metal-organic compounds
[μ-1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphanyl)-1,2-dimethylhydrazine-κ2P:P′]bis[chloridogold(I)]
aProject AuTEK, Mintek, Private Bag X3015, Randburg 2125, South Africa, and bMolecular Science Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits, 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa
*Correspondence e-mail: erikk@mintek.co.za
The title compound, [Au2Cl2(C26H26N2P2)], is formed from a bidentate phosphine ligand complexed to two linearly coordinated gold(I) atoms. The gold(I) atoms are 3.4873 (7) Å apart. The molecule exhibits a crystallographic twofold rotation axis.
Related literature
For the structure of the parent ligand, see: Kriel et al. (2010a). For the synthesis of the parent ligand and related structures utilising alternative metals, see: Reddy et al. (1994, 1995); Kriel et al. (2010b). For Au⋯Au interactions, see: Holleman & Wiberg (2001). For related gold structures of dppe and dppen (dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane; dppen = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene), see: Eggleston et al. (1985) and Jones (1980), respectively.
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: SMART-NT (Bruker, 1998); cell SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 1999); data reduction: SAINT-Plus; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810050506/br2152sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810050506/br2152Isup2.hkl
General procedure
Tetrahydrothiophenegold(I) chloride [(THT)AuCl] was suspended in tetrahydrofuran. 0.5 equivalents of the ligand, bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,2-dimethylhydrazine, dissolved in dicloromethane was added to the stirred suspension. The suspension turned yellow and after a short time micro crystals started to form. The solvent was removed in vacuo to afford the product as a micro-crystalline powder.
Alternatively, the reaction was carried out in dichloromethane to afforded the title compound. By addition of a few drops of tehrahydrofuran it was possible to grow crystals overnight.
The H atoms were positioned geometrically and allowed to ride on their respective parent atoms, with C—H = 0.93 (Ar—H) or 0.96 (CH3) Å, and with Ueq = 1.2 (Ar—H) or 1.5 (CH3) Ueq(C).
In the title compound, gold(I) forms an almost linear complex with a P—Au—Cl angles of 176.34 °. The Au—Au distances is 3.487 Å and is slightly too long to be classified as an aurophilic interaction, which is defined as between 2.7 Å and 3.4 Å (Holleman et al., 2001). Other bond lengths are within expected ranges.
A direct comparison of the title compound and the analogous dppe complex (where dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane); ClAu(dppe)AuCl shows that the preference for the
conformation of the hydrazine backbone in the parent ligand (Kriel et al.) may explain the observed intramolecular Au—Au interactions as compared to the intermolecular Au—Au interactions observed in the two polymorphs of ClAu(dppe)AuCl (3.189 Å and 3.221 Å ). The formation of intermolecular Au—Au interactions between dimers of ClAu(dppe)AuCl may be attributed to the different conformation of the ethyl backbone as illustrated by the torsion angles of the two polymorphs (-18.6 ° and 50.7 °) (Eggleston et al., 1985). Intermolecular Au—Au contacts are also observed for the analogous ClAu(dppen)AuCl complex (dppen = 1,2–bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene) (3.05 Å), where the ethene bridge is constrained to a conformation by the double bond (Jones, 1980).The insolubility of the title compound in both non polar and highly polar solvents once crystallized may be a result of the tightly packed parallel helixes, that are formed in the solid state. While the complex readily crystallizes from THF it does not include THF in the structure. This structure exhibits a α-helical packing down the c axis (Figure 2). This unique packing results in parallel helixes that have no voids large enough to include solvent and leads to a stabilizing short contact distance of 2.900 Å between Cl and H(15).
For the structure of the parent ligand, see: Kriel et al. (2010a). For the synthesis of the parent ligand and related structures utilising alternative metals, see: Reddy et al. (1994, 1995); Kriel et al. (2010b). For Au···Au interactions, see: Holleman et al. (2001). For related gold structures of dppe and dppen (dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane; dppen = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene), see: Eggleston et al. (1985) and Jones (1980) respectively.
