The 95Mo NMR spectra of cationic molybdenum
phosphenium complexes have been
measured. Going from
fac-[(bpy)(CO)3Mo{PN(Me)CH2CH2NMe(OMe)}]
(1a) to
fac-[(bpy)(CO)3Mo{PN(Me)CH2CH2NMe}]+
(fac-1b) to
mer-[(bpy)(CO)3Mo{PN(Me)CH2CH2NMe}]+
(mer-1b)
causes deshielding of the 95Mo doublet resonance (δ
−1081 (1a), −1049 (fac-1b),
−1015 (mer-1b)), an increase in the Mo−P coupling constant (193 Hz
(1a), 264 Hz (fac-1b), 337 Hz
(mer-1b)), and an increase in the line width (35 Hz
(1a), 90 Hz (fac-1b), 300 Hz
(mer-1b)). The
conversion of
fac-[(bpy)(CO)3Mo{PN(Me)CH2CH2O(OMe)}]
(fac-2a) into
mer-[(bpy)(CO)3Mo{PN(Me)CH2CH2O}]+
(mer-2b) showed a similar trend in
95Mo NMR data, though
fac-[(bpy)(CO)3Mo{PN(Me)CH2CH2O}]+
was not detected in this case. mer-2b
exhibits the largest
Mo−P coupling constant (343 Hz) among those reported so far.
These changes can be
reasonably attributed to a dominant contribution from the imbalance of
electron density at
the Mo in the Ramsey equation due to a significant double-bond
character between the
molybdenum and the phosphenium phosphorus. Comparison of coupling
constants between
M and a phosphenium P in
[(bpy)(CO)3M{PN(Me)CH2CH2NMe}]+
(M = Mo, W) revealed
that the ratio
1
J
W
-
P/1
J
Mo
-
P
is 1.67, which is very close to the ratio (1.76) reported for
many
series of M−phosphine (or phosphite) complexes (M = Mo, W).
The 95Mo NMR spectra of
cis- and
trans-[(bpy)(CO)2Mo{PN(Me)CH2CH2X(OMe)}{PN(Me)CH2CH2X}]+
(X = NMe, cis-1c, trans-1c; X = O,
cis-2c, trans-2c) have also
been measured; the chemical shifts are
understood similarly in terms of the imbalance of electron density at
Mo.