metal-organic compounds
Tetra-μ3-tert-butanolato-tetrathallium(I)
aInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
*Correspondence e-mail: bolte@chemie.uni-frankfurt.de
The title compound, [Tl4(C4H9O)4], featuring a (Tl—O)4 cube, crystallizes with a quarter-molecule (located on a special position of ..) and a half-molecule (located on a special position of 23.) in the The Tl—O bond distances range from 2.463 (12) to 2.506 (12) Å. All O—Tl—O bond angles are smaller than 90° whereas the Tl—O—Tl angles are wider than a rectangular angle.
Related literature
For the use of bulky silyl chalcogenolate ligands of the type ESiR3− and alkyl chalcogenolates E(alkyl)− (E = O, S, Se, Te) with especially bulky to stabilize transition metal centres, see: Wolczanski (2009); Kückmann et al. (2005, 2008, 2010). For substitution reactions of transition metal atoms, see: Kern et al. (2008); Lerner et al. (2002, 2005). The title compound was prepared according to a slightly changed published procedure, see: Schmidbaur et al. (1968).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2001); cell X-AREA; data reduction: X-AREA; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: XP (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.
Supporting information
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contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810047550/kj2165Isup2.hkl
In a flame-dried vial 1.1 ml thallium ethoxide (3.77 g, 15.1 mmol) was added to 1.70 g potassium tert-butoxide (15.1 mmol) in 50 ml benzene. After flame-sealing, the vial was heated to 80 °C for four days. The vial was opened, the crude reaction mixture filtered hot under an nitrogen atmosphere, the solid residue was washed with 20 ml benzene and the combined filtrates evaporated to dryness. The remaining colorless solid was suspended in ether and allowed to settle. A sample of the supernatant was transferred to a flame-dried Schlenk vessel and stored at -35°C. After two days colorless crystals of the composition [TlOtBu]4 deposited and were separated from the mother liquor (Yield 15%).
H atoms were located in a difference map, but geometrically positioned and refined using a riding model with fixed individual displacement parameters [U(H) = 1.5 Ueq(C)] and with C—H = 0.98 Å.
In a number of recent studies bulky silyl chalcogenolate ligands of the type ESiR3- and alkyl chalcogenolates E(alkyl)- (E = O, S, Se, Te) with especially bulky σ- and 4 π-electrons) comparable with Cp- is thus fulfilled. One approach is to create such complexes by substitution reactions of transition metal halogenides with alkali metal as M+[OC(CH3)3]- or alkali metal siloxides M+[OSiR3]- (Kern et al. 2008; Lerner et al. 2005, 2002). In most cases the reactions that occur between alkali metal and transition metal halides are not quantitative. Another approach to complexes with chalcogen coordination is to start from thallium which react almost quantitatively with transition metal chlorides due to the poor solubility of TlCl. In this paper we report the synthesis and the of [TlOtBu]4. The title compound [TlOtBu]4 was prepared according to a slightly changed published procedure (Schmidbaur et al. 1968), as shown in Fig. 2. The following modifications have been made in our approach: thallium ethoxide was used instead of thallium methoxide and potassium tert-butoxide was substituted for sodium tert-butoxide.
