Reactions of (NBu4)[MOCl4] complexes (M = Tc or Re) with an excess of hexafluoroacetylacetone
(Hhfac) give products with a composition of (NBu4)[MOCl3(hfac)] as bright yellow (Tc) or red (Re) solids. The products
are stable as solids but rapidly decompose in solution. A number of
related phenylimidorhenium(V) complexes were synthesized starting
from [Re(NPhF)Cl3(PPh3)2], where
(NPhF)2– is a para-fluorinated
phenylimido ligand. Products with compositions of [Re(NPhF)Cl2(PPh3)(acac)], [Re(NPhF)Cl2(PPh3)(hfac)], [Re(NPhF)Cl2(PPh3)(tfac)],
[Re(NPhF)Cl2(PPh3)(naphtfac)], and [Re(NPhF)Cl2(PPh3)(tbutfac)] (Hacac = acetylacetone,
Htfac = trifluoroacetylacetone, Hnaphtfac = naphthoyltrifluoroacetylmethane,
and Htbutfac = tert-butyroyltrifluoroacetylmethane)
were isolated from reactions of the quite soluble [Re(NPhF)Cl3(PPh3)2] with the corresponding β-diketones
and studied spectroscopically and by X-ray diffraction. The β-diketonates
are coordinated in a meridional arrangement with the phenylimide.
The formation of two isomers was detected for nonsymmetric β-diketones
with a preference for the “equatorial” position for
the more bulky substituents. Products with more than one chelating
ligand were not obtained. The technetium complexes [Tc(NPhX)Cl3(PPh3)2] (X = p-F or p-CF3) were prepared from reactions of pertechnetate,
PPh3, HCl, and substituted arylacetylhydrazines and isolated
as green solids. They are sufficiently stable as solid but rapidly
decompose in moist solvents upon hydrolysis of the Tc–N bonds.
From reactions of [Tc(NPh)Cl3(PPh3)2] or [Tc(NPhF)Cl3(PPh3)2] in dry
solvents, the complexes [Tc(NPh)Cl2(PPh3)(hfac)]
and [Tc(NPhF)Cl2(PPh3)(hfac)] were prepared
and isolated in crystalline form. An X-ray diffraction study shows
that fluorination of the para position of the phenylimido
ligand results in a slight lengthening of all bonds in the coordination
sphere of technetium.