文摘
Zero-valent iron, cobalt, and nickel were installed into the metalloligand V[N(o-(NCH2P(iPr)2)C6H4)3] (1, VL), generating the heterobimetallic trio FeVL (2), CoVL (3), and NiVL (4), respectively. In addition, the one-electron-oxidized analogues [FeVL]X ([2ox]X, where X鈥?/sup> = BPh4 or PF6) and [CoVL]BPh4 ([3ox]BPh4) were prepared. The complexes were characterized by a host of physical methods, including cyclic voltammetry, X-ray crystallography, magnetic susceptibility, electronic absorption, NMR, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and M枚ssbauer spectroscopies. The CoV and FeV heterobimetallic compounds have short M鈥揤 bond lengths that are consistent with M鈥揗 multiple bonding. As revealed by theoretical calculations, the M鈥揤 bond is triple in 2, 2ox, and 3ox, double in 3, and dative (Ni 鈫?V) in 4. The (d鈥揹)10 species, 2 and 3ox, are diamagnetic and exhibit large diamagnetic anisotropies of 鈭?700 脳 10鈥?6 m3/molecule. Complexes 2 and 3ox are also characterized by intense visible bands at 760 and 610 nm (蔚 > 1000 M鈥? cm鈥?), respectively, which correspond to an intermetal (M 鈫?V) charge-transfer transition. Magnetic susceptibility measurements and EPR characterization establish S = 1/2 ground states for (d鈥揹)9 2ox and (d鈥揹)11 3, while (d鈥揹)12 4 is S = 1 based on Evans鈥?method.