of Phosphinesand Carbonylnickel SuspensionNMR Spectroscopy ComplexesImmobilizedon Silica K. D. Behringer, J. Bliimel* Institut der TU Miinchen, Anorganisch-chemisches 4, D - 85747 Garching,Germany Lichtenbergstrasse Dedicatedto Prof. H. P. Fritz on the occasionof his retirement Z. Naturforsch.50 b, 1723-1128(1995);receivedJune6, 1995 3rP SuspensionNMR Spectra,Immobilized Bifunctional Phosphines,Immobilized Carbonylnickel PhosphineComplexes,Modifled Silica, "P CPA,{ASNMR Spectra The 31PsuspensionNMR spectraof silica-immobilizedbifunctional phosphinesand their di- and tricarbonylnickelcomplexeswere recordedusing conventionalhigh resolutionNMR 31P equipment.The practical advantagesof suspensionNMR spectroscopy,as comparedto The suspentendencies are demonstrated: General spectroscopy, are discussed. NMR CP/MAS sion NMR signalsbecomebroaderwith increasingsolvent viscosity and decreasingsolvent than alkyl chains.The linewidths polarity. Phenylgroupsas spacerslead to broaderresonances increasein the caseof chelation. Introduction The immobilization of homogeneouscatalysts on inert supportsis of growing interest lI, 21,becausethe advantagesof homogeneousand heterogeneouscatalysis,like high selectivityand easyrecycling,can in principlebe combined.Sincemost metals form stable phosphinecomplexes,bifunctional phosphineslike 1,2, 3, or 4 f3,41 are often usedas linkers. (1), PPh2(CH2)4OH (2), PPh2(CH2)3Si(OEt)3 (3), PPh2(C6H4)SiMerOEt (4). PPh2(C6H4)Si(OE03 Silica serves as a popular support, since it is cheap,inert againstelevatedtemperaturesand most brganic solvents[5], and alreadywell explored [5, 61.The complexescanbe preformedwith the shown ligandsandattachedto the supportsubsequently[3]. Alternatively, the silica is modified with the phosphines1 - 4 to form li to 4i [3, 4) via condensation reactionswith surfacesilanol groupsor additionreactionsto surfacesiloxane groups [7] prior to the attachmentof metal complexes.The latter procedure hasthe advantagethat largerbatchesof modified silica with uniform quality canbe preparedand reactedwith different metal complexes. * Reprint requeststo Dr. J. Bliimel. The most powerful and versatile technique to ed silica and surfacecharacteizephosphine-modifi bound complexesis multinuclear solid-stateNMR spectroscopyt8 - 101.Usually,crosspolarization (CP) and magic angle spinning (MAS) alone are appliedfor sensitivityand resolutionenhancement, but therehavealso beendescribedfruitful methods for line narrowingvla adsorption[11] or sonication [12]. Alternatively, modified silicas have been investigated by NMR measurementsof suspensionsin orderto elucidatechromatographymechanismsunder realisticconditionstl3 - 241.Hereby,the silicas are most often coatedby long alkyl chainsof eight to eighteencarbon atoms.The mobility and ordering on the su-rface are probedby t'C [13 - 18, 20, 'H in the 22 - 241and ll9, 2Il NMR spectroscopy presence ofvarioussolvents.Reportson "P suspensionNMR spectroscopyof immobilizedphosphines and metal complexesthereof are rare 125- 291 and mostlydealwith solventswollenpolymersf25,26, 28, 291or phosphinemoietiesat the end of long alkyl chains[27]. In this contributionwe demonstratethat31PNMR spectroscopycan successfullybe applied to suspensionsof li to 4i in differentsolvents.It is important to establisha corelation between solvent and mobility of surfacespecies,because,as in the caseof chromatography,the successof a catalytic 0939-5015/95/1100-1723$ 06.00 O 1995 Verlagder Zeitschrift fiir Naturforschung.All rights reserved. t]24 K. D. Behringer- J. Bltimel . Suspension NMR Spectroscopy of Phosphines