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Reaction of the palladium(II) and platinum(II) isocyanide complexes cis-[MCl2(CNR)2] [M = Pd, R = C6H3(2,6-Me2) (Xyl), 2-Cl-6-MeC6H3, cyclohexyl (Cy), t-Bu, C(Me)2CH2(Me)3 (1,1,3,3-tetramethylbuth-1-yl abbreviated as tmbu); M = Pt, R = Xyl, 2-Cl-6-MeC6H3, Cy, t-Bu, and tmbu] with N,N'-diphenylguanidine (DPG) leads to DPG-derived metal-bound deprotonated acyclic diaminocarbene (ADC) species. This reaction occurs via a two-step process, involving the initial coupling of the guanidine with one of the isocyanides and leading to deprotonated monocarbene monochelated species, while the next addition grants the deprotonated bis-carbene bis-chelated metal compounds. DPG behaves as nucleophile, deprotonating base, and chelator. The addition of DPG proceeded with different regioselectivity depending on the metal center and, in a larger extent, on the substituent R in RNCs. The X-ray diffraction studies for the deprotonated mono- and bis-carbene complexes confirmed the regioisomerism of these species and allowed the identification of ADC protolytic forms stabilized in the solid-state. 1D (1H and 13C{1H}) and 2D (1H,1H-NOESY; 1H,15N-HSQC; 1H,15N-HMBC) solution NMR of the obtained systems demonstrated their configuration isomerism accompanied by prototropic tautomerism. Together, the solid-state and solution data provide an insight into the flexible character of ADC species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The reaction between equimolar amounts of the isocyanide complexes [AuCl3(CNR)] [R = 2,6-Me2C6H3 (Xyl), 1a; 2,4,6-Me3C6H2 (Mes), 1b; Cy, 1c; t-Bu, 1d] and tetrabutylammonium azide (2) proceeds in CH2Cl2 at room temperature for ~10 min to furnish the gold(III) tetrazolates [n-Bu4N][AuCl3(CN4R)] (3a-d), which were obtained in 89-95% yields after purification. Subsequent reaction between equimolar amounts of 3a-d and methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (MeOTf) proceeds in CH2Cl2 at -70 °C for ~30 min to give the corresponding gold(III) complexes [AuCl3(CaN(Me)N2NbR)]a-b (5a-d) bearing 1,4-disubstituted tetrazol-5-ylidene ligands (69-75%). Complexes 3a-d were obtained as pale-yellow solids and characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), HRESI--MS, FTIR, and ¹H and 13C{¹H} NMR spectroscopies. Complexes 5a-d were obtained as colorless solids and characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), HRESI+-MS, and 1D (¹H and 13C{¹H}) and 2D (¹H,13C-HMBC) NMR spectroscopies. In addition, the structures of 3a, 3b, 3c, and 5a were established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Analysis of the Wiberg bond indices (WI) for gas phase-optimized model structures of 3a-c and 5a computed using the natural bond orbital (NBO) partitioning scheme disclosed a higher degree of electron density delocalization in the CN4 moiety of carbene 5a when compared to tetrazolate 3a-c. Results of DFT calculations for a model system reveal that the mechanism for the cycloaddition of an azide to the isocyanide ligand in [AuCl3(CNMe)] is stepwise and involves nucleophilic attack of N3- on the N atom of CNMe followed by ring closure. The addition is both kinetically and thermodynamically favorable and occurs via the formation of an acyclic NNNCN intermediate, whereas the cyclization is the rate-determining step. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The dihalomethane-halide H2C(X)-X···X- (X = Cl, Br) halogen bonding was detected in a series of the cis-[PdX(CNCy){C(NHCy) NHC6H2Me2NH2}]X•CH2X2 (X = Cl, Br) associates by single-crystal XRD followed by DFT calculations. Although ESP calculations demonstrated that the σ-hole of dichloromethane is the smallest among all halomethane solvents (the maximum electrostatic potential is only 2.6 kcal/mol), the theoretical DFT calculations followed by Bader's QTAIM analysis (M06/DZP-DKH level of theory) confirmed the H2C(X)-X···X- halogen bond in both the solid-state and gas-phase optimized geometries. The estimated bonding energy in H2C(X)-X···X- is in the 1.9-2.8 kcal/mol range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The reaction of cis-[PdCl2(CNXyl)2] (Xyl = 2,6-Me2C6H3) with various 1,3-thiazol- and 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amines