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Alan H. Cowley

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PubMed1997

Bonding of Phosphinidene or Arsenidene Fragments to a Fluorenylidene. Interrelationships between Phosphaalkenes or Arsaalkenes and Donor-Acceptor Complexes.

The fluorenylidene-substituted phosphaalkene MesP=Fl (13) and arsaalkene MesAs=Fl (14) (Mes = 2,4,6-t-Bu(3)C(6)H(2), Fl = 2,7-di-tert-butylfluorenylidene) have been prepared by treatment of Fl(H)Li with MesECl(2) (E = P, As) followed by dehydrochlorination with DABCO (1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane). In the synthesis of 13 it was possible to isolate the intermediate, Mes(Cl)P-(H)Fl (11). Attempts to prepare the stibaalkene, MesSb=Fl (15), resulted in an unstable product. Compounds 11, 13, and 14 were characterized by X-ray crystallography: 11, triclinic, P&onemacr;, a = 11.548(2) Å, b = 12.189(3) Å, c = 14.223(3) Å, alpha = 114.13(1) degrees, beta = 92.79(1) degrees, gamma = 107.14(1) degrees, V = 1712.8(2) Å(3), Z = 2, wR2 = 0.1344, R1 = 0.0560; 13, monoclinic, P2(1)/n, a = 24.597(7) Å, b = 11.185(2) Å, c = 26.914(7) Å, beta = 112.16(2) degrees, V = 6857(3) Å(3), Z = 8, wR2()()= 0.1477, R1 = 0.0794; 14.Et(2)O, monoclinic, P2(1)/n, a = 15.577(4) Å, b = 15.274(4) Å, c = 17.255(5) Å, beta = 108.17(2) degrees, V= 3901(2) Å(3), Z = 4, wR2()()= 0.1275, R1 = 0.0578. The P=C (1.686(5) Å) and As=C (1.807(3) Å) bond distances in 13 and 14 are consistent with double-bonding descriptions; moreover, there is a zero angle of twist between the E-C(Mes) moieties and the plane of the Fl() ligand in both molecules.

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PubMed1997

Monomeric Titanium(IV) Azides as a New Route to Titanium Nitride.

The reaction of Ti(NMe(2))(4) with 2 equiv of Me(3)SiN(3) in toluene solution affords a dark red polymeric material of composition [Ti(NMe(2))(2)(N(3))(2)](n) (1). If the reaction is carried out in pyridine (py) solution, dark red, crystalline [Ti(NMe(2))(2)(N(3))(2)(py)(2)] (2) is formed. Analogous reactions of Ti(NMe(2))(4) with 2 or 1 equiv of Me(3)SiN(3) in the presence of 1 equiv of bipyridyl (bipy) in toluene solution afford brown crystals of [Ti(NMe(2))(2)(N(3))(2)(bipy)] (3) and dark red crystals of [Ti(NMe(2))(3)(N(3))(bipy)] (4), respectively. Crystallographic data for 2: orthorhombic, C222(1), a = 7.120(1) Å, b = 15.899(3) Å, c = 16.946(4) Å, V = 1918.3(6) Å(3), rho = 1.310 g/cm(3), Z = 4. Crystallographic data for 3: monoclinic, I2/a, a = 7.358(2) Å, b = 16.808(4) Å, c = 14.837(6) Å, beta = 95.40(2) degrees, V = 1826.8(1) Å(3), rho = 1.368 g/cm(3), Z = 4. Crystallographic data for 4: monoclinic, P2(1)/c, a = 15.682(2) Å, b = 8.814(1) Å, c = 15.128(1) Å, beta = 108.39(1) degrees, V = 1984.2(4) Å(3), rho = 1.267 g/cm(3), Z = 4. Compounds 1 and 2 deposit thin films of titanium nitride (TiN) on silica and/or nickel substrates in the temperature range 300-400 degrees C. The TiN films deposited from precursor 2 are superior to those deposited from 1.

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PubMed1997

Synthesis and Structures of Intramolecularly Base-Coordinated Group 15 Aryl Halides.

