The
closo-[1-M(CO)
3(
4-E
9)]
4- (E = Sn, Pb; M = Mo, W) anions have been obtained by extrac
ting the binary alloys KSn
2.05and KPb
2.26 in ethylenediamine (en) in the presence of 2,2,2-crypt or in liquid NH
3 followed by reaction with M(CO)
3·mes (M= Mo, W) or Cr(CO)
3·tol in en or liquid NH
3 solution. Crystallization of the
molybdenum and
tungsten salts was induced byvapor diffusion of tetrahydrofuran into the en solutions. The salts [2,2,2-crypt-K]
4[1-M(CO)
3(
4-Sn
9)]·en (M = Mo, W) crystallizein the triclinic system, space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
,
Z = 4,
a = 16.187(3) Å,
b = 25.832(4) Å,
c = 29.855(5) Å,
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= 111.46(1)
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,
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=102.84(2)
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,
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= 92.87(2)
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at -95
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C (M = Mo) and
a = 17.018(3) Å,
b = 27.057(5) Å,
c = 28.298(6) Å,
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= 66.42(3)
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,
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= 76.72(3)
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,
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= 87.27(3)
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at 20
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C (M = W). The salts (CO)
3M(en)
2[2,2,2-crypt-K]
4[1-M(CO)
3(
4-Pb
9)]·2.5en (M = Mo, W)crystallize in the triclinic system, space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
,
Z = 2,
a = 16.319(3) Å,
b = 17.078(3) Å,
c = 24.827(5) Å,
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= 71.82(3)
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,
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= 83.01(3)
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,
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= 81.73(3)
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at -133
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C (M = Mo) and
a = 16.283(4) Å,
b = 17.094(3) Å,
c = 24.872(6) Å,
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= 71.62(2)
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,
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= 82.91(2)
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,
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= 81.35(2)
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at -153
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C (M = W). The [1-M(CO)
3(
4-Sn
9)]
4- anions were also characterized in liquid NH
3solution by
119Sn,
117Sn, and
95Mo NMR spectroscopy. Unlike their fluxional precursor,
nido-Sn
94-, NMR studies show that the[1-M(CO)
3(
4-Sn
9)]
4- anions are rigid on the NMR time scale. All possible inter- and intraenvironmental couplings,
J(
119,117Sn-
119,117Sn),
J(
119,117Sn-
183W), and one
J(
119,117Sn-
95Mo) coupling, have been observed and assigned. Complete spin-spin couplingconstant assignments were achieved by detailed analyses and simulations of all spin multiplets that comprise the
119Sn and
117Sn NMR spectra and that arise from natural abundance
tin isotopomer distributions and from natural abundance
183W, in thecase of [1-W(CO)
3(
4-Sn
9)]
4-. Both the solid state and solution structures of the [1-M(CO)
3(
4-Sn
9)]
4- anions are based on acloso-bicapped square antiprismatic structure in which the transition metal occupies a cap position. The cluster structures areconsistent with Wade's rules for 22 (2
n + 2) skeletal electron systems. Electron structure calculations at the density functionaltheory (DFT) level provide fully optimized geometries that are in agreement with the experimental structures. Complete assignmentof the NMR spectra was also aided by GIAO calculations. The calculated vibrational frequencies of the E
94- and [1-M(CO)
3(
4-E
9)]
4- anions are also reported and are used to assign the solid-state vibrational spectra of the [1-M(CO)
3(
4-E
9)]
4- anions.