Complexes of Dimethylaminophosphazenes with Metal Ions
The preparation of complexes DDPN.2MCl2 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Zn ), DDPN.M(NO3)2, (M = Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn), (DDPN = N6P6(NMe2)12) ), and N9P9(NMe2)18.2CoCl2 is described. All the complexes of the hexamer are of the high spin type and contain the cations DDPNMX+ (X = Cl, NO3 ). Their infrared and electronic spectra show that their molecular structures are essentially the same as those established crystallographically for the chlorocations (M = Co, Cu ), in which, as a consequence of steric interactions, the metal has a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal environment. The complex with Cu(NO3)2 is exceptional in that the DDPNCu2+ ion is formed in ionizing solvents, with a change in the stereochemistry of the metal. Coordination localizes π-electrons in nitrogen, weakens the ring bonds, and strengthens the exocyclic P—N bonds, as expected theoretically. Approximate values of ligand field parameters of the Co(NO3)2 and Ni(NO3)2 complexes are similar to those of complexes formed by simple amines; the phosphazenes act as σ-donors, their acceptor levels not being used significantly.