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- Title
An acidity scale of phosphonium tetraphenylborate salts and ruthenium dihydrogen complexes in dichloromethane.
- Authors
Tianshu Li; Lough, Alan J.; Zuccaccia, Cristiano; Macchioni, Alceo; Morris, Robert H.
- Abstract
Equilibrium constants (KDM) for reactions between acids and bases of the title compounds in CD2Cl2 (DM) have been determined by 31P and 1H NMR spectroscopy at room temperature. [HPCy3]BPh4 and [HPCy3]BF4, with pKDM assigned by literature convention to 9.7, have been used as the anchor compounds for the pKDM determinations. A continuous scale of pKDM values covering the range 9.7 to 5.7 is created with the acidic compounds [HPR3]BPh4. Those acids with pKDM greater than 6 are stable, while those with more acidic cations HPR3+ protonate BPh4– to produce R3PBPh3 and benzene. The literature pKTHF values reported for [HPBu2Ph]BPh4, [HPMePh2]BPh4, and [HPEtPh2]BPh4 are questionable because of this protonation reaction. NOE and PGSE 1H NMR techniques are used to show that [HPCy2Ph]BPh4 in DM exists as ion pairs and higher aggregates up to quadrupoles at the concentrations used in the acid–base studies. The new dihydrogen complexes [Ru(H2)Cl(PPh3)2(dach)]BF4 (dach = (1R,2R)-(–)-diaminocyclohexane) and [Ru(H2)Cl{tmeP2(NH)2}]BF4 (tmeP2(NH)2 = PPh2C6H4CH2NHCMe2CMe2NHCH2C6H4PPh2) were prepared by reaction of RuHCl(PPh3)2(dach) and RuHCl{tmeP2(NH)2} with HBF4. Their crystal structures are reported, and the pKDM values of their BPh4– salts were determined to be 8.6 and 6.9, respectively.
- Subjects
TETRAPHENYLBORATES; RUTHENIUM; DICHLOROMETHANE; ACIDITY function; NUCLEAR magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2006, Vol 84, Issue 2, p164
- ISSN
0008-4042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/V05-236