TableI. Chemicalshiftsd(31P)andhalfwidths2172of the t'P NMR signalsof suspensions of Li to 6i in the indicated (298 K), if not statedotherwise.The 6i31P)andu112valuesof the 3rPCP/MAS NMR solventsat room temperature signalsare takenfrom refs. [3, 4]. MeasurementconditionsseeExperimental. Compoundu No. PPh2(CH2)4O-{SiOr} 1i Solvent toluene hexane cyclohexane nitromethane PPh2(CH2)3 Si(O-i SiO' ) )3 2i toluene hexane cyclohexane nitromethane -16.8 -16.1 -16.3 -16.7 -16.2 -16.3 -16.5 -t].1 -11.0 -17.1 vt rt lHz]' suspension toluene toluene(60'C) PPh2(C6H4)Si(O-{ SiO' })3 4i (co)3NiPPh2 (cH2)4o-{si02} 5I - 1t J.+ A< 420 r760 520 550 290 710 910 tl0 730 1550 1200 750 toluene - 4.7 23.5 1300 toluene z3- | 1540 ,olu"n" 22.9 22.5 3030 6i u, r, lHzl solid-state 860 980 /< PPh2(C6H4)SiMe2O-{ SiO2} (co)2Ni[pph2 (cH2)3 s(o-{ sio2})3] 2 6(ttP)o 400 830 " {SiO2} denotesthe silica support,Ph a phenylgroup (C6H5);compounds2i,4i, and6i are not necessarilybound to silicaviathreesiloxanebridges(seetext);b513rP)t 0.2 ppm and al ppm (5i, 6i);" u112t 10 Hz (li - 4i) and t 50Hz (li in cyclohexane, 3i, 5i, 6i). reaction dependson the proper choice of solvent. We also present here the first suspensionNMR spectraof surface-bounddi- and tricarbonylnickel complexes.The advantagesand limitations of this method are discussedand comparedto solid-state CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy. 2. Results The dry phosphine modified silica li to 4i f3, 4), as well as the immobilized carbonylnickel complexes(CO)3NiPPh2(CH2)4O-{SiO, } (5i) and (CO)2Ni[PPh2 (CH2)3Si(O-{SiO2})3]z (6i) [4] can be characterizedbytheir rtP CPA4AS NMR spectra. When thesedry materialsare subjectedto 31P NMR spectroscopyunder conditions of conventional high resolution(see4.), no signalat all can be obtained.The sameis true for CClo suspensions. However,a plethoraof other solventsgivesreasonably narrow signalsunder the conditionsdescribed in 4. TableI sivesthe chemicalshiftsandlinewidths of the 31Psuspensionsignalsof silica li to 6i in toluene.Additionally, the correspondingvalues of hexane,cyclohexane,andnitromethanesuspensions of li and 2i are given. A detailedstudy of a variery of other solvent/silicasystemsincluding T, values is underway [33]. The suspension31PNMR spectraof 1i in cyclohexane,hexane.and nitromethaneare shown in Fig. 1, thoseof 5i and 6i in toluenein Fig. 2. It is known from silica esterificationstudieswith butanol, that the Si-O-C group is easily hydrolyzed l3I,321. Although siloxanesare more stable,the possibility of hydrolysisalso existsfor the Si-OSi group. Therefore,in the casesof relatively narrow signals(liltoluene; li/nitromethane;2iltoluene; 2ilnitromethane)it was carefully checkedin analogy to [13] that the resonanceswere not due to purely adsorbedspecies:The supernatantsolution of the measuredsuspensions was subjectedto 31P 31P NMR separately;no signalsweredetectedinany case.Furthermore,a traceof the correspondingfree phosphinewas addedto the suspensions and these were again measuredafter stirring for t h. A narrow resonancewith about30 to 50 Hz halfwidth was K. D. Behringer* J. Bliimel . Suspension NMR Spectroscopy of Phosphines always found in the suspensionrlP NMR spectra, superimposedon the broad signalsof the immobilized phosphines.The intensity of the latter did not change,as was checkedby subtractingthe spectra acquiredbefore and after phosphineadditionunder identical NMR conditions with equal numbers of scans.As demonstratedin the pioneeringworks of Albert et al. lI3l and Gilpin [17], the linewidths of suspensionNMR signalsincreasewith the surface coverage.Therefore,samplesof