Cu(
PPh
3)
2(
fla) has been
pre
pared by reacting co
pper(I) ch
loride with sodium
flavono
late in tetrahydro
furan so
lution.Crysta
llogra
phic characterization o
f the com
plex (orthorhombic,
P2
12
12
1,
a = 9.588(1) Å,
b = 17.364(3) Å,
c =24.378(3) Å,
V = 4058.6(10) Å
3,
Z = 4,
R = 0.049) has shown that the coordination geometry o
f the mo
lecu
leis tetrahedra
l. Oxygenation o
f Cu(PPh
3)
2(
fla) in a methy
lene ch
loride so
lution at ambient conditions gives the
O-benzoy
lsa
licy
lato co
pper com
plex Cu(PPh
3)
2(
O-bs) and carbon monoxide. Labe
ling ex
periments with an
18O
2-
16O
2 mixture (1:4) evidenced the incor
poration o
f both
18O atoms o
f 18O
2 into the
O-bs
ligand. IR and MS studieso
f labe
led
O-bs con
firmed the incor
poration o
f 18O
2 whi
le the re
leased CO remained un
labe
led. Crysta
llogra
phiccharacterization o
f Cu(PPh
3)
2(
O-bs) on crysta
ls obtained as the acetone so
lvate (tric
linic,
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a = 13.154(1) Å,
b = 17.991(1) Å,
c = 20.495(1) Å,
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V = 4537.5(5) Å
3,
Z = 4,
R= 0.0403) shows that the mo
lecu
le has a distorted tetrahedra
l structure. The oxygeno
lysis was
fo
llowed bys
pectro
photometry, and the rate constants were determined according to the rate
law -d[Cu(PPh
3)
2(
fla)]/d
t =
k2[Cu(PPh
3)
2(
fla)][O
2]. The rate constant, activation entha
lpy, and entro
py at 363.16 K are as
fo
llows:
k2/M
-1s
-1 = 4.16 ± 0.48,
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fchars/De
lta.gi
f" BORDER=0 >
H
f">/kJ mo
l-1 = 102 ± 7,
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lta.gi
f" BORDER=0 >
S
f">/J mo
l-1 K
-1 = -13.0 ± 21. The reaction
fits a Hammett
linear
free energy re
lationshi
p for 4'-substituted
flavono
lates, and an increase o
f the e
lectron density on co
ppermakes the oxygenation reaction
faster.