Data collection: SMART-NT (Bruker, 1998); cell
SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 1999); data reduction: SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 1999); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).[Au2Cl2(C26H26N2P2)] | Dx = 2.223 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 893.26 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Tetragonal, P41212 | Cell parameters from 7602 reflections |
Hall symbol: P 4abw 2nw | θ = 5.2–49.5° |
a = 10.6720 (14) Å | µ = 11.32 mm−1 |
c = 23.439 (4) Å | T = 173 K |
V = 2669.5 (7) Å3 | Prismic, colourless |
Z = 4 | 0.18 × 0.10 × 0.08 mm |
F(000) = 1672 |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3312 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2709 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.091 |
phi and ω scans | θmax = 28.3°, θmin = 2.1° |
Absorption correction: integration (SADABS; Bruker, 1999) | h = −14→14 |
Tmin = 0.294, Tmax = 0.457 | k = −11→14 |
25347 measured reflections | l = −31→31 |
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)] = 0.030 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.056 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0218P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 0.98 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
3312 reflections | Δρmax = 1.43 e Å−3 |
154 parameters | Δρmin = −0.78 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1332 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: 0.011 (10) |
[Au2Cl2(C26H26N2P2)] | Z = 4 |
Mr = 893.26 | Mo Kα radiation |
Tetragonal, P41212 | µ = 11.32 mm−1 |
a = 10.6720 (14) Å | T = 173 K |
c = 23.439 (4) Å | 0.18 × 0.10 × 0.08 mm |
V = 2669.5 (7) Å3 |
Bruker SMART CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3312 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: integration (SADABS; Bruker, 1999) | 2709 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.294, Tmax = 0.457 | Rint = 0.091 |
25347 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.030 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.056 | Δρmax = 1.43 e Å−3 |
S = 0.98 | Δρmin = −0.78 e Å−3 |
3312 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1332 Friedel pairs |
154 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.011 (10) |
0 restraints |
Experimental. Reaction: bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,2-dimethylhydrazine: 146 mg (0.34 mmol), (THT)AuCl: 200 mg (0.68 mmol), THF: 2 ml, DCM: 5 ml, Yield: 89% Grey crystals or white precipitate. Crystals are insoluble in organic and highly polar solvents. 1H NMR: (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δH 7.85 (dd, Arom, J (1H-31P) = 13.2, J (1H-1H) = 8.1), 7.52 (t, Arom, J (1H-1H) = 9.40 Hz), 7.40 (dd, Arom, J (1H-31P) = 17.7, J (1H-1H) = 7.4), 2.76 (d, CH3, 3J = 7.8 Hz). 13C NMR: Compound too insoluble in NMR solvents. 31P NMR: (CDCl3, 121 MHz) δP 87.1. MS: No useful information could be obtained. EA: Calc: (Au2Cl2P2N2C26H26) C 34.96%, H 2.93%, N 3.14% Found: C 35.29%, H 2.93%, N 3.13%. MP: 228 - 230 °C. |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds 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 > 2sigma(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 | ||