have been used to stabilize transition metal centers (Wolczanski, 2009; Kückmann et al. 2005, 2008, 2010). In macromolecular chemistry, these ligands have also found application. Chalcogen-based ligands offer a variety of possible binding modes. Chalcogenolates are often found bridging two or more metal ions. Normally, transition metal complexes possess 6 e- thiolate ligands in a µ3-binding mode. Recently, however, we have shown that the anion of the mixed-valence Mn(I/II) complex Na(thf)6[(OC)3Mn(µ-SSitBu3)3MnSSitBu3] contains a terminal thiolate ligand with a linear Mn—S—Si unit (Kückmann et al. 2008). The prerequisite for six-electron donation (2For the use of bulky silyl chalcogenolate ligands of the type ESiR3- and alkyl chalcogenolates E(alkyl)- (E = O, S, Se, Te) with especially bulky
to stabilize transition metal centers, see: Wolczanski (2009); Kückmann et al. (2005, 2008, 2010). For substitution reactions of transition metal halogenides with alkali metal as M+[OC(CH3)3]- or alkali metal siloxides M+[OSiR3]-, see: Kern et al. (2008); Lerner et al. (2002, 2005). The title compound was prepared according to a slightly changed published procedure, see: Schmidbaur et al. (1968).Data collection: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2001); cell
X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2001); data reduction: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2001); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: XP (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008).[Tl4(C4H9O)4] | Dx = 2.923 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 1109.93 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Cubic, P43n | Cell parameters from 7201 reflections |
Hall symbol: P -4n 2 3 | θ = 3.4–25.9° |
a = 17.1500 (15) Å | µ = 25.49 mm−1 |
V = 5044.2 (8) Å3 | T = 173 K |
Z = 8 | Plate, colourless |
F(000) = 3904 | 0.21 × 0.18 × 0.10 mm |
Stoe IPDS II two-circle diffractometer | 1489 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 1226 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.084 |
ω scans | θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 3.4° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (MULABS; Spek, 2009; Blessing, 1995) | h = −18→20 |
Tmin = 0.075, Tmax = 0.185 | k = −19→20 |
13612 measured reflections | l = −20→18 |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.083 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.037P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.00 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
1489 reflections | Δρmax = 1.77 e Å−3 |
73 parameters | Δρmin = −1.01 e Å−3 |
6 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 711 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: 0.00 (7) |
[Tl4(C4H9O)4] | Z = 8 |
Mr = 1109.93 | Mo Kα radiation |
Cubic, P43n | µ = 25.49 mm−1 |
a = 17.1500 (15) Å | T = 173 K |
V = 5044.2 (8) Å3 | 0.21 × 0.18 × 0.10 mm |
