Übergangsmetallkomplexe mit Schwefelliganden, XC Synthese, Säure/Base- und Redoxreaktionen von [Ni(′N2H2S2′)]: auf der Suche nach Modellkomplexen für die Nickelzentren in Hydrogenasen und CO-Dehydrogenasen. (′N2H2S2′′2- = 1,2-Ethandiamin-N,N′-bis(2-benzolthiolat)(2–)) / Transition Metal Complexes with Sulfur Ligands, XC. Synthesis, Acid Base and Redox Reactions of [Ni(′N2H2S2′)]: A Search for Model Complexes for the Nickel Sites in Hydrogenases and CO-Dehydrogenases. (′Ν2Η2S2′2- = 1,2-Ethanediamine-N,N′-bis(2-benzenethiolate)(2-))
[Ni(′N2H2S2′)], 1, forms from Ni(II) salts and the tetradentate thiolate-amine ligand ′N2H2S2′2- (= 1,2-ethanediamine-N,N′-bis(2-benzenethiolate)(2-)) [2], or by reduction of the Schiff base complex [Ni(gma)] (gma2- = glyoxal-bis(2-mercaptoanilide(2–))) with NaBH4.Bases easily deprotonate 1 to yield the [Ni(′N2S2′)]2- dianion, which is extremely easily oxidized to give the Ni(II) monoanion [Ni(′N2S2′)]- which was isolated as [AsPh4][Ni(′N2S2′)], 4, and characterized by X-ray structure analysis. 4 contains a distorted square planar NiN2S2 core, in which two thiolate-S and two amido-N donors are surrounding the nickel atom.Deprotonation of 1 was further substantiated by H*/D+ exchange to give [Ni(′N2D2S2′)] and by alkylation. Consecutive reaction of 1 with n-BuLi and CH3I leads to fourfold methylation of 1 yielding [Ni(′N2Me2S2Me2′)I2], 8, while alkylation of 1 by CH3I in the absence of base yields [Ni(′N2H2S2Me2′)I2], 5, in which only the thiolate donors have been alkylated. X-ray structure analysis shows 8 to contain a distorted octahedral NiN2S2I2 core with two sulfur atoms occupying axial trans positions and two nitrogen and two iodine atoms occupying equatorial cis positions. 1 also forms by reaction of [Ni(CO)4] with ′N2H2S2′-H2, which is explained by a series of oxidative addition and reductive elimination reactions.Palladium and platinum homologues [Pd(′N2H2S2′)], 9 and [Pt(′N2H2S2′)], 10, were synthesized from [MC12(COD)] (M = Pd, Pt) and ′N2H2S2′-H2, and exhibit analogous reactivity as 1.