Accessing high-spin configurations of transition metal phosphides defines a dividing line that prevents common properties of solid-state materials from being replicated within multiple-bonded molecular analogs. Here, we report the synthesis of a VIII phosphaethynolate complex, (pyrNdipp)2V(PCO) (2) in a halide metathesis with Na(OCP). Exposure of 2 to Lewis-basic ligands induces a one-electron reductive elimination of the PCO- moiety, generating VII complexes (pyrNdipp)2V(L)2 (L = THF, DMAP; 3THF, 3DMAP). When 2 is instead photolyzed, a cascade of reduction, decarbonylation, and multiple-bond formation steps affords a high-spin and mixed-valent vanadium phosphide, (pyrNdipp)2V═P═V(pyrNdipp)2 (4) comprising formal V2III, IV nodes. Structural characterization coupled with vibrational, UV-visible, and X-ray spectroscopic studies reveals an S4 symmetrical V═P═V centered architecture conforming to a fully delocalized, mixed-valency description. Theoretical studies demonstrate that 4 evades spin-pairing by leveraging the weak ligand-field splitting at the vanadium nodes, leading to a high-spin, ST = 3/2 ground state of this multiple-bonded, weakly Jahn-Teller distorted system.
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Aswin Chandran
Christian Sandoval-Pauker
Balázs Pintér
Journal of the American Chemical Society
University of Copenhagen
Lund University
Rice University
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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69a52dbff1e85e5c73bf0db4 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c20647
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