Equilibration between a phosphine-cobalt complex and an analogous complex containing an N-heterocyclic carbene: The thermodynamics of a phosphine-carbene exchange reaction

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Simms, RW [1 ]
Drewitt, MJ [1 ]
Baird, MC [1 ]
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[1] Queens Univ, Dept Chem, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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10.1021/om020110+
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O61 [无机化学];
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070301 ; 081704 ;
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The reaction of CpCo(PPh3)Me-2 with the N-heterocyclic carbene 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene (IPr) does not result in complete substitution of the PPh3, as expected, but rather in an equilibrium mixture of CpCo(PPh3)Me-2, IPr, CpCo(IPr)Me-2, and PPh3. Determination of the equilibrium constants for this unusual reaction over the temperature range 30-50 degreesC shows that DeltaHdegrees = -24.4 +/- 1.7 kJ mol(-1), DeltaSdegrees = -65.8 +/- 5.5 J mol(-1) K-1, and thus that it is entropy factors arising from steric crowding in CpCo(IPr)Me-2 that prevent complete substitution. Evidence for steric crowding is found in a comparison with the crystal structures of CpCo(PPh3)Me-2, CpCo(IPr)Me-2, and CpCo(IPr)(CO). The smaller, more basic PMe3 does displace IPr completely from CpCo(IPr)Me-2.
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