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Hapticity
• Number of carbon atoms of an organic moiety
linked to the metal.
η1
η1 η3
Hapticity
• Ferrocene?
h
Hapticity
• bis(η8-1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene)uranium
• Tris(h3allyl)chromium(III)
• (h4butadiene)tricarbonyliron(0)
• Dichlorobis(h5cp)titanium(IV)
• Tricarbonyl(h7cycloheptatrienyl)molebdenum(0)
• Chloro(h1,h3cp)cobalt(II)
Simple OMT compounds
• Written in one word- name of org. group
followed by name of the metal.
• Diphenylmercury Ph-Hg-Ph
• Hexaphenyldisilane Ph3-Si-Si-Ph3
• Trimethyltinacetate Me3-Sn-OAc
• Butyllithium (Bu-Li-Bu)n
Bridging ligands
• designated by the prefix μ, followed by a
subscript indicating the number of metal
atoms bridged.
• Homoleptic – same type
ligand
• Heteroleptic – Different
type ligand
References
• Organometallic Chemistry – G.S.Sodhi
• This means that a TM can add electrons from Lewis Bases (or
ligands) in addition to its valence electrons to a total of 18.
• Ligands which are good σ-donors and π-acceptors utilize all the valence orbitals
and thus such compounds obey this rule.
• Compounds which obey this rule are kinetically inert to substitution reactions.
• Exceptions to the rule occur at the two ends of the transition series where nd,
(n+1)s, and (n+1)p valence orbitals are less well matched in energy.
Electron counting
• No. of metal valance e- + no. of e- donated by ligand = 18
• STABLE
• Two methods:
• This approach results in no difference for neutral ligands like NH3 or CO.
• BUT
• For ligands such as methyl we remove the ligand as a radical. It is therefore a
single electron donor in this model.
• Furthermore, in this model both the ligand and the metal must donate an
electron to the bond.
Examples
unstable
Prediction of Structure.
• Co2(CO)8
A B
• Reasons:
• Early transition metals (Zr, Ta, W)
• Several bulky ligands (PPh3)
• Square planar d8 e.g. Pt(II), Ir(I) (16 e- rule)
• σ-donor ligands (Me)