Hybrid phosphine crown ether molecules are obtained from
Ph2PCl, PhP(OMe)2, or
P(OPh)3
and the carbanions generated by a lithium/bromine exchange reaction
between n-butyllithium
and 5-bromo-1,3-xylyl-18-crown-5 or
5-bromo-2-methoxy-1,3-xylyl-18-crown-5. With these
phosphine systems represented as
Ph
x
P(crown)3
-
x
,
the x = 0−2 and 1−2 members are
reported for the former and latter crown ethers, respectively. The
A1 υ(CO) stretching
frequencies from the Ni(CO)3L (L =
Ph
x
P(crown)3
-
x
)
complexes are within 0.4 cm-1 of
2068.9
cm-1, the frequency for
Ni(CO)3PPh3. For both series of
ligands, H or OMe in the 2-position,
the υ(CO) stretching frequencies are found to decrease with
increasing substitution by the
crown ether groups (deceasing x). The addition of
Na+−Cs+ (SCN- salts) to the
Ni complexes
causes the A1 bands to shift to higher frequencies and to
broaden. The largest shifts are
observed with phosphines substituted with larger numbers of crown ether
groups and added
Na+ ions. 31P NMR spectral data for the
L2PdCl2 complexes of these phosphines are
reported.
For all ligands, the signals from the trans complexes are observed
between 22 and 25 ppm,
a range considered consistent with cone angles of ca. 145°. The
molecular structure, from
X- ray crystallographic studies, of the oxide of the phosphine with
x = 2 and H in the
2-position is reported. The crown ether ring is based on regular
gauche and anti
arrangements of the carbon−carbon and carbon−oxygen bonds, and the
planes defined by
the benzene ring and the five oxygen atoms form an angle of 38.4°.