Structure and Dynamics of a Dihydrogen/Hydride Ansa Molybdenocene Complex
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Abstract
In contrast to [Cp(2)MoH(3)](+), which is a thermally stable trihydride complex, the ansa-bridged analogue [(eta-C(5)H(4))(2)CMe(2)MoH(H(2))](+) (1) is a thermally labile dihydrogen/hydride complex. Partial deuteration of the hydride ligands allows observation of J(H)(-)(D) = 11.9 Hz in 1-d(1) and 9.9 Hz in 1-d(2) (245 K), indicative of a dihydrogen/hydride structure. There is a slight preference for deuterium to concentrate in the dihydrogen ligand. A rapid dynamic process interchanges the hydride and dihydrogen moieties in complex 1. Low temperature (1)H NMR spectra of 1 give a single hydride resonance, which broadens at very low temperature due to rapid dipole-dipole relaxation (T(1) = 23 ms (750 MHz, 175 K) for the hydride resonance in 1). Low temperature (1)H NMR spectra of 1-d(2) allow the observation of decoalescence at 180 K into two resonances. The bound dihydrogen ligand exhibits hindered rotation with DeltaG(150) = 7.4 kcal/mol, but H atom exchange is still rapid at all accessible temperatures (down to 130 K). Density functional calculations confirm the dihydrogen/hydride structure as the ground state for the molecule and give estimates for the energy of two hydrogen exchange processes in good agreement with experiment. The presence of the C ansa bridge is shown to decrease the ability of the metallocene fragment to donate to the hydrogens, thus stabilizing the (eta(2)-H(2)) unit and modulating the barrier to H(2) rotation.
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