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Chalcogenide/Chalcogenolate Structural Isomers of Organo Group 13 Element Derivatives: Reactions of the Dimetallenes Ar′MMAr′ (Ar′ = C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>-2,6-(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>-2,6-Pr<i><sup>i</sup></i><sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>; M = Ga or In) with N<sub>2</sub>O or S<sub>8</sub> To Give (Ar′M<sup>III</sup>E)<sub>2</sub> (E = O or S) and the Synthesis and Characterization of [Ar′EM<sup>I</sup>]<sub>2</sub> (M = In or Tl; E = O, S)

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posted on 2009-04-27, 00:00 authored by Zhongliang Zhu, Robert J. Wright, Zachary D. Brown, Alexander R. Fox, Andrew D. Phillips, Anne F. Richards, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Philip P. Power
Dimeric arylgallium/indium chalcogenides <b>7</b>−<b>10</b> of formula [Ar′ME]<sub>2</sub> (Ar′ = C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>-2,6-(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>-2,6-Pr<i><sup>i</sup></i><sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>; M = Ga or In, E = O or S) were synthesized by the treatment of Ar′MMAr′ with N<sub>2</sub>O or elemental sulfur and characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. Their structures feature three-coordinate, +3 oxidation state metal centers with planar M<sub>2</sub>E<sub>2</sub> cores. The cores were almost perfectly square for E = O, but for E = S, they were distorted parallelograms in <b>7</b>−<b>10</b>. The M–E bond lengths were shorter than those in the higher aggregated species [RME]<sub><i>n</i></sub> (<i>n</i> ≥ 4) but comparable to those in M<sup>3+</sup> aryloxides or thiolates featuring three-coordinate metals. Short M···M separations [2.553(1) Å in <b>7</b>, 2.8882(4) Å in <b>8</b>, 2.8276 Å (avg.) in <b>9</b>, and 3.1577(8) Å in <b>10</b>] are observed. Low oxidation heavier group 13/group 16 chalcogenolate isomers <b>16</b>−<b>19</b> of formula [Ar′EM]<sub>2</sub> (M = In or Tl, E = O or S) were also synthesized and characterized. In the +1 compounds [Ar′EIn]<sub>2</sub> (O, <b>16</b>; S, <b>19</b>) together, with the In +3 species [Ar′InE]<sub>2</sub> (O, <b>8</b>; S, <b>10</b>), represent the first structurally characterized isomeric pairs of organo group 13 metal/chalcogen derivatives. The E−M bonds in <b>16</b>−<b>19</b> were 2.3329 (avg.), 2.560 (avg.), 2.8189 (avg.), and 2.897 Å (avg.), respectively, which are 0.3−0.4 Å longer than the corresponding In−chalcogen distances in <b>8</b> and <b>10</b> as a result of the lower oxidation state, the large In<sup>+</sup> ionic size, and the reduced ionic contribution to the bond strength in <b>16</b> and <b>19</b>. The compounds <b>16</b>−<b>19</b> also displayed M−arene interactions to the flanking aryl rings of the Ar′ ligands. The Tl−arene contacts in the crystal structure of <b>17</b> are preserved in solution, as evidenced by <sup>13</sup>C−Tl coupling. Attempts to thermally interconvert the isomeric pairs <b>8</b>, <b>10</b> and <b>16</b>, <b>18</b> led to decomposition of the complexes.

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