C1 | 0.0733 (7) | 0.2483 (7) | −0.0265 (3) | 0.0412 (18) | |
H1A | 0.0168 | 0.3183 | −0.0269 | 0.062* | |
H1B | 0.0377 | 0.1816 | −0.0043 | 0.062* | |
H1C | 0.0871 | 0.2199 | −0.0649 | 0.062* | |
C11 | 0.1070 (6) | 0.3372 (6) | 0.1127 (2) | 0.0242 (14) | |
C12 | −0.0234 (7) | 0.3312 (6) | 0.1112 (2) | 0.0272 (16) | |
H12 | −0.0658 | 0.3546 | 0.0782 | 0.033* | |
C13 | −0.0888 (7) | 0.2919 (6) | 0.1571 (3) | 0.0367 (17) | |
H13 | −0.1758 | 0.2884 | 0.1555 | 0.044* | |
C14 | −0.0262 (7) | 0.2563 (6) | 0.2072 (3) | 0.0378 (19) | |
H14 | −0.0719 | 0.2331 | 0.2393 | 0.045* | |
C15 | 0.1029 (8) | 0.2556 (6) | 0.2089 (2) | 0.0325 (17) | |
H15 | 0.1450 | 0.2271 | 0.2411 | 0.039* | |
C16 | 0.1693 (6) | 0.2981 (6) | 0.1618 (3) | 0.0277 (16) | |
H16 | 0.2564 | 0.3006 | 0.1630 | 0.033* | |
C21 | 0.1195 (6) | 0.5279 (6) | 0.0255 (3) | 0.0248 (15) | |
C22 | 0.0479 (6) | 0.6049 (6) | 0.0614 (2) | 0.0315 (16) | |
H22 | 0.0321 | 0.5804 | 0.0988 | 0.038* | |
C23 | 0.0009 (7) | 0.7174 (7) | 0.0411 (3) | 0.0358 (18) | |
H23 | −0.0455 | 0.7687 | 0.0652 | 0.043* | |
C24 | 0.0220 (7) | 0.7542 (7) | −0.0142 (3) | 0.0387 (19) | |
H24 | −0.0114 | 0.8291 | −0.0276 | 0.046* | |
C25 | 0.0927 (7) | 0.6797 (6) | −0.0496 (3) | 0.0356 (17) | |
H25 | 0.1082 | 0.7052 | −0.0868 | 0.043* | |
C26 | 0.1405 (6) | 0.5680 (7) | −0.0303 (3) | 0.0311 (16) | |
H26 | 0.1877 | 0.5184 | −0.0549 | 0.037* | |
N | 0.1921 (5) | 0.2864 (5) | −0.0014 (2) | 0.0235 (12) | |
P | 0.19968 (15) | 0.39132 (16) | 0.05313 (6) | 0.0224 (4) | |
Cl | 0.60720 (16) | 0.45361 (16) | 0.09865 (6) | 0.0346 (4) | |
Au | 0.40052 (2) | 0.42768 (2) | 0.073875 (9) | 0.02472 (7) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
C1 | 0.033 (5) | 0.046 (5) | 0.044 (4) | 0.007 (4) | −0.011 (4) | −0.019 (4) |
C11 | 0.024 (4) | 0.023 (3) | 0.025 (3) | 0.005 (3) | 0.001 (3) | 0.004 (3) |
C12 | 0.033 (4) | 0.026 (4) | 0.023 (4) | 0.001 (3) | −0.002 (3) | 0.004 (3) |
C13 | 0.028 (4) | 0.028 (4) | 0.054 (4) | −0.002 (4) | 0.004 (4) | 0.003 (3) |
C14 | 0.043 (5) | 0.026 (4) | 0.045 (4) | −0.010 (4) | 0.016 (4) | 0.003 (3) |
C15 | 0.057 (5) | 0.019 (3) | 0.021 (3) | 0.009 (4) | −0.003 (3) | 0.003 (3) |
C16 | 0.027 (4) | 0.022 (4) | 0.035 (4) | 0.002 (3) | 0.002 (3) | −0.008 (3) |
C21 | 0.015 (3) | 0.028 (4) | 0.031 (3) | −0.005 (3) | −0.008 (3) | 0.003 (3) |
C22 | 0.036 (4) | 0.034 (4) | 0.025 (3) | 0.003 (4) | −0.007 (3) | −0.003 (3) |
C23 | 0.027 (4) | 0.032 (4) | 0.048 (5) | 0.006 (3) | −0.001 (3) | −0.015 (4) |
C24 | 0.039 (5) | 0.022 (4) | 0.055 (5) | 0.006 (4) | −0.009 (4) | 0.009 (4) |
C25 | 0.034 (4) | 0.037 (4) | 0.036 (4) | 0.004 (4) | −0.001 (3) | 0.014 (3) |
C26 | 0.021 (3) | 0.040 (4) | 0.032 (4) | 0.006 (3) | 0.002 (3) | −0.007 (4) |
N | 0.019 (3) | 0.024 (3) | 0.027 (3) | 0.007 (2) | −0.002 (2) | −0.006 (2) |
P | 0.0200 (8) | 0.0247 (10) | 0.0226 (7) | 0.0048 (8) | −0.0003 (6) | −0.0011 (7) |
