Synthesis of Homo- and Hetero-Bimetallic Complexes Containing the Ni(C6F5)2 Moiety – Crystal Structure of [(C6F5)2Ni(μ-SPh)2Pd(dppe)]

The compound cis-[Ni(C6F5)2(PhCN)2] has been used as the starting material for the preparation of the bimetallic complexes [(C6F5)2Ni(μ-X)2Ni(C 6F5)2]2- (X = SCN, OCN, N3), [(C6F5)2Ni(μ-SCN)2Pd(C 6F5)2]2-, [(C6F5)2Ni(μ-NCS)2Pd-(dppe)] [dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)ethane], and the trimetallic[(C6F5)2Ni(μ-NCS) 2Pd(μ-SCN)2Ni(C6F5) 2]2-. The mononuclear compounds [(C6F5)2NiLX] (L = PPh3i P(C6H4MeO-P)3i X = SCN, OCN) are obtained by reaction between [(C6F5)2Ni(&μ-X)2Ni-(C 6F5)2]2- and L. The treatment of cis-[Ni(C6F5)2(PhCN)2] with [M(SAr)2(dppe)] leads to the formation of the arylthiolate complexes [(C6F5)2Ni(μ-SAr)2M(dppe)] (Ar = Ph, C6H4Me-p, C6H4NO2-p; M = Ni, Pd, Pt). The X-ray diffraction study of [(C6F5)2Ni(μ-SPh)2Pd(dppe)] shows that both metal atoms, Ni and Pd, are coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar geometry and the μ-thiolato groups are in the syn conformation.