Complex [PPN][{Ni(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)}2(C3H3N2)] (1) was synthesized by reaction of [PPN][NiIII(Cl)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)] and [Na][Im] in 1:1 moalr ratio in THF solution. Complex 1 was an asymmetry of the imidazolate-bridged dinuclear nickel(III) complex, and the geometry of the Ni center is a five-coordinate distorted trignoal bipyramidal. A THF solution of 2,6-lutidine–HBF4 was added dropwise to a THF solution of complex 1 at room temperature under a N2 atmosphere to yield [NiIII(C3H4N2)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)] (2). The reaction of [PPN][BH4] and [NiIII(C3H4N2)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)] in 1:1 moalr ratio in THF-CH3CN solution led to [PPN][NiII(C3H4N2)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)] (3). Single-crystal X-ray structures of complexes 2 and 3 are essentially isostructural. The complex 2 could not undergo reductive elimination under CO atomosphere to produce [PPN][NiII(CO)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)] because of the terminal imidazole ligand of complex 2 is a poor electron donating ligand, and the Ni(III) center of complex 2 is electron deficient. However, complex 3 could undergo ligand displacement reaction with exogenous CO to generate [PPN][NiII(CO)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)].
以1:1的比例將[PPN][NiIII(Cl)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)]和[Na][Im]溶於 THF-CH3CN中,生成[PPN][{Ni(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)}2(C3H3N2)] (1),化合物1屬於不對稱Ni雙核的imidaolate橋接化合物,其兩個Ni金屬中心皆為五配位扭曲的雙三角錐結構。 以微量針筒取2,6-lutidine與HBF4溶於10 ml THF中,於室溫、氮氣下慢慢滴加至化合物1,形成[NiIII(C3H4N2)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)] (2)。以等比例[NiIII(C3H4N2)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)]、[PPN][BH4]溶在THF-CH3CN中,還原成[PPN][NiII(C3H4N2)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)] (3)。由晶體結構知化合物2與化合物3為重要的isostructure皆為五配位扭曲的雙三角錐結構。 化合物2其imidazole ligand為供給電子能力較弱的配位子,Ni(III)中心缺電子,在CO的環境下無法行還原脫去產生[PPN][NiII(CO)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)] 化合物,化合物3則在CO的環境下可直接作配位子的取代反應產生[PPN][NiII(CO)(P(o-C6H3-3-SiMe3-2-S)3)]。