Four group 15 monochlorides of the type EAr(2)Cl [Ar = 2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyl, 2-(Me(2)NCH(2))C(6)H(4) (C(9)H(12)N), E = Sb (4), E = Bi (5); Ar = 8-(dimethylamino)-1-naphthyl, 8-(Me(2)N)C(10)H(6) (C(12)H(12)N), E = Sb (6), E = Bi (7)] have been prepared via the salt elimination reactions of 2 equiv of either 2-(Me(2)NCH(2))C(6)H(4)Li or 8-(Me(2)N)C(10)H(6)Li with ECl(3). Four related group 15 dihalides of the type EArX(2) [Ar = 8-(Me(2)N)C(10)H(6), X = Cl, E = As, (8), E = Sb (9); Ar = 2-(Me(2)NCH(2))C(6)H(4), X = Cl, E = Bi (10); X = I, E = Bi (11)] have been prepared via the salt elimination reactions of equimolar amounts of 8-(Me(2)N)C(10)H(6)Li or 2-(Me(2)NCH(2))C(6)H(4)Li with EX(3). The X-ray crystal structures of 4-6, 8, 9, and 11 are described, and the observed trends in the degree of intramolecular coordination of the nitrogen atoms are consistent with the view that the Lewis acidity of these complexes is associated with the E-X sigma orbitals. Crystal data for 4: triclinic, space group P&onemacr;, a = 9.1483(1) Å, b = 9.4868(1) Å, c = 12.9776(2) Å, alpha = 70.614(8) degrees, beta = 85.738(9) degrees, gamma = 83.094(9) degrees, V = 1054.0(2) Å(3), Z = 2, R = 0.0420. Crystal data for 5: monoclinic, space group P2(1)/c, a = 11.9498(1) Å, b = 11.4695(1) Å, c = 13.9456(8) Å, beta = 104.536(6) degrees, V = 1850.2(3) Å(3), Z = 4, R = 0.0375. Crystal data for 6: monoclinic, space group P2(1)/n, a = 9.4991(8) Å, b = 23.455(4) Å, c = 9.726(1) Å, beta = 100.629(8) degrees, V = 2129.8(4) Å(3), Z = 4, R = 0.0406. Crystal data for 8: orthorhombic, space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 9.713(3) Å, b = 9.835(4) Å, c = 13.310(3) Å, V = 1273.8(5) Å(3), Z = 4, R = 0.0695. Crystal data for 9: orthorhombic, space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 9.7140(3) Å, b = 10.0196(1) Å, c = 13.444(3) Å, V = 1308.5(3) Å(3), Z = 4, R = 0.0320. Crystal data for 11: monoclinic, space group P2(1)/c, a = 7.9455(7) Å, b = 19.3949(3) Å, c = 8.6226(9) Å, beta = 93.338(9) degrees, V = 1326.5(2) Å(3), Z = 4, R = 0.0379.

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PubMed1997

Carbene-Pnictinidene Adducts.

The syntheses, characterizations, and X-ray crystallographic structure determinations are described for adducts of stable nucleophilic carbenes with pnictinidenes. The adducts between 1,3-dimesitylimidazol-2-ylidene and phenylphosphinidene, phenylarsinidene, (trifluoromethyl)phosphinidene, and (pentafluorophenyl)arsinidene are reported. These carbene-pnictinidene adducts are formed by the direct reaction of a stable nucleophilic carbene with the corresponding pnictinidene cyclic oligomers. The synthesis and structure of the adduct between 1,3-dimesitylimidazolin-2-ylidene and phenylphosphinidene from the reaction of 1,3-dimesitylimidazolin-2-ylidene with phenylphosphorus dichloride are also reported. These carbene-pnictinidene adducts possess strongly polarized pnictinidene-carbene bonds. The C-Pn-C angles are all typically small at 97-102 degrees, and there is only a 4% shortening of the nominal Pn=C double bond compared to the Pn-C single bond to the second substituent on the pnictogen. The (31)P NMR shifts of the phosphorus adducts suggest strongly shielded phosphorus centers in accord with the polarized structures.

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PubMed1996

Ring Systems Containing Anionic and Cationic Gallium Centers: Structural and Bonding Considerations.

The metathetical reaction of 2-(dimethylamino)benzyllithium (Bz(N)Li) with GaCl(3) afforded the salt [Bz(N)(2)Ga][GaCl(4)] (4), the X-ray crystal structure of which revealed a four-coordinate cationic gallium center featuring two Ga-C sigma-bonds and two N-->Ga dative bonds. (Crystal data for 4: monoclinic, space group P2(1)/n, a = 11.519(2) Å, b = 18.254(4) Å, c = 12.506(3) Å, beta = 117.40(3) degrees, V = 2334.6(9) Å(3), Z = 4, R = 0.545). Two Ga.Cl interionic contacts, while somewhat long, are sufficiently strong to render the geometry of 4(+)() roughly midway between tetrahedral and octahedral. Treatment of 1,4-di-tert-butyl-1,4-diazabutadiene (DAB) with 2 equiv of GaCl(3) afforded [(DAB)GaCl(2)][GaCl(4)] (7), which, by means of X-ray analysis, was shown to possess a cation (7(+)()) with localized C=N bonds and N-->Ga dative interactions with a [GaCl(2)](+) moiety. (Crystal data for 7: orthorhombic, space group Pbca, a = 11.882(2) Å, b = 17.289(3) Å, c = 20.424(4) Å, V = 4195.5(11) Å(3), Z = 8, R = 0.460). The structure of 7(+)() is relevant to discussions of the bonding in both neutral DAB complexes of the group 13 elements and the skeletally isoelectronic anion [Me(4)C(4)GaCl(2)](-) (9(-)()). The structure of the [NEt(4)](+) salt of the latter (9) has been determined by X-ray diffraction. (Crystal data for 9: monoclinic, space group P2(1)/n, a = 9.967(1) Å, b = 13.073(2) Å, c = 15.345(2) Å, beta = 96.76(1) degrees, V = 1985.5(4) Å(3), Z = 4, R = 0.721).

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