The heats of reaction of phosphines and phosphites with toluene-molybdenum tricarbonyl. Importance of both steric and electronic factors in determining the MoPR3 bond strength

Steven P. Nolan; Carl D. Hoff

doi:10.1016/0022-328X(85)87299-5

The heats of reaction of phosphines and phosphites with toluene-molybdenum tricarbonyl. Importance of both steric and electronic factors in determining the MoPR₃ bond strength

Steven P. Nolan, Carl D. Hoff

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The heats of reaction of tolueneMo(CO)₃ with a series of phosphines and phosphites have been measured by solution calorimetry. The order of stability toward formation of fac-(PR₃)₃Mo(CO)₃ in THF solution is: P(OCH₃)₃s > PMe₃ > PⁿBu₃ > PMe₂Ph > PEt₃ > triphos > P(OPh)₃ > PMePh₂ > PPh₃ > PCl₃ and spans a range of 25 kcal/mol reflecting individual bond strength differences up to 8 kcal/mol. The bulky phosphines PCy₃ and P^tBu₃ react with tolueneMo(CO)₃ in THF, but 30-40 kcal/mol less heat is evolved in these reactions than with the other phosphines and phosphites. The coordinately unsaturated five-coordinate complexes (PR₃)₂Mo(CO)₃ are proposed as the reaction products. The importance of both steric and electronic factors in the MoP bond is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	365-373
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume	290
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-328X(85)87299-5
State	Published - Aug 6 1985

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