Stoe IPDS II two-circle diffractometer | 1489 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (MULABS; Spek, 2009; Blessing, 1995) | 1226 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.075, Tmax = 0.185 | Rint = 0.084 |
13612 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.042 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.083 | Δρmax = 1.77 e Å−3 |
S = 1.00 | Δρmin = −1.01 e Å−3 |
1489 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 711 Friedel pairs |
73 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.00 (7) |
6 restraints |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Tl1 | 0.66760 (4) | 0.91953 (4) | 0.57229 (3) | 0.02168 (17) | |
O1 | 0.8130 (7) | 0.9310 (7) | 0.5635 (7) | 0.022 (2) | |
C1 | 0.8550 (13) | 0.8777 (10) | 0.6115 (13) | 0.029 (4) | |
C2 | 0.9386 (12) | 0.8950 (18) | 0.6078 (19) | 0.059 (8) | |
H2A | 0.9478 | 0.9485 | 0.6256 | 0.088* | |
H2B | 0.9569 | 0.8895 | 0.5539 | 0.088* | |
H2C | 0.9671 | 0.8586 | 0.6414 | 0.088* | |
C3 | 0.8400 (19) | 0.7958 (10) | 0.583 (2) | 0.059 (7) | |
H3A | 0.7839 | 0.7853 | 0.5844 | 0.089* | |
H3B | 0.8669 | 0.7588 | 0.6177 | 0.089* | |
H3C | 0.8596 | 0.7901 | 0.5301 | 0.089* | |
C4 | 0.8261 (16) | 0.8852 (14) | 0.6961 (12) | 0.041 (6) | |
H4A | 0.8368 | 0.9380 | 0.7153 | 0.061* | |
H4B | 0.8533 | 0.8472 | 0.7290 | 0.061* | |
H4C | 0.7698 | 0.8753 | 0.6980 | 0.061* | |
Tl1A | 0.42129 (4) | 0.42129 (4) | 0.42129 (4) | 0.0223 (2) | |
O1A | 0.5652 (6) | 0.4348 (6) | 0.4348 (6) | 0.020 (4) | |
C1A | 0.6118 (13) | 0.3882 (13) | 0.3882 (13) | 0.020 (7) | |
C2A | 0.6960 (12) | 0.3942 (13) | 0.4110 (14) | 0.035 (5) | |
H2A1 | 0.7125 | 0.4488 | 0.4086 | 0.053* | |
H2A2 | 0.7277 | 0.3631 | 0.3751 | 0.053* | |
H2A3 | 0.7027 | 0.3746 | 0.4643 | 0.053* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Tl1 | 0.0231 (3) | 0.0211 (3) | 0.0208 (3) | −0.0047 (3) | 0.0036 (3) | 0.0011 (3) |
O1 | 0.031 (6) | 0.020 (6) | 0.015 (6) | 0.005 (5) | −0.005 (5) | 0.009 (5) |
C1 | 0.036 (10) | 0.016 (9) | 0.034 (12) | 0.012 (8) | −0.009 (9) | 0.003 (8) |
C2 | 0.023 (10) | 0.065 (16) | 0.09 (2) | 0.006 (12) | 0.006 (13) | 0.040 (14) |
C3 | 0.09 (2) | 0.007 (8) | 0.08 (2) | 0.007 (11) | −0.018 (18) | 0.008 (12) |
C4 | 0.063 (16) | 0.041 (13) | 0.019 (10) | 0.018 (11) | 0.007 (10) | 0.003 (8) |
Tl1A | 0.0223 (2) | 0.0223 (2) | 0.0223 (2) | −0.0035 (3) | −0.0035 (3) | −0.0035 (3) |
O1A | 0.020 (4) | 0.020 (4) | 0.020 (4) | 0.005 (5) | 0.005 (5) | −0.005 (5) |
C1A | 0.020 (7) | 0.020 (7) | 0.020 (7) | 0.003 (8) | 0.003 (8) | −0.003 (8) |
C2A | 0.025 (8) | 0.041 (8) | 0.041 (9) | 0.011 (6) | 0.007 (7) | −0.010 (7) |
Tl1—O1i | 2.463 (12) | C4—H4A | 0.9800 |
Tl1—O1ii | 2.493 (11) | C4—H4B | 0.9800 |
Tl1—O1 | 2.506 (12) | C4—H4C | 0.9800 |
O1—C1 | 1.42 (2) | Tl1A—O1A | 2.490 (8) |
O1—Tl1ii | 2.463 (12) | Tl1A—O1Aiii | 2.490 (8) |
O1—Tl1i | 2.492 (11) | Tl1A—O1Aiv | 2.490 (8) |
C1—C2 | 1.47 (3) | O1A—C1A | 1.38 (4) |
C1—C3 | 1.51 (3) | O1A—Tl1Aiii | 2.490 (8) |
C1—C4 | 1.54 (3) | O1A—Tl1Aiv | 2.490 (8) |
C2—H2A | 0.9800 | C1A—C2Av | 1.50 (2) |
C2—H2B | 0.9800 | C1A—C2Avi | 1.50 (2) |
C2—H2C | 0.9800 | C1A—C2A | 1.50 (2) |
