Adventures in Crystallization. Crystalline Salts Containing One, Two, or Even Three Chemically Distinct Cations Obtained from Solutions of [(Cyclohexyl Isocyanide)₄RhI]+

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Abstract

By judicious selection of crystallization conditions, it has been possible to obtain the salts of a common building block, [(RNC)4Rh(I)]+, in single-crystal form suitable for X-ray diffraction. Salts that contain a single type of cation include deep green [(C6H11NC)12Rh(I)3](SbF6)3, deep green [(C6H11NC)12Rh(I)3](AsF6)3, and straw yellow [(C6H11NC)8Rh(II)2Cl2](BF4)2 (in addition to the previously isolated trimeric deep green [(i-PrNC)12RhI3]Cl3 x 4.5 H2O, monomeric, [(C6H11NC)4 Rh(I)](BPh4), and [(i-PrNC)4Rh(I)](BPh4) (both yellow), and red, dimeric [(C6H11NC)8Rh(I)2]Cl2 x 0.5C6H6 x 2H2O). Ordered crystals of [(C6H11NC)12Rh(I)3](SbF6)3 contain linear Rh3 units, while those of [(C6H11NC)12Rh(I)3](AsF6)3 show disorder which is consistent with the presence of linear or bent Rh3 units. The formation of green [(C6H11NC)12Rh(V/III)3Cl2][(C6H11NC)12Rh(I)3]Cl6, and brown [(C6H11NC)12Rh(V/III)3Cl2][(C6H11NC)8Rh(I)2][(C6H11NC)4RhI]Cl6 x 16H2O x 3C6H6 along with unidentified red-brown cubes from an air-exposed solution of [(C6H11NC)4Rh(I)]Cl is reported. As their formulas indicate, green [(C6H11NC)12Rh(V/III)3Cl2][(C6H11NC)12Rh(I)3]Cl6, and brown [(C6H11NC)12Rh(V/III)3Cl2][(C6H11NC)8Rh(I)2][(C6H11NC)8Rh(I)]Cl6 x 16H2O x 3C6H6 contain two or three chemically distinct cations, respectively, but again are built from a common precursor, [(C6H11NC)4Rh(I)]+.

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