P,C-bond cleavage in the ligand sphere of a nickel(II) complex.

Reacting nickel(ii)perchlorate with a bidentate P,N-ligand in methanol leads to P,C-bond cleavage and gives a five-coordinate nickel complex wherein the nickel(ii) site is coordinated by a tridentate P,N,P-ligand and a bidentate N,C-ligand. The carbanion of the latter is the result of the P,C-bond cleaving process. The diamagnetic nickel(ii) complex was characterized by means of elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and X-ray structure analysis.

Gold(I) complexes with heteroaryl phosphine ligands.

Gold(I) complexes ligated by phosphines with N-heterocycles in the periphery were prepared. First the synthesis of the ligands N-(diphenylphosphino)-4-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrimidin-2-amine (Hpypya) and N-(diphenylphosphino)-4-phenylpyrimidin-2-amine (Hphpya) are reported. These two compounds together with the related but earlier published ligands 3-(2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)-1H-pyrazole (Hph3py) and 5-(4-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)-1H-pyrazole (Hph5py) were reacted with [(tht)AuCl] and [Au(tht)2]ClO4 to give the heteroleptic complexes [(L)AuCl] and the homoleptic compounds [(L)2Au]ClO4 (L = Hpypya, Hphpya, Hph3py, and Hph5py).