Synthesis of a rhodium(III) dinitrogen complex using a calix[4]arene-based diphosphine ligand

Jack Emerson-King; Sudip Pan; Matthew R Gyton; Ralf Tonner-Zech; Adrian B Chaplin

doi:10.1039/d2cc06837k

Synthesis of a rhodium(III) dinitrogen complex using a calix[4]arene-based diphosphine ligand

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Feb 16;59(15):2150-2152. doi: 10.1039/d2cc06837k.

Authors

Jack Emerson-King¹, Sudip Pan², Matthew R Gyton¹, Ralf Tonner-Zech², Adrian B Chaplin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. a.b.chaplin@warwick.ac.uk.
² Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstraße 2, Leipzig, D-04103, Germany.

Abstract

The synthesis and characterisation of the rhodium(III) dinitrogen complex [Rh(2,2'-biphenyl)(CxP₂)(N₂)]⁺ are described, where CxP₂ is a trans-spanning calix[4]arene-based diphosphine and the dinitrogen ligand is projected into the cavity of the macrocycle.