In crystallo lattice adaptivity triggered by solid-gas reactions of cationic group 7 pincer complexes

Joe C Goodall; M Arif Sajjad; Emily A Thompson; Samuel J Page; Adam M Kerrigan; Huw T Jenkins; Jason M Lynam; Stuart A Macgregor; Andrew S Weller

doi:10.1039/d3cc03201a

In crystallo lattice adaptivity triggered by solid-gas reactions of cationic group 7 pincer complexes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Sep 7;59(72):10749-10752. doi: 10.1039/d3cc03201a.

Authors

Joe C Goodall¹, M Arif Sajjad², Emily A Thompson¹, Samuel J Page³, Adam M Kerrigan⁴, Huw T Jenkins¹, Jason M Lynam¹, Stuart A Macgregor², Andrew S Weller¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
² Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
³ Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
⁴ The York-JEOL Nanocentre, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5BR, UK.

Abstract

The group 7 complexes [M(κ³-2,6-(R₂PO)₂C₅H₃N)(CO)₂L][BAr^F₄] [M = Mn, R = ⁱPr, L = THF; M = Re, R = ^tBu, L = vacant site] undergo in crystallo solid-gas reactivity with CO to form the products of THF substitution or CO addition respectively. There is a large, local, adaptive change of [BAr^F₄] anions for M = Mn, whereas for M = Re the changes are smaller and also remote to the site of reactivity.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom