Chemistry:Cyaphide

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Structure of the first transition metal cyaphide complex, RuH(dppe)
2
(CP)

Cyaphide, P≡C, is the phosphorus analogue of cyanide. It is not known as a discrete salt, however in silico measurements reveal that the −1 charge in this ion is located mainly on carbon (0.65), as opposed to phosphorus.

Preparation

Organometallic complexes of cyaphide were first reported in 1992.[1] More recent preparations use two other routes:

From SiR3-functionalised phosphaalkynes

Treatment of the η1-coordinated phosphaalkyne complex trans[RuH(P≡CSiPH
3
)(dppe)
2
]+
with an alkoxide resulted in desilylation, followed by subsequent rearrangement to the corresponding carbon-bound cyaphide complex.[2] Cyaphide-alkynyl complexes are prepared similarly.[3]

From 2-phosphaethynolate anion (OC≡P)

An actinide cyaphide complex can be prepared by C−O bond cleavage of the phosphaethynolate anion, the phosphorus analogue of cyanate.[4] Reaction of the uranium complex [((Ad,Me
ArO)
3
N)UIII
(DME)
] with [Na(OCP)(dioxane)2.5] in the presence of 2.2.2-cryptand results in the formation of a dinuclear, oxo-bridged uranium complex featuring a C≡P ligand.

See also

References

  1. Robert J. Angelici (2007). "Cyaphide (C≡P): The Phosphorus Analogue of Cyanide (C≡N)". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46 (3): 330–332. doi:10.1002/anie.200603724. PMID 17154215. 
  2. Cordaro (2006). "Making the True "CP" Ligand". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 45 (37): 6159–6162. doi:10.1002/anie.200602499. PMID 16937421. 
  3. Trathen (2014). "Synthesis and electronic structure of the first cyaphide-alkynyl complexes". Dalton Transactions 43 (24): 9004–9007. doi:10.1039/C4DT01108B. PMID 24867599. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/48848/1/DTc4dt01108b-acceptedMS.PDF. 
  4. Christopher J. Hoerger, Frank W. Heinemann, Elisa Louyriac, Laurent Maron, Hansjörg Grützmacher, Karsten Meyer (2017). "Formation of a Uranium-Bound η1-Cyaphide Ligand via Activation and C−O Bond Cleavage of Phosphaethynolate". Organometallics 36: 4351–4354. doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00590.