C3—H3A | 0.9800 | C2A—H2A1 | 0.9800 |
C3—H3B | 0.9800 | C2A—H2A2 | 0.9800 |
C3—H3C | 0.9800 | C2A—H2A3 | 0.9800 |
O1i—Tl1—O1ii | 81.0 (4) | H3B—C3—H3C | 109.5 |
O1i—Tl1—O1 | 78.3 (4) | C1—C4—H4A | 109.5 |
O1ii—Tl1—O1 | 77.8 (4) | C1—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
O1i—Tl1—Tl1vii | 41.8 (3) | H4A—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
O1ii—Tl1—Tl1vii | 41.2 (3) | C1—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
O1—Tl1—Tl1vii | 84.3 (2) | H4A—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
C1—O1—Tl1ii | 119.7 (10) | H4B—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
C1—O1—Tl1i | 119.3 (11) | O1A—Tl1A—O1Aiii | 78.9 (6) |
Tl1ii—O1—Tl1i | 97.0 (4) | O1A—Tl1A—O1Aiv | 78.9 (6) |
C1—O1—Tl1 | 114.7 (11) | O1Aiii—Tl1A—O1Aiv | 78.9 (6) |
Tl1ii—O1—Tl1 | 101.8 (4) | C1A—O1A—Tl1Aiii | 117.7 (11) |
Tl1i—O1—Tl1 | 101.0 (4) | C1A—O1A—Tl1Aiv | 117.7 (11) |
O1—C1—C2 | 109.8 (17) | Tl1Aiii—O1A—Tl1Aiv | 100.1 (5) |
O1—C1—C3 | 109.2 (17) | C1A—O1A—Tl1A | 117.7 (11) |
C2—C1—C3 | 110 (2) | Tl1Aiii—O1A—Tl1A | 100.1 (5) |
O1—C1—C4 | 109.1 (16) | Tl1Aiv—O1A—Tl1A | 100.1 (5) |
C2—C1—C4 | 110 (2) | O1A—C1A—C2Av | 111.4 (15) |
C3—C1—C4 | 109 (2) | O1A—C1A—C2Avi | 111.4 (15) |
C1—C2—H2A | 109.5 | C2Av—C1A—C2Avi | 107.4 (16) |
C1—C2—H2B | 109.5 | O1A—C1A—C2A | 111.4 (15) |
H2A—C2—H2B | 109.5 | C2Av—C1A—C2A | 107.4 (16) |
C1—C2—H2C | 109.5 | C2Avi—C1A—C2A | 107.4 (16) |
H2A—C2—H2C | 109.5 | C1A—C2A—H2A1 | 109.5 |
H2B—C2—H2C | 109.5 | C1A—C2A—H2A2 | 109.5 |
C1—C3—H3A | 109.5 | H2A1—C2A—H2A2 | 109.5 |
C1—C3—H3B | 109.5 | C1A—C2A—H2A3 | 109.5 |
H3A—C3—H3B | 109.5 | H2A1—C2A—H2A3 | 109.5 |
C1—C3—H3C | 109.5 | H2A2—C2A—H2A3 | 109.5 |
H3A—C3—H3C | 109.5 | ||
O1i—Tl1—O1—C1 | −137.9 (13) | Tl1—O1—C1—C4 | −53.8 (18) |
O1ii—Tl1—O1—C1 | 139.0 (13) | O1Aiii—Tl1A—O1A—C1A | 139.7 (13) |
Tl1vii—Tl1—O1—C1 | −179.8 (12) | O1Aiv—Tl1A—O1A—C1A | −139.7 (13) |
O1i—Tl1—O1—Tl1ii | 91.4 (5) | O1Aiii—Tl1A—O1A—Tl1Aiii | 10.8 (5) |
O1ii—Tl1—O1—Tl1ii | 8.2 (4) | O1Aiv—Tl1A—O1A—Tl1Aiii | 91.49 (15) |
Tl1vii—Tl1—O1—Tl1ii | 49.5 (3) | O1Aiii—Tl1A—O1A—Tl1Aiv | −91.49 (15) |
O1i—Tl1—O1—Tl1i | −8.2 (4) | O1Aiv—Tl1A—O1A—Tl1Aiv | −10.8 (5) |
O1ii—Tl1—O1—Tl1i | −91.4 (5) | Tl1Aiii—O1A—C1A—C2Av | 68.4 (10) |
Tl1vii—Tl1—O1—Tl1i | −50.1 (3) | Tl1Aiv—O1A—C1A—C2Av | −171.6 (10) |
Tl1ii—O1—C1—C2 | −53 (2) | Tl1A—O1A—C1A—C2Av | −51.6 (10) |
Tl1i—O1—C1—C2 | 66 (2) | Tl1Aiii—O1A—C1A—C2Avi | −171.6 (10) |
Tl1—O1—C1—C2 | −174.2 (19) | Tl1Aiv—O1A—C1A—C2Avi | −51.6 (10) |
Tl1ii—O1—C1—C3 | −173.5 (18) | Tl1A—O1A—C1A—C2Avi | 68.4 (10) |
Tl1i—O1—C1—C3 | −55 (2) | Tl1Aiii—O1A—C1A—C2A | −51.6 (10) |
Tl1—O1—C1—C3 | 65 (2) | Tl1Aiv—O1A—C1A—C2A | 68.4 (10) |
Tl1ii—O1—C1—C4 | 67.6 (19) | Tl1A—O1A—C1A—C2A | −171.6 (10) |
Tl1i—O1—C1—C4 | −173.7 (14) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+3/2, −z+3/2, y−1/2; (ii) −x+3/2, z+1/2, −y+3/2; (iii) −x+1, y, −z+1; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, z; (v) −z+1, −x+1, y; (vi) −y+1, z, −x+1; (vii) x, −y+2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | [Tl4(C4H9O)4] |