in chloroform gives a mixture of two regioisomeric binuclear diaminocarbene complexes. For 1,3-thiazol-2-amines the isomeric ratio depends on the reaction conditions and kinetically (KRs) or thermodynamically (TRs) controlled regioisomers were obtained at room temperature and on heating, respectively. In CHCl3 solutions, the isomers are subject to reversible isomerization accompanied by the cleavage of Pd–N and C–N bonds in the carbene fragment XylNCN(R)Xyl. Results of DFT calculations followed by the topological analysis of the electron density distribution within the formalism of Bader’s theory (AIM method) reveal that in CHCl3 solution the relative stability of the regioisomers (ΔGexp = 1.2 kcal/mol; ΔGcalcd = 3.2 kcal/mol) is determined by the energy difference between two types of the intramolecular chalcogen bonds, viz. S···Cl in KRs (2.8–3.0 kcal/mol) and S···N in TRs (4.6–5.3 kcal/mol). In the case of the 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amines, the regioisomers are formed in approximately equal amounts and, accordingly, the energy difference between these species is only 0.1 kcal/mol in terms of ΔGexp (ΔGcalcd = 2.1 kcal/mol). The regioisomers were characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), HRESI+-MS and FTIR, 1D (1H, 13C{1H}) and 2D (1H,1H-COSY, 1H,1H-NOESY, 1H,13C-HSQC, 1H,13C-HMBC) NMR spectroscopies, and structures of six complexes (three KRs and three TRs) were elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Treatment of gold(III)-isocyanides [AuCl3(CNR¹)] (R¹ = Xyl 1, Cy 2, But 3) with an equimolar amount of 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (4) in CH2Cl2 at −74 °C leads to the generation of the heterocyclic aminocarbene species [AuCl3{C(ONaCMe2CH2CH2CbH)NeR¹}(Na-Cb)(Cb-Ne)] 8 (for R¹ = But) or gold(III) complexes cis-[AuCl2{Na(CMe2CH2CH2CbNeR¹)CdO}(NaCb)(Ne-Cd)] 9 and 10 (for R¹ = Xyl and Cy) in good isolated yields (75-87%). DFT calculations show that deprotonation of the endocyclic CH group in the carbene ligand leads to spontaneous N-O bond cleavage, and acidity of this group is a factor controlling the different chemical behavior of 1-3 depending on the nature of substituent R¹. The reaction of equimolar amounts of the aldonitrone p-TolCHN+(Me)O- (5) or the ketonitrones Ph2CN+(R²)O- (R² = Ph 6, CH2Ph 7) with 1-3 in CD2Cl2 at −70 °C in air (or under N2) revealed the formation of the carbene complexes [AuCl3{C(ONMeCaH-p-Tol)NbR¹}(Ca-Nb)] (R¹ = Cy 11, Xyl 12, But 13), [AuCl3{C(ONPhCaPh2)NbR¹}(Ca-Nb)] (R¹ = Cy 14, But 15), or [AuCl3{C(ON(CH2Ph)CaPh2)NbR¹}(Ca-Nb)] (R¹ = Cy 16, Xyl 17), as studied by ¹H NMR. The reaction of 6 with 1 and of 7 with 3 did not furnish carbene products. Compounds 8-10 were characterized by ESI-MS, IR, 1D (¹H, 13C{H}) and 2D (¹H,¹H-COSY, ¹H,13C-HSQC, ¹H,13C-HMBC) NMR spectroscopic techniques, and, only for 8, elemental analyses (C, H, N), while compounds 11-17 were characterized by 1D (¹H, 13C{H}) and 2D (¹H,13C-HSQC) NMR. Structures of compounds 8, 9, and 13 were additionally established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coupling of the palladium-bis(isocyanide) complexes cis-[PdCl2(CNR)2] (R = 2,6-Me2C6H3 1, 2-Cl-6-MeC6H3 2) with benzene-1,3-diamine (BDA1) leads to the diaminocarbene species cis-[PdCl2(CNR){C(NHR)═NH(1,3-C6H4NH2)}] (5 and 6, respectively). In this reaction, BDA1 behaves as a monofunctional nucleophile that adds to one of the RNC ligands by one amino group. By contrast, the reaction of 1 and 2 with benzene-1,4-diamine (BDA2) involves both amino functionalities of the diamine and leads to the binuclear species [cis-PdCl2(CNR){μ-C(NHR)═NH(1,4-C6H4)NH═C(NHR)}-(cis)-PdCl2(CNR)] (6 and 7) featuring two 1,4-bifunctional diaminocarbene ligands. The reaction of cis-[PdCl2(CNR)2] (R = cyclohexyl 3) with either BDA1 or BDA2 does not afford any isolable carbene derivatives. The most versatile chemistry was observed when 1-3 were treated with benzene-1,2-diamine (BDA3) and the relevant substituted 1,2-diamines, viz., 4,5-dimethylbenzene-1,2-diamine (BDA4) and 4,5-dichlorobenzene-1,2-diamine (BDA5). The addition of these diamines brings about the formation of the monocarbene cationic complexes cis-[PdCl(CNR){C(NHR)═NHC6H2X2NH2}]Cl (X = H, Me, Cl) (8-16), the Chugaev-type C,C-bound bis-carbenes cis-[PdCl2{C(NHR)═NHC6H2X2NH═C(NHR)}] (17, 18), and the bis(C,N-chelated)carbene complexes cis-[Pd{C(NHR)═NHC6H2X2NH2}2]Cl2 (19-24). All prepared complexes (with the exception of 17 and 18) were isolated as colorless or pale yellow solids and characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), HRESI±-MS, IR, 1H and 13C{1H} NMR spectroscopies, and 4, 7, 13, 16, and 24 by X-ray diffraction. Complexes 17 and 18 were characterized by HRESI±-MS and IR spectroscopy, and their structures were established by X-ray crystallography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The reaction between the equimolar amounts of cis-[PdCl2(CNR¹)2] (R¹ = cyclohexyl (Cy) (1), tBu (2)) and the carbohydrazides R²CONHNH2 (R² = Ph (5), 4-ClC6H4 (6), 3-NO2C6H4 (7), 4-NO2C6H4 (8), 4-CH3C6H4 (9), 3,4-(MeO)2C6H3 (10), naphth-1-yl (11), fur-2-yl (12), 4-NO2C6H4CH2 (13), Cy (14), 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-oxopyrrolidin-3-yl (15), (pyrrolidin-1-yl)C(O) (16)) proceeds in refluxing CHCl3 for ca. 4 h. A subsequent workup provided the aminocarbene species cis-[PdCl2{C(NHNHC(O)R²)═N(H)R¹}(CNR¹)] (18-33) in good to excellent (80-95%) isolated yields. The coupling of equimolar amounts of cis-[PdCl2(CNR¹)2] (R¹ = Cy (1), tBu (2), 2,6-Me2C6H3 (Xyl) (3), 2-Cl-6-MeC6H3 (4)) and PhSO2NHNH2 (17) occurs similarly and affords the aminocarbenes cis-[PdCl2{C(NHNHS(O)2Ph)═N(H)R¹}(CNR¹)] (34-37; 60-90%). Complexes 18-37 were characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), ESI+-MS, IR, and 1D (¹H, 13C{¹H}) and 2D (¹H,¹H-COSY, ¹H,13C-HMQC/¹H,13C-HSQC, ¹H,13C-HMBC) NMR spectroscopy, as well as by X-ray diffraction for three species (34, 37, and 38). The catalytic properties of 18-37 in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling in aqueous medium were evaluated, and 18-37 showed remarkable activity (0.001-0.01 mol % catalyst loading). The scope of the catalytic process covers sterically unhindered and sterically demanding aryl bromides and aryl iodides bearing donor and/or acceptor substituents and activated aryl chlorides. All organohalides reacted with a range of arylboronic acids at 80 °C within 2 h (100 °C and 3 h for the chlorides), providing target diaryls in yields up to 99% and with maximum TONs of 9.9 × 10³ (for aryl iodides), 4.7 × 104 (for aryl bromides), and 9.2 × 10³ (for aryl chlorides). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Metal-mediated self-assembly of isocyanides and methyl 4-aminopyrimidine-5-carboxylate leads to luminescent Pd II and Pt II complexes featuring C,N-cyclometalated acyclic diaminocarbene (ADC) ligands. The solid-state luminescent properties of these diaminocarbene derivatives are attributed to their triplet-state metal/metal-to-ligand charge-transfer ( 3 MMLCT) nature, which is driven by attractive intermolecular M···M interactions further reinforced by the intramolecular π-π interactions even in the structure of the Pd compound, which is the first Pd-ADC phosphor reported.

Two isostructural trans -[MI 2 (CNXyl) 2 ]·I 2 (M = Pd or Pt; CNXyl = 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide) metallopolymeric cocrystals containing uncommon bifurcated iodine···(metal-iodide) contact were obtained. In addition to classical halogen bonding, single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed a rare type of metal-involved stabilizing contact in both cocrystals. The nature of the noncovalent contact was studied computationally (via DFT, electrostatic surface potential, electron localization function, quantum theory of atoms in molecules, and noncovalent interactions plot methods). Studies confirmed that the I···I halogen bond is the strongest noncovalent interaction in the systems, followed by weaker I···M interaction. The electrophilic and nucleophilic nature of atoms participating in I···M interaction was studied with ED/ESP minima analysis. In trans -[PtI 2 (CNXyl) 2 ]·I 2 cocrystal, Pt atoms act as weak nucleophiles in I···Pt interaction. In the case of trans -[PdI 2 (CNXyl) 2 ]·I 2 cocrystal, electrophilic/nucleophilic roles of Pd and I are not clear, and thus the quasimetallophilic nature of the I···Pd interaction was suggested.

