The Chemistry of Superbasic Guanidines

Raab, Volker; Gaoutchenova, Ekatarina; Garrelts, Udo; Abacilar, Nuri; Harms, Klaus

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“…Our own group has a long-standing interest in imidazolin-2-imine ligands, which can be regarded as particularly basic (superbasic) guanidine ligands. − Thereby, bidentate ethylene-bridged and tridentate pyridine-bridged bis(imidazolin-2-imine) ligands have found widespread use in organometallic and coordination chemistry. − In view of the enormous interest in ferrocene-based ligands (vide supra), we set out to investigate ligands such as fc(NIm) 2 ( 1 ) and their coordination chemistry. As indicated by the mesomeric forms 1 A and 1 B in Scheme , this ligand can be expected to act as a particularly strong N-donor toward transition metals because of the ability of the imidazole moiety to efficiently stabilize a positive charge .…”

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Ni–Fe and Pd–Fe Interactions in Nickel(II) and Palladium(II) Complexes of a Ferrocene-Bridged Bis(imidazolin-2-imine) Ligand

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The bis(imidazolin-2-imine) ligand N,N'-bis(1,3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethylimidazolin-2-ylidene)-1,1'-ferrocenediamine, fc(NIm)2 (1) was prepared. Its reaction with [NiCl2(dme)] (dme = 1,2-dimethoxyethane) or [PdCl2(MeCN)2] afforded the tetrahedral, paramagnetic complex [(1-κ(2)N,N')NiCl2] (6a) or the diamagnetic, square-planar complex [(1-κ(2)N,N')PdCl2] (6b), respectively. For the latter, slow rearrangement to the ionic complex [(1-κFe,κ(2)N,N')PdCl]Cl, [7]Cl, was observed, which was followed by (1)H NMR and UV/vis spectroscopy. Treatment of [7]Cl with NaBF4 afforded [7]BF4; the palladium atoms in both cations adopt square-planar environments with short Fe-Pd bonds (ca. 2.65 Å). In addition, a series of dicationic complexes of the type [(1-κFe,κ(2)N,N')ML](BF4)2 (8a: M = Ni, L = MeCN; 8b: M = Pd, L = MeCN; 9a: M = Ni, L = PMe3; 9b: M = Pd, L = PMe3) was prepared from 6a (M = Ni) or [7]BF4 by chloride abstraction with NaBF4 or AgBF4 in the presence of acetonitrile or trimethylphosphine, respectively. In the presence of triphenylphosphine, the palladium(II) complex [(1-κFe,κ(2)N,N')Pd(PPh3)](BF4)2 (10) was isolated. Iron-nickel and iron-palladium bonding in these complexes was studied experimentally by NMR, UV/vis, and Mössbauer spectroscopy and by cyclic voltammetry. Detailed DFT calculations were carried out for the cations [(1-κFe,κ(2)N,N')M(MeCN)](2+) in the 8a/8b couple, with Bader's atoms in molecules theory revealing the presence of noncovalent, closed-shell metal-metal interactions. Potential energy surface scans with successive elongation of the Fe-M bonds allow an estimation of the iron-metal bond dissociation energies (BDE) as BDE(Fe-Ni) = 11.3 kcal mol(-1) and BDE(Fe-Pd) = 24.3 kcal mol(-1).

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Ni–Fe and Pd–Fe Interactions in Nickel(II) and Palladium(II) Complexes of a Ferrocene-Bridged Bis(imidazolin-2-imine) Ligand

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Bisguanidines with Biphenyl, Binaphthyl, and Bipyridyl Cores: Proton‐Sponge Properties and Coordination Chemistry

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Chemistry A European J

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Herein, we report on the synthesis, protonation, and coordination chemistry of chelating guanidine ligands with biphenyl, binaphthyl, and bipyridyl backbones. The ligands are shown to be proton sponges, and this protonation was studied experimentally and by using quantum-chemical calculations. Group 10 metal (Ni, Pd, and Pt) complexes with different metal/ligand ratios were synthesized. In the case of the bipyridyl systems, coordination occurs exclusively at the pyridine N atoms, as opposed to protonation. The spin-density distribution and the magnetism were evaluated for a series of paramagnetic Ni(II) complexes with the aid of paramagnetic NMR spectroscopic studies in alliance with quantum-chemical calculations and magnetic (SQUID) measurements. Through direct delocalization from the singly occupied molecular orbitals (SOMOs), a significant amount of spin density is placed on the guanidinyl groups, and spin polarization also transports spin density onto the aromatic backbone.

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