Abstract:
The aim of this study was the investigation of reactions of the Chloro-imido complex Cl3VNCl with Lewis acids and bases, and its function as a nitride transferring compound.
By reacting Cl3VNCl with triphenyl-phosphane, K.-P. Lörcher synthesised Cl3(PPh3)VNCl, but did not produce single crystals of the product, and was therefore only able to characterize it with powder X-ray diffractometry. The first part of this thesis details the attempts to generate single crystals of Cl3(PPh3)VNCl from a solid state reaction of Cl3VNCl with PMe2Ph. These attempts resulted in [VCl4][(PPh3)2N] and VNCl2(OPPh3)2.
The next section of this thesis describes the reaction of Cl3VNCl with PMe2Ph. PMe2Ph was chosen as it is less basic than PMe2Ph. The reaction of Cl3VNCl with PMe2Ph in an ampoule at elevated temperature afforded [VCl4(PMe2Ph)2][HPMe2Ph]. The room temperature reaction of PMe2Ph with Cl3VNCl resulted in VCl3[(PMe2Ph)2(OPMe2Ph)] beeing isolated as well as the ionic complex HPMe2PhCl.
Further reactions investigated the influence of pyridine, and other coordinating solvents, on the Cl3VNCl complex. These reactions lead to the product V(µ-N)Cl2(py)2 beeing synthesised and characterized.
The reaction of Cl3VNCl and PPh3 in THF afforded the complex [VCl4(THF)2][PPh3O].
The reaction of Cl3VNCl with Lewis acids, in the form of metal halogens, was also investigated. Rhenium pentachloride was reacted with Cl3VNCl, affording ReNCl4, which was structurally characterized. The X-ray analysis was repeated, this time affording a different result. It was therefore suggested that Cl3VNCl could be isolated as an intermediary product from the reaction of ReCl5 with VN. This reaction resulted in the isolation and characterisation of ReNCl4 H2O.
The last section describes the reaction of Cl3VNCl with the Lewis acid, Cu(PPh3)3BF4. This reaction afforded the complex VCl2(OPPh3)4 CuCl2.