T
reatment of HgCl
2 with 2-LiC
6H
4PPh
2 gives [Hg(2-C
6H
4PPh
2)
2] (
1), whose phospho
rus atoms take up oxygen,sulfu
r, and bo
rane to give the compounds [Hg{2-C
6H
4P(X)Ph
2}
2] [ X = O (
3), S (
4), and BH
3 (
5)],
respectively.Compound
1 functions as a bidentate ligand of wide, va
riable bite angle that can span eithe
r cis o
r trans coo
rdinationsites in a plana
r complex. Rep
resentative complexes include [HgX
2·
1] [X = Cl (
6a), B
r (
6b)],
cis-[PtX
2·
1] [X = Cl(
cis-
7), Me (
9), Ph (
10)], and
trans-[MX
2·
1] [X = Cl, M = Pt (
trans-
7), Pd (
8), Ni (
11); X = NCS, M = Ni (
13)]in which the cent
ral metal ions a
re in eithe
r tet
rahed
ral (
6a,
b) o
r plana
r (
7-
11,
13) coo
rdination. The
trans dispositionof
1 in complexes
trans-
7,
8, and
11 imposes close metal-me
rcu
ry contacts [2.8339(7), 2.8797(8), and 2.756(8)&A
ring;,
respectively] that a
re suggestive of a dono
r-accepto
r inte
raction, M
![](/images/entities/<font color=)
ra
rr.gif"> Hg. P
rolonged heating of
1 with [PtCl
2(cod)]gives the binuclea
r cyclometalated complex [(
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >
2-2-C
6H
4PPh
2)Pt(
![](/images/entities/mg<font color=)
r.gif">-2-C
6H
4PPh
2)
2HgCl] (
14) f
rom which the salt [(
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >
2-2-C
6H
4PPh
2)Pt(
![](/images/entities/mg<font color=)
r.gif">-2-C
6H
4PPh
2)
2Hg]PF
6 (
15) is de
rived by t
reatment with AgPF
6. In
14 and
15, the
![](/images/entities/mg<font color=)
r.gif">-C
6H
4PPh
2g
roups adopt a head-to-tail a
rrangement, and the Pt-Hg sepa
ration in
14, 3.1335(5) &A
ring;, is in the
range expectedfo
r a weak metallophilic inte
raction. A simila
r a
rrangement of b
ridging g
roups is found in [Cl(
nBu
3P)Pd(
![](/images/entities/mg<font color=)
r.gif">-2-C
6H
4PPh
2)
2HgCl] (
16), which is fo
rmed by heating
1 with [PdCl
2(P
nBu
3)
2]. Reaction of
1 with [Pd(dba)
2] [dba =dibenzylideneacetone] at
room tempe
ratu
re gives [Pd(
1)
2] (
19) which, in ai
r, fo
rms a t
rigonal plana
r palladium(0)complex
20 containing bidentate
1 and the monodentate phosphine-phosphine oxide ligand [Hg(2-C
6H
4PPh
2){2-C
6H
4P(O)Ph
2}]. On heating,
19 eliminates Pd and Hg, and the C-C coupled p
roduct 2-Ph
2PC
6H
4C
6H
4PPh
2-2 (
18)is fo
rmed by
reductive elimination. In cont
rast,
1 reacts with platinum(0) complexes to give a bis(a
ryl)platinum(II)species fo
rmulated as [Pt(
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >
1-
C-2-C
6H
4PPh
2)(
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >
2-2-C
6H
4PPh
2)(
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >
1-P-
1)]. C
rystal data a
re as follows. Compound
3:monoclinic,
P2
1/
n, with
a = 11.331(3) &A
ring;,
b = 9.381(2) &A
ring;,
c = 14.516 &A
ring;,
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 98.30(2)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
, and
Z = 2. Compound
6b·2CH
2Cl
2: t
riclinic,
P![](/images/entities/onemac<font color=)
r.gif">, with
a = 12.720(3) &A
ring;,
b = 13.154(3) &A
ring;,
c = 12.724(2) &A
ring;,
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 92.01(2)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
,
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 109.19(2)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
,
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 90.82(2)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
, and
Z = 2. Compound
trans-
7·2CH
2Cl
2: o
rtho
rhombic,
Pbca, with
a = 19.805(3) &A
ring;,
b = 8.532(4)&A
ring;,
c = 23.076(2) &A
ring;, and
Z = 4. Compound
11·2CH
2Cl
2: o
rtho
rhombic,
Pbca, with
a = 19.455(3) &A
ring;,
b = 8.496(5)&A
ring;,
c = 22.858(3) &A
ring;, and
Z = 4. Compound
14: monoclinic,
P2
1/
c, with
a = 13.150(3) &A
ring;,
b = 12.912(6) &A
ring;,
c =26.724(2) &A
ring;,
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 94.09(1)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
, and
Z = 4. Compound
20·C
6H
5CH
3.0.5CH
2Cl
2: t
riclinic,
P![](/images/entities/onemac<font color=)
r.gif">, with
a = 13.199(1) &A
ring;,
b = 15.273(2) &A
ring;,
c = 17.850(1) &A
ring;,
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/alpha.gif" BORDER=0> = 93.830(7),
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 93.664(6),
![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
rs/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 104.378(7)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
, and
Z = 2.