Structural Transformations of a Series of Tellurium?Iron Carbonylates and the Isolation of the Cubic Cluster [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)]

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Structural Transformations of a Series of

Tellurium-Iron Carbonylates and the Isolation of the

Cubic Cluster [Te

4

Fe

4

(CO)

10

(dppm)]

Kuo-Chih Huang,

†

_{Mei-Huey Shieh,}

†

_{Ren-Jay Jang,}

†

_{Shie-Ming Peng,}

‡

Gene-Hsiang Lee,

§

_{and Minghuey Shieh*}

,†

Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11718, Taiwan, Republic of China, and Department of Chemistry and Instrumentation Center,

National Taiwan University, Taipei 10764, Taiwan, Republic of China Received June 22, 1998

Summary: The cluster growth from the small anionic cluster [TeFe3(CO)9]2-to the double-cubic cluster [Te10Fe8 -(CO)20]2-was systematically established. Further treat-ment of [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2- with [Cu2(dppm)2(MeCN)4 ]-[BF4]2 led to the formation of the new dppm-bridged cubic cluster [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)].

Introduction

Tellurium-rich metal compounds have attracted ex-tensive attention, since tellurides exhibit unusual struc-tural and reactivity patterns and are potentially pre-cursors for new solid-state materials.1,2 _{Recently, a}

series of novel tellurium-iron carbonylates have been synthesized and structurally characterized by several different methodologies. These interesting anionic clus-ters include [TeFe3(CO)12]2-,3a[TeFe3(CO)9]2-,3,4[Te4Fe5

-(CO)14]2-,5,6[Te6Fe8(CO)24]2-,5 and [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2-.6

Nevertheless, their structural relationships and trans-formations have never been systematically studied. The reaction sequences in which the small molecules trans-form to larger clusters are of great importance to the extended inorganic solids.7 _{As a consequence,}

develop-ing and understanddevelop-ing the conversion of small clusters to larger ones is of great interest. In this paper, we demonstrate a facile stepwise cluster growth from [TeFe3(CO)9]2- to [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2-. The reactions of

[Te10Fe8(CO)20]2- with electrophiles are described as

well, from which the cubic cluster [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)]

is obtained and compared with the double-cubic cluster [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2-.

Experimental Section

All reactions were performed under an atmosphere of pure nitrogen by using standard Schlenk line techniques.8 _Solvents were purified, dried, and distilled under nitrogen prior to use. K2TeO3‚H2O (Alfa), TeO2(Strem), Fe(CO)5(Aldrich), and bis-(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm; Acros) were used as received. Infrared spectra were recorded on a Jasco 700 IR or a Perkin-Elmer Paragon 500 spectrometer using CaF2liquid cells. Mass spectra were obtained on a Finnigan TSQ700 mass spectrometer. Elemental analyses were performed on a Per-kin-Elmer 2400 analyzer at the NSC Regional Instrumental Center at National Taiwan University. 1_{H NMR spectra were} taken on a Varian 200 (200 MHz) instrument. [TeFe3(CO)9]2-_,3,4 Te2Fe3(CO)9,9_{and [Cu2(dppm)2(MeCN)4][BF4]2}10_{were prepared} by the published methods.

Formation of [Et4N]2[Te4Fe5(CO)14]. To a mixture of 0.239 g (0.296 mmol) of [Et4N]2[TeFe3(CO)9] and 0.100 g (0.148 mmol) of Te2Fe3(CO)9was added 20 mL of THF. After being stirred for 3 days at room temperature, the solution was filtered and solvent was removed under vacuum. The residue was washed with hexanes and ether and then extracted with CH2Cl2to give 0.110 g (0.076 mmol) of [Et4N]2[Te4Fe5(CO)14] (26% based on [Et4N]2[TeFe3(CO)9]). IR (νCO, MeCN) for [Et4N]2[Te4Fe5(CO)14]: 2025 w, 2008 s, 1975 vs, 1940 m cm-1_.

Formation of [Et4N]2[Te6Fe8(CO)24]. To a mixture of 0.100 g (0.069 mmol) of [Et4N]2[Te4Fe5(CO)14] and 0.086 g (0.127 mmol) of Te2Fe3(CO)9was added 40 mL of CH2Cl2. The solution turned reddish brown immediately and was filtered, and solvent was removed under vacuum. The residue was washed with hexanes and ether and then extracted with CH2Cl2to give 0.110 g (0.051 mmol) of [Et4N]2[Te6Fe8(CO)24] * To whom correspondence should be addressed.

†_{Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University.} ‡_{Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University.} §_{Instrumentation Center, National Taiwan University.}

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(74% based on [Et4N]2[Te4Fe5(CO)14]). IR (νCO, CH2Cl2) for [Et4N]2[Te6Fe8(CO)24]: 2026 s, 2004 vs, 1956 m (br) cm-1_.

