Abstract
Two isoelectronic tetrakis isocyano compounds, tetra(p-isocyanoanisole)nickel(0) and tetra(p-isocyanoanisole)copper(I) hexafluorophosphate were synthesized from nickel bis cyclooctadiene and copper (I) tetra acetonitrile hexafluorophosphate and the isonitrile, respectively, and their structures were determined. The nickel complex crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P212121 with a = 9.6709(8), b = 15.2324(13), c = 19.0955(16) Å and Z = 4. The copper salt forms crystals with a tetragonal setting in P4/n with a = b = 15.8206(5), c = 6.5848(4) Å and Z = 2. Both complexes exhibit the approximate tetrahedral coordination environment expected for 18 valence electron complexes with soft σ-donor π-acceptor ligands. Packing in the nickel complex is dominated by weak π–π stacking, C–H···πphenyl, and C–H···π interactions towards the isonitrile carbon and nitrogen atoms, and several slightly stronger C–H···O interactions. In the copper complex the presence of the PF6 anion allows for the formation of stronger C–H···F interactions, and these in combination with π–π stacking and C–H···O hydrogen bonds dominate the packing.
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The X-ray crystal structures of two isoelectronic homoleptic tetrakis isocyano complexes, tetra(p-isocyanoanisole)nickel(0) and tetra(p-isocyanoanisole)copper(I) hexafluorophosphate, are reported. Packing is dominated by C–H···O, π···π stacking and C–H···π interactions for the nickel complex and by π···π stacking, C–H···O and C–H···F interactions in the structure of the copper salt.
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MZ was supported by NSF grant 0111511, CLP by ACS PRF grant 37228-B3, JCW by ACS PRF grant 37228-B3-SRF, and the diffractometer was funded by NSF grant 0087210, by Ohio Board of Regents grant CAP-491, and by YSU.
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Perrine, C.L., Zeller, M., Woolcock, J. et al. Structural Studies of Two Isoelectronic Tetrakis Isocyano Complexes. J Chem Crystallogr 40, 289–295 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-009-9648-3
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