The reactions of bis(trimethylsilyl)ated forms of theSchiff base
ligands
N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)sa
licy
lideneamine{(HO)C
6H
4N(CH)C
6H
4(OH)},
N-(4-
tert-butyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)sa
licy
lideneamine{(HO)(
tBu)C
6H
3N(CH)C
6H
4(OH)},
N-(2-hydroxy-4-nitrophenyl)sa
licy
lideneamine{(HO)(O
2N)C
6H
3N(CH)C
6H
4(OH)},and the structurallyrelated
ligand 2,2'-azophenol with halogeno- and(trifluoromethyl)halogenophosphoranes yield a series ofneutralhexacoordinate phosphorus(V) compounds by means of trimethylsilylha
lide e
limination. In all of these casesthe
ligands chelate in a meridional conformation in which bicyc
licfive- and six-membered chelate rings areformed through structures containing two pheno
lic P-O bonds and oneN-P bond. The hexacoordinate natureof these compounds is evidenced by their high-field
31P NMRchemical shifts and their characteristic
JPFcoup
lingpatterns and is further substantiated by the crystal structures of{O(
tBu)C
6H
3N(CH)C
6H
4O}PCl
3and{OC
6H
4N=NC
6H
4O}PF
3.Crystal data for{O(
tBu)C
6H
3N(CH)C
6H
4O}PCl
3:tric
linic, space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
(No. 2),
a = 11.
167(1) Å,
b = 15.684(1) Å,
c = 17.047(2) Å,
V = 2840(1)Å
3,
Z = 2. Final
R and
Rw values were 0.051and 0.079, respectively. Crystal data for{OC
6H
4N=NC
6H
4O}PF
3:monoc
linic, space group
P2
1/
c (No.14),
a= 6.9393(8) Å,
b = 12.450(2) Å,
c= 13.907(2) Å,
V = 1190.7(6) Å
3,
Z = 4. Final
R and
Rw values were 0.045and 0.056, respectively. The molecular structures of{O(
tBu)C
6H
3N(CH)C
6H
4O}PCl
3and{OC
6H
4N=NC
6H
4O}PF
3 show that in both cases the Schiff base
ligand chelatesoccupy the meridional plane about the six-coordinatephosphorus atom. In the case of{OC
6H
4N=NC
6H
4O}PF
3the equivalent nitrogen atoms in the chelate rings aredisordered to form half-occupancy pairs. The silylated form of therelated thiobis(phenol),2,2'-thiobis(4,6-
tert-butylphenol), reacted similarly with pentavalent ha
lides to form thesix-coordinate complex [{2-O-3,5-(
tBu)
2C
6H
2}
2S]PCl
3which was also verified by a crystal structure. Crystal data for[{2-O-3,5-(
tBu)
2C
6H
2}
2S]PCl
3: monoc
linic
P2
1/
n,
a =13.989(2),
b = 13.594(2),
c =16.483(2) Å,
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= 97.98(2)
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,
V =3104(2) Å
3,
Z = 4; final
R and
Rw values were 0.039and 0.052, respectively. In contrast to the above six coordinatecomplexes, thiscompound possesses a facial structure in which two phenoxy substituentsform planar chelates centered on thebridging sulfur and intersecting at the P-S axis. The P-S bondlength, 2.331(1) Å, is s
lightly shorter than hasbeen previously observed in the example wherein the
ligand possessestwo
tert-butyl groups and the phosphoruscarries three OCH
2CF
3 substituentsindicating stronger interaction between P and S in the presentcase.