Cl | 0.0263 (9) | 0.0423 (10) | 0.0353 (8) | −0.0062 (8) | −0.0089 (7) | 0.0025 (7) |
Au | 0.02271 (14) | 0.02537 (15) | 0.02609 (10) | 0.00065 (11) | −0.00336 (11) | −0.00038 (11) |
C1—N | 1.455 (8) | C21—C26 | 1.394 (8) |
C1—H1A | 0.9600 | C21—C22 | 1.402 (9) |
C1—H1B | 0.9600 | C21—P | 1.811 (6) |
C1—H1C | 0.9600 | C22—C23 | 1.386 (9) |
C11—C16 | 1.393 (8) | C22—H22 | 0.9300 |
C11—C12 | 1.394 (9) | C23—C24 | 1.372 (9) |
C11—P | 1.805 (6) | C23—H23 | 0.9300 |
C12—C13 | 1.349 (9) | C24—C25 | 1.374 (9) |
C12—H12 | 0.9300 | C24—H24 | 0.9300 |
C13—C14 | 1.404 (9) | C25—C26 | 1.373 (9) |
C13—H13 | 0.9300 | C25—H25 | 0.9300 |
C14—C15 | 1.379 (10) | C26—H26 | 0.9300 |
C14—H14 | 0.9300 | N—Ni | 1.425 (10) |
C15—C16 | 1.388 (8) | N—P | 1.702 (5) |
C15—H15 | 0.9300 | P—Au | 2.2318 (16) |
C16—H16 | 0.9300 | Cl—Au | 2.2976 (17) |
N—C1—H1A | 109.5 | C22—C21—P | 120.9 (5) |
N—C1—H1B | 109.5 | C23—C22—C21 | 119.9 (6) |
H1A—C1—H1B | 109.5 | C23—C22—H22 | 120.1 |
N—C1—H1C | 109.5 | C21—C22—H22 | 120.1 |
H1A—C1—H1C | 109.5 | C24—C23—C22 | 120.8 (6) |
H1B—C1—H1C | 109.5 | C24—C23—H23 | 119.6 |
C16—C11—C12 | 118.9 (6) | C22—C23—H23 | 119.6 |
C16—C11—P | 118.2 (5) | C23—C24—C25 | 119.6 (6) |
C12—C11—P | 122.9 (5) | C23—C24—H24 | 120.2 |
C13—C12—C11 | 120.8 (6) | C25—C24—H24 | 120.2 |
C13—C12—H12 | 119.6 | C26—C25—C24 | 120.5 (6) |
C11—C12—H12 | 119.6 | C26—C25—H25 | 119.7 |
C12—C13—C14 | 120.3 (7) | C24—C25—H25 | 119.7 |
C12—C13—H13 | 119.8 | C25—C26—C21 | 121.0 (6) |
C14—C13—H13 | 119.8 | C25—C26—H26 | 119.5 |
C15—C14—C13 | 120.0 (6) | C21—C26—H26 | 119.5 |
C15—C14—H14 | 120.0 | Ni—N—C1 | 115.9 (4) |
C13—C14—H14 | 120.0 | Ni—N—P | 113.3 (5) |
C14—C15—C16 | 119.1 (6) | C1—N—P | 121.9 (4) |
C14—C15—H15 | 120.4 | N—P—C11 | 110.1 (3) |
C16—C15—H15 | 120.4 | N—P—C21 | 103.8 (3) |
C15—C16—C11 | 120.8 (6) | C11—P—C21 | 106.0 (3) |
C15—C16—H16 | 119.6 | N—P—Au | 108.89 (18) |
C11—C16—H16 | 119.6 | C11—P—Au | 114.4 (2) |
C26—C21—C22 | 118.1 (6) | C21—P—Au | 113.1 (2) |
C26—C21—P | 120.4 (5) | P—Au—Cl | 176.34 (6) |
C16—C11—C12—C13 | 2.0 (10) | C1—N—P—C11 | 56.8 (6) |
P—C11—C12—C13 | −179.0 (5) | Ni—N—P—C21 | 157.7 (3) |
C11—C12—C13—C14 | 0.0 (10) | C1—N—P—C21 | −56.3 (6) |
C12—C13—C14—C15 | −3.1 (10) | Ni—N—P—Au | 37.0 (4) |
C13—C14—C15—C16 | 4.1 (10) | C1—N—P—Au | −177.0 (5) |
C14—C15—C16—C11 | −2.1 (9) | C16—C11—P—N | 110.1 (5) |
C12—C11—C16—C15 | −0.9 (9) | C12—C11—P—N | −69.0 (6) |
P—C11—C16—C15 | 180.0 (5) | C16—C11—P—C21 | −138.3 (5) |
C26—C21—C22—C23 | −0.2 (10) | C12—C11—P—C21 | 42.7 (6) |
P—C21—C22—C23 | 171.6 (5) | C16—C11—P—Au | −13.0 (6) |
C21—C22—C23—C24 | 0.9 (10) | C12—C11—P—Au | 168.0 (5) |
C22—C23—C24—C25 | −1.3 (11) | C26—C21—P—N | −42.6 (6) |
C23—C24—C25—C26 | 1.1 (11) | C22—C21—P—N | 145.7 (5) |
C24—C25—C26—C21 | −0.5 (10) | C26—C21—P—C11 | −158.7 (5) |
C22—C21—C26—C25 | 0.0 (9) | C22—C21—P—C11 | 29.7 (6) |
P—C21—C26—C25 | −171.8 (5) | C26—C21—P—Au | 75.2 (5) |
Ni—N—P—C11 | −89.2 (4) | C22—C21—P—Au | −96.5 (5) |
Symmetry code: (i) y, x, −z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | [Au2Cl2(C26H26N2P2)] |