Formation of [TMBA]2[Te10Fe8(CO)20]. To a mixture of 3.20 g (1.46 mmol) of [TMBA]2[Te6Fe8(CO)24] and 0.967 g (7.58 mmol) of Te powder was added 40 mL of THF. After being stirred and heated at 50 °C for 3 days, the solution was filtered and solvent was removed under vacuum. The residue was washed with hexanes and ether and then extracted with CH2Cl2to give 2.24 g (0.867 mmol) of [TMBA]2[Te10Fe8(CO)20] (60% based on [TMBA]2[Te6Fe8(CO)24]). IR (νCO, CH2Cl2): 2026 s, 2015 sh, 1979 s, 1924 w cm-1. Anal. Calcd (found) for [TMBA]2[Te10Fe8(CO)20]: C, 18.57 (18.59); H, 1.24 (1.44); N, 1.08 (0.95).

Reaction of [TMBA]2[Te10Fe8(CO)20] with

Na/Naphtha-lene. To a sample of 0.297 g (0.115 mmol) of [TMBA] 2[Te10-Fe8(CO)20] in 15 mL of THF was added 1.2 mL of a solution which was prepared from 0.349 g (0.015 mol) of Na and 1.94 g (0.015 mol) of naphthalene in 40 mL of THF. The mixed solution was stirred for 10 h and filtered, and solvent was removed under vacuum. The residue was washed with hex-anes and then extracted with CH2Cl2 to give 0.11 g (0.050 mmol) of [TMBA]2[Te6Fe8(CO)24] (43% based on [TMBA]2[Te10-Fe8(CO)20]). IR (νCO, CH2Cl2) for [TMBA]2[Te6Fe8(CO)24]: 2027 m, 2006 vs, 1959 m, br cm-1_.

Reaction of [TMBA]2[Te10Fe8(CO)20] with MeSO3CF3. To a sample of 0.203 g (0.079 mmol) of [TMBA]2[Te10Fe8(CO)20] in 10 mL of THF was added 0.04 mL (0.35 mmol) of MeSO3-CF3. The mixed solution was stirred for 3 h and filtered, and solvent was removed under vacuum. The residue was ex-tracted with hexanes to give the known butterfly complex 0.02 g (0.034 mmol) (Fe2(CO)6(µ-TeMe)2,11_{which was identified by} IR and mass spectroscopy.

Formation of [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)]. To a mixture of 0.774 g (0.300 mmol) of [TMBA]2[Te10Fe8(CO)20] and 0.369 g (0.300 mmol) of [Cu2(dppm)2(MeCN)4][BF4]2was added 30 mL of THF. After being stirred and heated at 50 °C for 40 h, the solution was filtered and solvent was removed under vacuum. The residue was washed with MeOH and ether and then extracted with THF to give 0.25 g (0.169 mmol) of [Te4-Fe4(CO)10(dppm)] (28%). IR (νCO, CH2Cl2) for [Te4Fe4(CO)10-(dppm)]: 2053 s, 2032 vs, 1994 vs, 1940 w cm-1. Anal. Calcd (found) for [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)]: C, 29.19 (29.10); H, 1.63 (1.81). 1_{H NMR (CDCl3, 298 K):} _{δ 7.55-7.22 (m, 20H), δ 4.04} (t, 2H, JP-H) 10 Hz). Mp: 319-320 °C dec. This complex is soluble in ether, CH2Cl2, and THF.

X-ray Structural Characterization of [Te4Fe4(CO)10

-(dppm)]‚CH2Cl2(1). A summary of selected crystallographic data for [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)]‚CH2Cl2(1) is given in Table 1. Data collection was carried out on a Nonius CAD-4 dif-fractometer using graphite-monochromated Mo KR radiation at 25 °C employing theθ/2θ scan mode. A ψ-scan absorption correction was made.12 _{The crystal was mounted on glass} fibers with epoxy cement. Data reduction and structural refinement were performed using the NRCC-SDP-VAX pack-ages,13_{and atomic scattering factors were taken from ref 14.} Reddish black crystals of 1 suitable for X-ray analysis were grown from hexane/CH2Cl2solutions. A total of 7842 unique reflections were collected and corrected for absorption and decay. The structure was solved by the heavy-atom method and refined by least-squares cycles. All non-hydrogen atoms were refined with anisotropic thermal parameters. Full-matrix least-squares refinement of 1 led to convergence with

R ) 3.4% and Rw) 3.2% for those reflections with I > 2.0

σ(I).

Selected bond distances and angles of 1 are listed in Table 2. Additional crystallographic data are available as Support-ing Information.

