[Sm(Tp
Me2)
2(
2-S
2CNR
2)] compounds (R = Et (
1), Me (
2); Tp
Me2 = HB(3,5-Me
2pz)
3) have been isolated fromreaction of (R
2NC(S)S)
2 with 2 equiv of [Sm(Tp
Me2)
2]. Reductive cleavage of 2,2'-dipyridyl disulfide or 2,2'-dipyridyl diselenide by [Sm(Tp
Me2)
2] afforded good yields of [Sm(Tp
Me2)
2(
2-Y)] compounds (Y = 2-SC
5H
4N(
3), 2-SeC
5H
4N (
4)).
4 is the first selenopyridine complex of an f-block element. Sm(Tp
Me2)
2(2-OC
5H
4N) (
5) hasbeen synthesized by salt metathesis of [Sm(Tp
Me2)
2Cl] with the sodium salt of the 2-hydroxypyridine. The solid-state structures of
1, 3,
4, and
5 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and revealed that thecompounds are all eight-coordinate with dodecahedral geometry. The samarium atoms are bound in tridentatefashion to two pyrazolylborate ligands and in bidentate fashion by the third ligand. The solution behavior of thecompounds was studied by
1H NMR techniques.
1H-
1H exchange spectroscopy experiments give evidence fortwo distinct dynamic regimes occurring in solution.