Ii,2i and 3i, 4i with similar surfacecoveragesof about 5 Voand 7 7o carboncontent,respectively,as determinedby elementalanalysis,were applied.For the measurementsof 1i and 2i in different solvents,portions of the samebatchof li and2i, respectively,were used. The chemicalshifts are in good agreementwith the ones determinedby 3rP CP/MAS NMR (Table I) andby solutionNMR spectroscopyof the dissolved compounds[4]. r725 3. Discussion The residuallinewidthsof the 31PCPAzIASNMR signalsdeterminedearlier 13,4l ne given in Table I. With the exceptionof the systems2iltolueneand 2ilnitromethane,the suspensionNMR resonances are broaderthan the solid-state31pCpA,tAS NUR lines of the dry samples.Even though there is the possibility to apply more favorable solvents (see below and [33]), evenat this preliminarystatesuspensionNMR spectroscopyoffers someadvantages ascomparedto'P CP/MAS NMR: 1. The sample preparation is simple. The silica materialsdo not have to be dried before measurement.After the modificationprocedure[3] and washingwith the appropriatesolvent,the sluny can be filled into the NMR tube directly. Impurities (mostlyfrom oxidation [3]) showup in the spectrum quitewell (Fig. 1A), andif the silica doesnot meet the desiredpurity requirements,it can be discarded before a tediouswork-up and drying procedure. 2. Quantitative data may be obtained conveniently. For simultaneous quantitative measurements of all the possible speciespresent on the surface,the CP parametershave to be optimized carefully[3]. Ifone setofparametersdoesnot give optimal signal intensity for all surface species,a multitude of spectrahave to be recordedin order - 100 0 -100 . 100 0 PPM PPM 31P Fig. 1. 121.5MHz suspension NMR spectraof phos31PNMR spectraof surface phine modified silica li in nitromethane(A), hexane(B), Fig.2.121.5MHz suspension immobilized tri- and dicarbonylnickelcomplexes5i (A) andcyclohexane(C). Measurementconditionsand NMR dataseeExperimentalandTableI, respectively.S denotes and 6i (B) in toluene.Measurmentconditionsand NMR dataseeExperimentaland TableI, respectively. someoxidationproducts. 100 1126 K. D. Behringer- J. Bltimel . Suspension NMR Spectroscopy of Phosphines to get quantitativeinformation. SuspensionNMR spectroscopy,however, gives quantitatively reliable signal intensitieswithin one spectrumfor oxidic speciesand phosphinesunder the (uncritical) measurementconditionsapplied (see 4.), as was checkedby "P CP/MAS NMR t3l. Furthermore, suspensionNMR spectroscopyallows quantitative rneasurements of physicallyadsorbedspecies[13]. This is not easily done with CPA4AS NMR [7]. However, suspensionNMR and CP/MAS NMR signals of adsorbedspecieshave the samenalrow linewidths. The latter distinguishesthem from signalsof chemicallyboundspecies[7]. 3. There are no rotational sidebandsthat could lead to overlapping. 4. The measurement timesareshort.31PCP/MAS NMR spectraof good S/N ratio of li - 6i require measurementtimes of aboutthreeto four hours [3, 4]. SuspensionNMR spectra,on the otherhand,are donein about15min. This is mostly dueto thefavorable T, times of thesesurface-attached, in the presence of solventsmoderatelymobile species([34] and seebelow).Additionally, an approximatelytenfold larger volume of silica can be usedin a 10 mm glasstube than in a conventional7 mm rotor. 5. No spinninggasis consumed.In an inorganic NMR laboratory, where air-sensitivecompounds, diluted in a solid are mostly measured,nitrogen is best used as the drive- and bearinggas, because the otherwiseuseful aitight rotor inserts [35] need too much volume within the rotor at the expense of samplevolume. With a large quantity of routine samples,this canbecomevery expensive.However, suspensionNMR spectroscopydoes not need any nitrogen for spinningat all [30]. 