pbridging ligand in Co 4(CO)104-S) (μ4-PC6H4OR)(1: R=Me, 3: R=Et) and P⌒Cbridging and face bridging Sligand in Co4 (CO)103-S)[μ2-P(C6H4OR)N(Ph)NCMe](2:R=Me, 4:R=Et). During the reactions, the two ligand precursors have cleaved in its PSand/or C-S, P-S, P-Nbonds respectively to give the fragments as the ligand as listed above that coordinated to Co atoms to form the new cluster molecules. These clusters have characterized by elementary analysis, IR, 1H NMRand MSspectroscopy. The crystal structure of cluster 4 has been determined by X-ray diffraction techniques. The crystal belongs to monoclinic with space group P21/c. The cell parameters are as follows: a=1.9065(4) nm, b=1.0081(2) nm, c=1.6663(3) nm, β=97.36(3)°, V=3.1704(11) nm3, Dc=1.743 g/cm3, Z=4. The Co-Co average bond length is 0.251 nm in the triangular plane of Co1Co3Co4, the Co2 is linked on the plane to form a spike. The tetracobalt framework is "spiked triangular". The stereogeometry of each Co assumes a distorted octahedron with different coordination environments.

Key words: Cobalt carbonyl cluster, Cleavage and combination synthesis method, Crystal structure

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