Bis(η3-allyl)nickel reacts with
pentane-2,4-dione derivatives having alkenyl substituents in the
3-position to give
Ni(3-R-pentane-2,4-dionato)2 compounds which have been
shown by X-ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy
to be monomeric [R = 5-hexenyl,
C22H34NiO4, a =
13.718(3) Å, b = 4.962(1) Å, c =
16.643(3) Å, β = 92.46(3)°, space group P21/n,
Z = 2; R = 7-octenyl,
C26H42NiO4, a =
4.8449(5) Å, b = 8.3202(8) Å, c =
16.792(1)
Å, α = 89.480(4)°, β = 88.240(4)°, γ =
77.30(1)°; R = 9-decenyl,
C30H50NiO4, a =
4.8067(2) Å, b = 8.2809(3)
Å, c = 19.4014(7) Å, α = 90.974(4)°, β
= 91.907(4)°, γ = 102.495(4)°, space group
P1̄, Z = 1; R = methyl,
C12H18NiO4, a =
4.9447(4) Å, b = 8.0649(7) Å, c =
9.0633(6) Å, α = 109.377(6)°, β =
93.706(7)°, γ =
106.283(7)°, space group P1̄, Z =
1; R = phenylethano,
C26H30NiO4, a =
12.792(1) Å, b = 6.503(1) Å, c
=
14.933(1) Å, β = 109.025(7)°, space group
P21/n, Z = 2] in the
crystal and in solution at room temperature. No
inter- or intramolecular interaction of the alkenyl substituent with
the 16e metal atom is observed. The
corresponding Ni compounds containing the 3-phenyl-substituted dione
have been shown to adopt both monomeric
[C22H22NiO4, a =
10.2261(5) Å, b = 6.6439(3) Å, c
= 13.7862(7) Å, β = 93.677(6)°, space group
P21/n, Z =
2] and trimeric
[(C22H22NiO4)3,
a = 10.5917(7) Å, b = 12.3092(8)
Å, c = 12.5926(5) Å, α = 103.937(4)°,
β =
96.388(3)°, γ = 96.227(5)°, space group
P1̄, Z = 1] forms in the crystal while
the compound formed by tert-butyl acetoacetate
[(C16H26NiO6)3,
a = 9.713(1) Å, b = 17.550(1) Å,
c = 17.391(1) Å, β = 100.272(5)°,
space
group P21/n, Z = 2] is
a trimer in which the central Ni atom interacts solely with bridging
acetyl groups. The
crystal structure of 3-phenyl-2,4-pentanedione
[C11H12O2, a =
19.2961(6) Å, b = 6.8561(2) Å, c
= 7.5935(2) Å,
space group Pnma, Z = 4] has also been
determined.