Dihydrogen complex

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Formation and equilibrium structures of metal dihydrogen and dihydride complexes (L = ligand)

Dihydrogen complexes are

octahedral geometry
.

Upon complexation, the H−H bond is extended to 0.81–0.82 Å as indicated by neutron diffraction, about a 10% extension relative to the H−H bond in free H2. Some complexes containing multiple hydrogen ligands, i.e. polyhydrides, also exhibit short H−H contacts. It has been suggested that distances < 1.00 Å indicates significant dihydrogen character, where separations > 1 Å are better described as dihydride complexes (see figure).

Characterization

An often studied dihydrogen complex of iron, [HFe(H2)(dppe)2]+.

The usual method for characterization is 1H

spin-spin coupling, JHD, is a useful indicator of the strength of the bond between the hydrogen and deuterium in HD complexes. For example, JHD is 43.2 Hz in HD but 33.5 Hz in W(HD)(CO)3(PiPr3)2. Dihydrogen complexes typically have shorter 1H-spin-lattice relaxation times than the corresponding dihydrides.[2]

An ideal if nontrivial method of characterization of dihydrogen complexes is

X-rays
, complicates the analysis.

The triangular MH2 subunit has six normal modes of vibration, one of which is mainly of νH−H character. In free H2, this very strong bond absorbs at 4300 cm−1, whereas in dihydrogen complexes the frequency drops to around 2800 cm−1.

Synthesis

Two preparation methods involve the direct reactions with H2 gas. The first entails the addition of H2 to an unsaturated metal center, as originally reported for W(CO)3(P-i-Pr3)2(H2). In such cases, the unsaturated complex in fact features an agostic interaction that is displaced by the H2.

In other cases, H2 will displace anionic ligands, sometimes even halides. Treatment of chlorobis(dppe)iron hydride with sodium tetrafluorborate under an atmosphere of hydrogen is one example:[3]

HFeCl(dppe)2 + NaBF4 + H2 → [HFe(H2)(dppe)2][BF4] + NaCl

Many metal hydrides can be protonated to give dihydrogen complexes:[4]

H2Fe(dppe)2 + H+ → [HFe(H2)(dppe)2]+

In such cases, the acid usually is derived from a

weakly coordinating anion, e.g., Brookhart's acid
.

History

In 1984, Kubas et al. discovered that the addition of H2 to the purple-colored species M(CO)3(PR3)2 gave a yellow precipitate of mer-trans-M(CO)3(PR3)2(H2) (M = Mo or W; R = cyclohexyl, iso-propyl).

dppe)2]+.[7] Kubas et al.'s findings also led to a reevaluation of previously described compounds. For example, the complex "RuH4(PPh3
)3" described in 1968 was reformulated as a dihydrogen complex.

See also

References

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  2. doi:10.1021/ar00172a001
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  3. doi:10.1021/ed073p988
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  5. doi:10.1021/ja00314a049
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  6. doi:10.1021/ja00294a030
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  7. doi:10.1021/ja00305a071
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