6. The catalystsare probedunderrealistic condiNMR spectroscopy providesintions. Suspension formation about the mobility of surface attached speciesin the presenceof solvents,which is indispensablefor a corelation of catalyst activity and appliedsolvent.This information can of coursenot be obtainedfrom 3lP CP/MAS NMR measurements of thedry samples. From the presentresultsthe following trendsfor 3lP speciesemerge:The suspension surface-bound NMR resonancesof the immobilized phosphines 3i and 4i are substantiallybroader than those of 1i and 2i with the samesolvent (TableD. Broader lines areindicativeof restrictedmobility, sincethen the chemical shift anisotropyand dipolar coupling are reducedless effectively [8]. Therefore,we assume, that the phenyl spacerbetween phosphine moiety and silica surfaceleads to a more rigid arrangementof the phosphineson the surfacethanthe alkyl chainswith threeandfour segments.This is in line with refs. [25, 26]. Additionally,it was shown for alkyl modified sllica via suspension13CNMR measurements, that the signalsare broaderfor less mobile and more rigid segmentsof the alkyl chains t13- 2r1,. The "P NMR signalsof phosphines2i and 4i, which can be bound to the surfacevia tp to three ethoxy groups,are narrowerthan the onesof li and 3i, which allow just one bond to the surface.At first sight this is in contrastto intuition, sincea more stable "anchoring" shouldreducethe mobility. But the phosphorusnucleusis in every casepresentedhere far away from the silica surface.Furthermore,as it was nicely demonstratedby the study of Albert et al. [I4], small alkyl groups,adjacentto longer alkyl chains,reducethe mobility of the latter.Keepingin mind that ethoxysilanereagentspreferentially add to surfacesiloxanegroupsofrigorously dried silica [7], the triethoxysilanes2i and4i would be expected to have more neighboring surface bound ethoxy groups and thereforedisplay broader31Psuspension NMR lines thanli and 3i. This is not the case. Therefore,we concludethat the effectof line broadeningcausedby adjacentsmallalkyl groups[14] is not dominant in the case of our phosphineswith shorl alkyl and rigid phenyl spacers.We tentatively interpretthe narrowerlinewidths of 2i and 4i asbeing the result of cross-linkingand the formation of mobile, surfacedetachedpolysiloxane chains [36, 371.This would alsoexplainthebroaderresonances of Li as comparedto 2i in all solvents.But one has to be carefulin the discussionof this case,because of the different alkyl spacerlengthsof li and 2i. T, studiesof terminal methyl resonancesof long surface bound alkyl groups show that their rotational motion doesnot changewith the chainlength [17]. However,othersystemswith shortern-alkylligands display a nonlinear changeof mobility of terminal methyl groups with chain lengths and a maximal mobility for alkyl groups with six carbon atoms [38] in the solid state. Regarding Table I, it is obvious that the solvent employed for the suspensionNMR measurementsplays a crucial role regardinglinewidths.Nitromethaneleads by far to the narrowestsignals, NMR Spectroscopy of Phosphines K. D. Behringer- J. Bliimel . Suspension followed by toluene,hexane,and cyclohexane.As abeadydescribedearlier [15, 16], solventviscosity is one of the factors dominating the halfwidths NMR resonances. A comparisonbeof suspension tween the spectraobtainedfrom cyclohexane(r7= (ry=0.33 cP at20 l.02cP atlT "C [39])andhexane of li and2i showsthedramatic "C [39]) suspensions effect of viscosity.The polarity of thesesolventsis similar. The linewidth increaseswith the viscosity of the solvent.If the solventplays a crucial role for u 11,of the 31PNMR signalsof immobilizedphosphines,thenu 11,shoulddecreasewith q at elevated temperaturesfor a given solvent. Indeed, when a toluene suspension(ri = 0.59 cP at 20 "C [39]) of 3i is measuredat 60 'C (n = 0.38 cP at 60 "C [39]), the linewidthis reducedby 350 Hz (TableI). Another important factor governingthe halfwidths of suspensionNMR sigrialsis the solventpolarity fzl, 22, 241. This can be demonstratedusing the solventstoluene and nitromethane(4 = 0.62 cP at 25 'C). Although their viscosities are similar, nitromethaneleadsto the narrowestlines. This might be due to the different polarities of toluene(e = 2.4 at 25 'C [39]) and nitromethane(e = 38.6 at 2O"C [39]). Sincetolueneand nitromethanedissolvethe free phosphines1 and 2 equallywell, we suppose, in analogyto refs. I21,22,241, that nitromethane is better suitedto adsorbat the polar silica surface and detachthe phosphinemoietiesfrom there.This would enhancethe mobility of the surfacebound phosphinesand decreasethe linewidths of the suspension"P NMR resonances. The immobilized nickel complexes 5i and 6i give the largest linewidths. The lineshapes are somewhatunsymmetrical and resemblethe overall signalshapesof the conesponding:tP CP/MAS NMR spectra[4], meaningthat the chemical shift anisotropyof the signalsin not removedby mobility of the bound complexes.Reducedmobility of immobilized phosphinesafter coordinationof metals has alreadybeen reportedfor Rh 126- 281 and Ptl25,29l complexes.In the caseof 6i, chelation probably causesadditional reduction of mobility. This chelationeffect has for examplebeendemonstratedfor platinum complexesimmobilized with amine ligands [22]. chelating^ With "P CP/MAS NMR it is easily possible to distinguish the di- from the tricarbonylnickel complexes[4]. This is diffrcult using suspension dueto the similar chemicalshift NMR spectroscopy, 1121 and large linewidths (Fig. 2). Nevertheless,impurities andespeciallyuncomplexedphosphineswould showup in the suspensionNMR spectra.Therefore, evenhere a "preselection"of samplesfor CP/MAS measurements can be made. In conclusion,this work has shownthat suspenis a usefulmethodas sion 31PNMR spectroscopy a supplementto conventional31PCP/MAS NMR spectroscopy.Its advantageslie mostly in the ease andconvenienceof applicationandin the savedtime for routinemeasurements. It may help to understand why andhow catalytic activity changes,if the metal complexesareimmobilized.The aboveresultsshow that the solvent plays a crucial role. For analytical purposes,thereis somepotential in suspension NMR spectroscopyin caseswhereparamagneticor metallic impuritieqon the silica surfacedo not allow the recording of "P CP/MAS NMR spectra.With theproperpolar solventit might be possibleto move the immobilized complexesfurther away from the surface and to allow at least a suspensionNMR spectrumto be recorded.A more detailedstudy of the mobility effectsdiscussedabove,including determinationof T, values,is underway [33]. 4. Experimental For all the 3lP suspension NMR measurements, a BRUKERMSL 300NMR spectrometer, operating in the low powermodeat 121.5MHz andequipped with a conprobehead, ventionall0 mmbroadband wasapplied.The drymodifiedsilicaof anapproximate volumeof 2 ml was filled underN2 into 10 mm glassNMR tubes,equipped with groundglassjoints, and stirredwith an excessof therespective driedandoxygenfreesolvent(3 to 6 ml). 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