Two series of homolepti
c phenolate
complexes with fluorinated aryloxide ligands A
2[M(OAr)
4] with M = Co
2+ orCu
2+, OAr
- = (OC
6F
5)
- (OAr
F) or {3,5-OC
6H
3(CF
3)
2}
- (OAr'), A
+ = K (18-
crown-6)
+, Tl
+, Ph
4P
+, Et
3HN
+, orMe
4N
+ have been synthesized. Two related
complexes with nonfluorinated phenoxide ligands have been synthesizedand studied in
comparison to the fluorinated aryloxides demonstrating the dramati
c stru
ctural
changes effe
cted bymodifi
cation of OPh to OAr
F. The
compounds {K(18-
crown-6)}
2[Cu(OAr
F)
4],
1a; {K(18-
crown-6)}
2[Cu(OAr')
4],
1b;[Tl
2Cu(OAr
F)
4],
2a; [Tl
2Cu(OAr')
4],
2b; (Ph
4P)
2[Cu(OAr
F)
4],
3; (
nBu
4N)
2[Cu(OAr
F)
4],
4; (HEt
3N)
2[Cu(OAr
F)
4],
5;{K(18-
crown-6)}
2[Cu
2(
2-OC
6H
5)
2(OC
6H
5)
4],
6; {K(18-
crown-6)}
2[Co(OAr
F)
4],
7a; {K(18-
crown-6)}
2[Co(OAr')
4],
7b;[Tl
2Co(OAr
F)
4],
8a; [Tl
2Co(OAr')
4],
8b; (Me
4N)
2[Co(OAr
F)
4],
9; [Cp
2Co]
2[Co(OAr')
4],
10; and {K(18-
crown-6)}
2-[Co
2(
2-OC
6H
5)
2(OC
6H
5)
4],
11, have been
chara
cterized with UV-vis and multinu
clear NMR spe
ctros
copy and solutionmagneti
c moment studies. Cy
cli
c voltammetry was used to study
1a,
1b,
7a, and
7b. X-ray
crystallography wasused to
chara
cterize
1b,
3, 4,
5,
6, 7a,
7b,
10, and
11. The related [MX
4]
2- compound (Ph
4P)
2[Co(OAr
F)
2Cl
2],
12,has also been synthesized and
chara
cterized spe
ctros
copi
cally, as well as with
condu
ctivity and single-
crystalX-ray diffra
ction. Use of fluorinated aryloxides permits synthesis and isolation of the mononu
clear, homolepti
cphenolate anions in good yield without oligomerized side produ
cts. The rea
ction
conditions that result in homolepti
c1a and
7a with OAr
F upon
changing the ligand to OPh result in
2-OPh bridging phenoxides and the dimeri
ccomplexes
6 and
11. The [M(OAr
F)
4]
2- and [M(OAr')
4]
2- anions in
1a,
1b,
3,
4,
5,
7a,
7b,
9, and
10 demonstratethat stable, isolable homolepti
c phenolate anions do not need to be
coordinatively or steri
cally saturated and
canbe a
chieved by in
creasing the ele
ctronegativity of the ligand.