Abstract
The synthesis and characterization of three lithium complexes of novel bis(dichalcogenophosphinate) ligands are reported: (PhP(S)(2)CH(2)CH(2)P(S)(2)Ph)Li(2)(THF)(4) (2), (PhP(Se)(2)CH(2)CH(2)P(Se)(2)Ph)Li(2)(THF)(4).(PhP(Se)(2)CH(2)CH(2)P(Se)(2)Ph)Li(2)(THF)(6) (3), and [PhP(Te)(2)CH(2)CH(2)P(Te)(2)Ph][Li(8)(OH)(6)(THF)(8)] (4). The synthetic route to these complexes proceeds via the insertion reaction of elemental chalcogens into the phosphorus-lithium bonds of 1,2-dilithio-1,2-di(phenylphosphine)ethylene (1). X-ray analysis of 2 revealed isobidentate coordination of the lithiums by the dithiophosphinate groups. In contrast, the diselenophosphinate groups in 3 coordinate the lithium centers in both isobidentate and monodentate modes, and the ditellurophosphinate groups in 4 form non-coordinate separate ion pairs. The countercation in 4 is shown to be a unique [Li(8)(OH)(6)](2+) rhombic dodecahedral polyhedron, putatively formed from the capping of a hexameric [Li(OH)](6) aggregate with lithium cations on its open faces.
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