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Inorg Chem. 1999 Feb 22;38(4):802-813. doi: 10.1021/ic981303l.

Activation of Ligand Reactivity: Thiolate C-S and Dithiophosphate Ester C-O Heterolyses within a Dimolybdenum(V) System.

Inorganic chemistry

Edith I. Koffi-Sokpa, D. Troy Calfee, Brian R. T. Allred, Jackie L. Davis, Elaine K. Haub, Alexis K. Rich, Richard A. Porter, Mark S. Mashuta, John F. Richardson, Mark E. Noble

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292.

PMID: 11670847 DOI: 10.1021/ic981303l

Abstract

Ligand reactivity was demonstrated for sulfide alkylation, thiolate dealkylation, and dithiophosphate de-esterification within molybdenum(V) dimers. The cationic complex [Mo(2)(NC(6)H(4)Me)(2)(S(2)P(OEt)(2))(2)(&mgr;-O(2)CMe)(&mgr;-SR)(2)](+) was inductively activated toward thiolate C-S and dithiophosphate C-O heterolyses. The dealkylations were studied using anionic nucleophiles, and various reactivity patterns were characterized. The de-esterification of the diethyl dithiophosphate ligands produced complexes containing the rare monoester EtO(O)PS(2)(2)(-) ligand. This ligand's phosphoryl group was poorly nucleophilic but weakly basic. Crystallographic comparisons between the activated cation and the neutral complex [Mo(2)(NC(6)H(4)Me)(2)(S(2)P(OEt)(2))(2)(&mgr;-O(2)CMe)(&mgr;-S)(&mgr;-SMe)] were conducted to delineate structural differences related to the activation. A crystallographic study was also done of the complex [Mo(2)(NC(6)H(4)CH(3))(2)(S(2)P(OEt)(2))(S(2)P(O)OEt)(&mgr;-O(2)CMe)(&mgr;-SEt)(2)], which provided internal comparison of monoester EtO(O)PS(2)(2)(-) and diester (EtO)(2)PS(2)(-) ligand types.

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