The isotopomeric complexes
trans-W(Cmesityl)[(C(H,D)
3)
2PCH
2CH
2P(C(H,D)
3)
2]
2(H,D)
1-4 wereprepared.
2 (W(C
mesityl)(dmpe)
2D) was used to study the Deuterium Quadrupole Coupling Constant (DQCC)and the ionicity of the W-D bond (DQCC = 34.1 kHz; ionicity 85%).
1 (W(C
mesityl)(dmpe)
2H) shows severaldynamic exchange processes in solution, such as H
W/H
W, H
W/
ortho-Me
mesityl, and H
W/H
2 exchanges observedby NMR in combination with deuterium labeling studies and double label crossover experiments. Exceptfor the H
W/H
2, these reactions comprise elementary steps, which also appear along the isomerizationpathway of
1 into (2,3,5-trimethylphenylcarbyne)(dmpe)
2WH (
5) at 60
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C.
5 was characterized by an X-raydiffraction study. In the solid state only an H
W/Me
p exchange process prevails appearing at highertemperatures, which was identified by NMR and by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering. The latter also providedan activation barrier of 5 kcal/mol and a "jump width" for the moving H nucleus in agreement with theH
W···Me
p distance of the X-ray diffraction study of
1.