A Sixteen-Membered Au8 P8 Macrocycle Based on Gold(I) and Diphospha(III)guanidine

Versatile Coordination Chemistry of Hexa-tert-butyl-octaphosphine

The octaphosphine {cyclo-(P₄^tBu₃)}₂ (1) possesses a multifaceted coordination chemistry. The predominant binding mode is a P,P-chelate, e.g., in the monometallic chelate complex [MLL'(1-κ²P²,P^4')] in which the ligand 1 adopts a gauche conformation. Examples include square-planar (M = Rh^I, L = CO, L' = Cl (2), M = Pd^II, L = L' = Cl (3), M = Pt^II, L = L' = Cl (9)), tetrahedral (M = Co^-I, L = NO, L' = CO (4)), and trigonal-planar complexes [ML(1-κ²P²,P^4')] (M = Pd⁰, L = PPh₃, (5), M = Cu^I, L = Br (6)). With 2 equiv of [CuBr(SMe₂)], a dinuclear complex [(CuBr)₂(1-κ²P²,P^2',κ²P⁴,P^4')] (7) was obtained which features a synperiplanar conformation of the octaphosphine. A second coordination mode was also observed in [PtCl₂(1-κ²P¹,P^2')] (10) in which the bridge phosphorus atom in octaphosphine 1 is involved in the chelation, with the ligand in an antiperiplanar conformation. Thermolysis of selected complexes showed them to be suitable candidates for the generation of phosphorus-rich metal phosphides MP_x (x > 1).

Lone pair–π vs. σ-hole–π interactions in bromine head-containing oxacalix[2]arene[2]triazines

New bromine head-containing oxacalix[2]arene[2]triazines were synthesized. Owing to the bromine head and complementary V-shaped cavity, the solid state structure showed an intriguing and unique 1D-supramolecular chain-like self-assembly.