The
95Mo NMR spectra of cationic molybdenumphosphenium complexes have beenmeasured. Going from
fac-[(bpy)(CO)
3Mo{PN(Me)CH
2CH
2NMe(OMe)}](
1a) to
fac-[(bpy)(CO)
3Mo{PN(Me)CH
2CH
2NMe}]
+(
fac-
1b) to
mer-[(bpy)(CO)
3Mo{PN(Me)CH
2CH
2NMe}]
+(
mer-
1b)causes deshielding of the
95Mo doublet resonance (
-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)). Theconversion of
fac-[(bpy)(CO)
3Mo{PN(Me)CH
2CH
2O(OMe)}](
fac-
2a) into
mer-[(bpy)(CO)
3Mo{PN(Me)CH
2CH
2O}]
+(
mer-
2b) showed a similar trend in
95Mo NMR data, though
fac-[(bpy)(CO)
3Mo{PN(Me)CH
2CH
2O}]
+was not detected in this case.
mer-
2bexhibits the largestMo-P coupling constant (343 Hz) among those reported so far.These changes can bereasonably attributed to a dominant contribution from the imbalance ofelectron density atthe Mo in the Ramsey equation due to a significant double-bondcharacter between themolybdenum and the phosphenium phosphorus. Comparison of couplingconstants betweenM and a phosphenium P in[(bpy)(CO)
3M{PN(Me)CH
2CH
2NMe}]
+(M = Mo, W) revealedthat the ratio
1JW-P/
1JMo-Pis 1.67, which is very close to the ratio (1.76) reported formanyseries of M-phosphine (or phosphite) complexes (M = Mo, W).The
95Mo NMR spectra of
cis- and
trans-[(bpy)(CO)
2Mo{PN(Me)CH
2CH
2X(OMe)}{PN(Me)CH
2CH
2X}]
+(X = NMe,
cis-
1c,
trans-
1c; X = O,
cis-
2c,
trans-
2c) have alsobeen measured; the chemical shifts areunderstood similarly in terms of the imbalance of electron density atMo.