Mr | 893.26 |
Crystal system, space group | Tetragonal, P41212 |
Temperature (K) | 173 |
a, c (Å) | 10.6720 (14), 23.439 (4) |
V (Å3) | 2669.5 (7) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 11.32 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.18 × 0.10 × 0.08 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | Integration (SADABS; Bruker, 1999) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.294, 0.457 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 25347, 3312, 2709 |
Rint | 0.091 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.667 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.030, 0.056, 0.98 |
No. of reflections | 3312 |
No. of parameters | 154 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 1.43, −0.78 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 1332 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.011 (10) |
Computer programs: SMART-NT (Bruker, 1998), SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 1999), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Project AuTEK (Mintek and Harmony) and the University of the Witwatersrand for financial support.
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In the title compound, gold(I) forms an almost linear complex with a P—Au—Cl angles of 176.34 °. The Au—Au distances is 3.487 Å and is slightly too long to be classified as an aurophilic interaction, which is defined as between 2.7 Å and 3.4 Å (Holleman et al., 2001). Other bond lengths are within expected ranges.
A direct comparison of the title compound and the analogous dppe complex (where dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane); ClAu(dppe)AuCl shows that the preference for the gauche conformation of the hydrazine backbone in the parent ligand (Kriel et al.) may explain the observed intramolecular Au—Au interactions as compared to the intermolecular Au—Au interactions observed in the two polymorphs of ClAu(dppe)AuCl (3.189 Å and 3.221 Å ). The formation of intermolecular Au—Au interactions between dimers of ClAu(dppe)AuCl may be attributed to the different conformation of the ethyl backbone as illustrated by the torsion angles of the two polymorphs (-18.6 ° and 50.7 °) (Eggleston et al., 1985). Intermolecular Au—Au contacts are also observed for the analogous ClAu(dppen)AuCl complex (dppen = 1,2–bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene) (3.05 Å), where the ethene bridge is constrained to a cis conformation by the double bond (Jones, 1980).
The insolubility of the title compound in both non polar and highly polar solvents once crystallized may be a result of the tightly packed parallel helixes, that are formed in the solid state. While the complex readily crystallizes from THF it does not include THF in the structure. This structure exhibits a α-helical packing down the c axis (Figure 2). This unique packing results in parallel helixes that have no voids large enough to include solvent and leads to a stabilizing short contact distance of 2.900 Å between Cl and H(15).