Volume 2005, Issue 22 p. 4516-4520
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A Novel Five-Coordinate Rhodium(I) Complex

Igor O. Koshevoy

Igor O. Koshevoy

Department of Chemistry, St. Petersburg University, Universitetskii pr., 26, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russian Federation

Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada

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Olga V. Sizova

Olga V. Sizova

Department of Chemistry, St. Petersburg University, Universitetskii pr., 26, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russian Federation

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Sergey P. Tunik

Sergey P. Tunik

Department of Chemistry, St. Petersburg University, Universitetskii pr., 26, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russian Federation

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Alan Lough

Alan Lough

Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada

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Anthony J. Poë

Anthony J. Poë

Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto M5S 3H6, Ontario, Canada

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First published: November 2005
Citations: 11

Graphical Abstract

Abstract

An unusual five-coordinate isomer of the mononuclear complex [Rh(CO)2(PPh3)2I] has been isolated, and its crystallographic structure determined. The molecule has a slightly distorted trigonal-bipyramidal structure, with both PPh3 ligands being in axial positions. A combination of IR and NMR spectroscopy with the results of DFT calculations shows that the complex maintains the same structure in solution. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)