Results and Discussion

The previous study3,4 _{showed that the reaction of}

K2TeO3with 3 equiv of Fe(CO)5/KOH in MeOH led to

the formation of the open cluster [TeFe3(CO)12]2-, which

then decarbonylated to generate the tetrahedral com-plex [TeFe3(CO)9]2-. However, when K2TeO3 reacted

with 1 equiv of Fe(CO)5/KOH in MeOH, the large cluster

anion [Te6Fe8(CO)24]2- was formed.4 These results

indicated that the Te-Fe-CO system is very versatile, and different stoichiometries and subtle changes of the reaction conditions could give rise to different outcomes. These prompted us to explore the cluster transforma-tions and to attempt to elucidate the cluster growth processes in this system.

Cluster Growth Processes. The cluster growth processes are summarized in Scheme 1. When the tetrahedral cluster [TeFe3(CO)9]2-was treated with Te2

-Fe3(CO)9, the mediun-sized cluster [Te4Fe5(CO)14]2-was

obtained. One can envision [Te4Fe5(CO)14]2- to be

composed of the anion [Te2Fe2(CO)6]2-and one Te2Fe3

-(CO)9with the loss of one CO, which seems to have no

direct relevance to [TeFe3(CO)9]2- and Te2Fe3(CO)9.

Therefore, the formation of [Te4Fe5(CO)14]2- can be

regarded as resulting from complicated bond breakage and rearrangement processes. It was more interesting (11) Bachman, R. E.; Whitmire, K. H. Organometallics 1993, 12,

1988.

(12) North, A. C. T.; Philips, D. C.; Mathews, F. S. Acta Crystallogr. 1968, A24, 351.

(13) Gabe, E. J.; Le Page, Y.; Charland, J. P.; Lee, F. L.; White, P. S. J. Appl. Crystallogr. 1989, 22, 384.

(14) International Tables for X-ray Crystallography; Kynoch Press: Birmingham, England, 1974; Vol. IV.

Table 1. Selected Crystallographic Dataa_for [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)]‚CH2Cl2(1) empirical formula C36H24Cl2Fe4O10P2Te4

fw 1483.21

cryst syst triclinic

space group P1h a, Å 11.724(5) b, Å 13.836(5) c, Å 15.116(5) R, deg 84.97(3) β, deg 86.70(3) γ, deg 66.24(3) V, Å3 _2235(2) D(calcd), Mg m-3 2.204 abs coeff, cm-1 _40.837 Tmin/Tmax 0.90/1.00 residuals: R; Rwb 0.034; 0.032

a_{All data were obtained from a Nonius (CAD-4) diffractometer}

with Mo KR radiation (λ ) 0.7107 Å) at 25 °C.b_{The functions}

minimized during least-squares cycles were R )∑|Fo- Fc|/∑Fo and Rw) [∑w(Fo- Fc)2/∑w(Fo)2]1/2.

Table 2. Selected Bond Distances (Å) and Bond Angles (deg) for [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)]‚CH2Cl2(1)

(A) Distances Te(1)-Fe(1) 2.615(2) Te(1)-Fe(2) 2.607(2) Te(1)-Fe(3) 2.619(2) Te(2)-Fe(1) 2.620(2) Te(2)-Fe(2) 2.623(2) Te(2)-Fe(4) 2.608(2) Te(3)-Fe(1) 2.605(2) Te(3)-Fe(3) 2.619(2) Te(4)-Fe(2) 2.621(2) Te(4)-Fe(3) 2.621(2) Te(4)-Fe(4) 2.613(2) Te(3)-Fe(4) 2.625(2) (B) Bond Angles Fe(1)-Te(1)-Fe(2) 92.95(6) Fe(1)-Te(1)-Fe(3) 97.88(6) Fe(2)-Te(1)-Fe(3) 97.40(5) Fe(1)-Te(2)-Fe(2) 92.47(6) Fe(1)-Te(2)-Fe(4) 96.66(5) Fe(2)-Te(2)-Fe(4) 98.64(6) Fe(1)-Te(3)-Fe(3) 98.14(6) Fe(1)-Te(3)-Fe(4) 96.60(5) Fe(3)-Te(3)-Fe(4) 95.51(6) Fe(2)-Te(4)-Fe(3) 96.99(5) Fe(2)-Te(4)-Fe(4) 98.55(6) Fe(3)-Te(4)-Fe(4) 95.71(6) Te(1)-Fe(1)-Te(2) 86.23(5) Te(1)-Fe(1)-Te(3) 82.04(5)

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to note that when [Te4Fe5(CO)14]2-further reacted with

Te2Fe3(CO)9, the large cluster [Te6Fe8(CO)24]2- was

cleanly yielded. This cluster growth process is quite reasonable, because [Te6Fe8(CO)24]2- can be

approxi-mately viewed as one [Te4Fe5(CO)14]2- anion and one

Te2Fe3(CO)9.

