. J. Chem. 64,492 (1986).The hybrid ligands R-S-CH2-C(CF3)2-O-(R = CH3 or C6H5) have been used in conjunction with the other donors to prepare complexes of pt2+ and pd2+. Five-membered chelate rings are formed by coordination through the hard alkoxy and the soft thioether donor sites. Products are of two types: neutral MCI{RSCH2C(CF3)20)(PR3) or cationic [ M { R S C H~C ( C F~)~O ) ( P R~)~+ , and their geometry is assigned. Variable temperature nmr measurements are used to follow the inversion of the thioether function in the hybrid chelate ring, and values of AGS are calculated. From a comparison of the barrier to inversion in various complexes, the dynamic trans effect of various ligands is assessed including, for the first time using this criterion, the trialkylphosphines.
IntroductionIn the first part of this series (2), we described the synthesis of molecules of general formula RSCH2C(CF3)20H, containing both a fluorinated alcohol and a thioether function. In the mono-ionized form, these may act as bidentate, chelating, ligands toward transition metal ions. The combination of the hard -C(CF3)20-donor with the soft thioether function enables them to form stable complexes with the softer transition metal ions, and we have described studies on the neutral bis-complexes M[RSCH2C(CF3)20]2, which show cis geometry for M = Pt and both cis and trans for M = Pd.In the present paper, we describe the extension of this study to the preparation of two additional types of complexes of these hybrid ligands, cationic complexes of type 1 with alkyl-and arylphosphine as coligand, and neutral type 2 complexes with phosphine and chloride as coligands.