A new application for bis(cyclometalated) iridium(III) species containing ancillary acyclic diaminocarbene ligands, viz. for sensing of mercury(II) ions, is disclosed. A family of bis(cyclometalated) iridium(III) species supported by both parent isocyanide and acyclic diaminocarbene ligands was prepared, and their electrochemical and photophysical properties were evaluated, revealing efficient blue-green phosphorescence in solution with quantum yields of up to 55%. We uncovered that the photophysical properties of these complexes are dramatically altered by the presence of metal ions and that the complex [Ir(ppy) 2 (CN){C(NH 2 )(NHC 6 H 4 -4-X)}] with an ADC ligand reacts selectively with Hg 2+ ions, enabling its use for sensing of mercury(II) ions in solution. The limit of detection was as low as 2.63 × 10 -7 M, and additional mechanistic studies indicated the formation of an unusual dinuclear iridium(III) cyclometalated intermediate, bridged by a mercury dicyano fragment as a driving force of mercury sensing.

The reaction of cis-[PdCl 2 (CNCy) 2 ] (1) with thiazol-2-amines (2-10) leads to the C,N-chelated diaminocarbene-like complexes [PdCl{ C(N(H)4,5-R 2 -thiazol-2-yl)NHCy}(CNCy)] (11-14; 82-91%) in the case of 4,5-R 2 -thiazol-2-amines (R, R = H, H (2), Me, Me (3), -(CH 2 ) 4 - (4)) and benzothiazol-2-amine (5) or gives the diaminocarbene species cis-[PdCl 2 {C(N(H)Cy)N(H)4-R-thiazol-2-yl}(CNCy)] (15-19; 73-93%) for the reaction with 4-aryl-substituted thiazol-2-amines (R = Ph (6), 4-MeC 6 H 4 (7), 4-FC 6 H 4 (8), 4-ClC 6 H 4 (9), 3,4-F 2 C 6 H 3 (10)). Inspection of the single-crystal X-ray diffraction data for 15-17 and 19 suggests that the structures of all these species exhibit previously unrecognized bifurcated chalcogen-hydrogen bonding μ (S,N-H) Cl and also Pd II ···Pd II metallophilic interactions. These noncovalent interactions collectively connect two symmetrically located molecules of 15-17 and 19, resulting in their solid-state dimerization. The existence of the μ (S,N-H) Cl system and its strength (6-9 kcal/mol) were additionally verified/estimated by a Hirshfeld surface analysis and DFT calculations combined with a topological analysis of the electron density distribution within the formalism of Bader's theory (AIM method) and NBO analysis. The observed noncovalent interactions are jointly responsible for the dimerization of 15-19 not only in the solid phase but also in CHCl 3 solutions, as predicted theoretically by DFT calculations and confirmed experimentally by FTIR, HRESI-MS, 1 H NMR, and diffusion coefficient NMR measurements. Available CCDC data were processed under the new moiety angle, and the observed μ (S,E-H) Cl systems were classified accordingly to E (E = N, O, C) type atoms.

The reaction of cis-[PdCl 2 (CNXyl) 2 ] (Xyl = 2,6-Me 2 C 6 H 3 ) with various 1,3-thiazol- and 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amines in chloroform gives a mixture of two regioisomeric binuclear diaminocarbene complexes. For 1,3-thiazol-2-amines the isomeric ratio depends on the reaction conditions and kinetically (KRs) or thermodynamically (TRs) controlled regioisomers were obtained at room temperature and on heating, respectively. In CHCl 3 solutions, the isomers are subject to reversible isomerization accompanied by the cleavage of Pd-N and C-N bonds in the carbene fragment XylNCN(R)Xyl. Results of DFT calculations followed by the topological analysis of the electron density distribution within the formalism of Bader's theory (AIM method) reveal that in CHCl 3 solution the relative stability of the regioisomers (ΔG exp = 1.2 kcal/mol; ΔG calcd = 3.2 kcal/mol) is determined by the energy difference between two types of the intramolecular chalcogen bonds, viz. S···Cl in KRs (2.8-3.0 kcal/mol) and S···N in TRs (4.6-5.3 kcal/mol). In the case of the 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amines, the regioisomers are formed in approximately equal amounts and, accordingly, the energy difference between these species is only 0.1 kcal/mol in terms of ΔG exp (ΔG calcd = 2.1 kcal/mol). The regioisomers were characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), HRESI + -MS and FTIR, 1D ( 1 H, 13 C{ 1 H}) and 2D ( 1 H, 1 H-COSY, 1 H, 1 H-NOESY, 1 H, 13 C-HSQC, 1 H, 13 C-HMBC) NMR spectroscopies, and structures of six complexes (three KRs and three TRs) were elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.