Utilizing this methodology, we wondered whether the larger cluster can be obtained when [Te6Fe8(CO)24]

2-was treated with Te2Fe3(CO)9or Te or other Fe sources.

This is indeed the case. When [Te6Fe8(CO)24]2- was

treated with 4 equiv of Te, the double-cubic cluster [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2- was obtained in good yield. The

double-cubic cluster was previously reported to be generated from the reaction of Fe(CO)5with “Zintl” ion

Te42-and excess Te. The route we describe here from

[Te6Fe8(CO)24]2-to [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2-is convenient and

high yielding. From a structural viewpoint, there is no obvious relationship between these two clusters; how-ever, the structural transformation is possible by ad-justment of the appropriate stoichiometry.

In this study, the facile processes of the cluster growth from the small [TeFe3(CO)9]2- to the large [Te10Fe8

-(CO)20]2-are established. Other types of cluster

expan-sion processes have been seen in our previous studies of Se-Fe and E-Mn (E ) S, Se) systems.15,16 _{In this}

case, larger cluster skeletons are observed probably due to the greater size of the Te atom. The results all

indicate that the cluster formation is gradual and may be predictable and also provide some useful information on further cluster expansion reactions.

Reactivity of [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2-. Since the

double-cubic cluster [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2-is structurally interesting

and can be obtained easily from [Te6Fe8(CO)24]2-,

further reactivity studies of [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2- were

therefore carried out. It was found that [Te10Fe8(CO)20]

2-can be reconverted to [Te6Fe8(CO)24]2-upon reduction

with Na/naphthalene (eq 1). To test the basic sites of

[Te6Fe8(CO)24]2-, we treated [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2-with the

methylation agent MeSO3CF3. However, the reaction

proceeded with severe bond breakage and formation to give the known butterfly complex11_Fe

2(CO)6(µ-TeMe)2.

When [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2-was treated with [Cu2(dppm)2

-(MeCN)4][BF4]2, the dppm-bridged cubic cluster [Te-4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)] (1) was obtained (eq 2). Cluster 1

can be considered to result from the oxidative fragmen-tation of [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2-by the Cu(I) complex followed

by the chelation of the dppm ligand. Direct reaction of [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2- with dppm failed to produce cluster

1.

The reactivity investigation showed that the double-cubic cluster tended to undergo fragmentation to give the cubic or even smaller fragments depending upon the incoming reagents. However, the potential of [Te10Fe8

-(CO)20]2-to serve as a cubic precursor is promising, and

further study of its cluster expansion is now in progress. Structure of [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)]‚CH2Cl2 (1).

[Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)] was structurally characterized by

single-crystal X-ray diffraction. As shown in Figure 1, (15) Shieh, M.; Shieh, M.-H.; Tsai, Y.-C.; Ueng, C.-H. Inorg. Chem. 1995, 34, 5088.

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Scheme 1

Figure 1. ORTEP diagram showing the structure and

atom labeling for 1.

[Te6Fe8(CO)24]

2-_{\}4Te

Na/naphthalene [Te10Fe8(CO)20]

2-(1)

[Te₁₀Fe₈(CO)₂₀]2-+ [Cu₂(dppm)₂(MeCN)₄][BF₄]₂f [Te4Fe4(CO)10(dppm)] (2)

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the Te4Fe4core exhibits a cubic geometry with the dppm

ligand bridging across two Fe atoms. Each iron atom in 1 is octahedrally coordinated and obeys the 18-electron count. The Te-Fe distance averages 2.616 Å and is close to those of the structurally related double-cubic cluster [Te10Fe8(CO)20]2- (2.62 Å) and the cubic

clusters [Te4Fe4(SPh)4]3-(2.63 Å),17[Te4Fe4(TePh)4]

3-(2.622 Å),18_{and [Te}

4Fe4(SiPr)4]3-(2.627 Å).19 In 1, the

internal angles in the Te4Fe4 cube are between 82.04

and 98.64°, close to 90°, indicative of a slight distortion

from the ideal cube. This is different from the previ-ously characterized cubes [Te4Fe4(EPh)4]3- (E ) S,

Te),17,18_{which contain angles deviating greatly from 90°,}

probably due to the bridging effect of the dppm ligand on the cubic structure.

Acknowledgment. We thank the National Science Council of the Republic of China for financial support (Grant No. NSC-87-2113-M-003-001).

Supporting Information Available: Complete listings

of crystallographic data, atomic positional parameters, bond distances and angles, and anisotropic thermal parameters of cluster 1 (7 pages). Ordering information is given on any current masthead page.

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