Mr | 1109.93 |
Crystal system, space group | Cubic, P43n |
Temperature (K) | 173 |
a (Å) | 17.1500 (15) |
V (Å3) | 5044.2 (8) |
Z | 8 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 25.49 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.21 × 0.18 × 0.10 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Stoe IPDS II two-circle |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (MULABS; Spek, 2009; Blessing, 1995) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.075, 0.185 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 13612, 1489, 1226 |
Rint | 0.084 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.595 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.042, 0.083, 1.00 |
No. of reflections | 1489 |
No. of parameters | 73 |
No. of restraints | 6 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 1.77, −1.01 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 711 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.00 (7) |
Computer programs: X-AREA (Stoe & Cie, 2001), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), XP (Sheldrick, 2008).
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In a number of recent studies bulky silyl chalcogenolate ligands of the type ESiR3- and alkyl chalcogenolates E(alkyl)- (E = O, S, Se, Te) with especially bulky alkoxides have been used to stabilize transition metal centers (Wolczanski, 2009; Kückmann et al. 2005, 2008, 2010). In macromolecular chemistry, these ligands have also found application. Chalcogen-based ligands offer a variety of possible binding modes. Chalcogenolates are often found bridging two or more metal ions. Normally, transition metal complexes possess 6 e- thiolate ligands in a µ3-binding mode. Recently, however, we have shown that the anion of the mixed-valence Mn(I/II) complex Na(thf)6[(OC)3Mn(µ-SSitBu3)3MnSSitBu3] contains a terminal thiolate ligand with a linear Mn—S—Si unit (Kückmann et al. 2008). The prerequisite for six-electron donation (2 σ- and 4 π-electrons) comparable with Cp- is thus fulfilled. One approach is to create such complexes by substitution reactions of transition metal halogenides with alkali metal alkoxides as M+[OC(CH3)3]- or alkali metal siloxides M+[OSiR3]- (Kern et al. 2008; Lerner et al. 2005, 2002). In most cases the reactions that occur between alkali metal alkoxides and transition metal halides are not quantitative. Another approach to complexes with chalcogen coordination is to start from thallium alkoxides which react almost quantitatively with transition metal chlorides due to the poor solubility of TlCl. In this paper we report the synthesis and the crystal structure of [TlOtBu]4. The title compound [TlOtBu]4 was prepared according to a slightly changed published procedure (Schmidbaur et al. 1968), as shown in Fig. 2. The following modifications have been made in our approach: thallium ethoxide was used instead of thallium methoxide and potassium tert-butoxide was substituted for sodium tert-butoxide.