Complexes of group 9 Co, Rh, Ir

Substance Generation / Matrix or Solvent/Method/r[K] g-Factor / a-Value [mT] Ref/ add. Ref 

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In square-planar, 16-electron complexes (i.e. coordinatively unsaturated) as found for many group 9 (Co, Rh, Ir) and 10 (Ni, Pd, Pt) metals, the associative process is most common. The trans effect and trans influence ligand series [19-23] are also useful measures in the study of homogeneous catalysis. Apart from very small ligands, such as CO, H2, and NO, steric repulsion between ligands, as well as complexes and incoming substrates, plays a dominant role in determining the kind of intermediates and complexes formed and their equilibria in solution. 

The major route to -cyclopropenylium complexes L M(C3R3) (metallatetrahedranes) is by oxidative addition reactions of cyclopropenylium salts to transition metal complexes of groups 5 (V), 6 (Mo, W), 8 (Fe, Ru), 9 (Co, Rh, Ir) and 10 (Ni, Pd, Pt). The addition is frequently accompanied by loss of one or more carbonyl, olefin or halogen auxiliary ligand. Concurrent formation of oxocyclobutenyl complexes by carbonyl insertion into the cyclopropenyl ring is often observed in reactions with group 9 cobalt triad and early transition metal complexes. 

The study of Group 9 carbonyl fluoride derivatives in the +1 oxidation state has revolved solely around fluoro derivatives of Vaska s complex, [MF(CO)(PR.3)2] (M = Ir, Rh). The preparation of [MF(CO)(PPh3)2] was originally the outcome... 

The mechanistic details of cycle 18.10 have been represented in a somewhat arbitrary fashion, but the essence of the mode of action of transition metal complexes (in particular, complexes of the Group 9 elements Co, Rh, and Ir in the I oxidation state) as homogeneous catalysts for hydrogenation reactions should be clear. 

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