Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.45, No.8, 3378-3383, 2006
Investigation of tetrahedral mixed-metal carbonyl clusters by two-dimensional Co-59 COSY and DQFCOSY NMR experiments
Two-dimensional (2D) Co-59 correlation spectroscopy (COSY)/double-quantum-filtered (DQF)COSY experiments are reported for three tetrahedral mixed-metal clusters HFeCo3(CO)(11)L with L = PPh3, P(OMe)(3), and PCy3 (Cy = cyclohexyl) in which the L-substituted Co center is chemically different from the other two. The 2D Co-59 COSY and DQFCOSY NMR spectra of these clusters in solution prove the existence of a scalar coupling constant between the Co-59 nuclei. To determine this value for each cluster, 2D Co-59 COSY and DQFCOSY NMR spectra have been simulated by numerical density-matrix calculations. The predicted spectra mimic well the features of the experimental spectra if a scalar coupling is introduced between the Co nuclei. It was initially observed that the scalar coupling constants between the Co nuclei obtained from the 2D COSY and DQFCOSY NMR spectra differed significantly. In contrast to the 2D COSY spectra, the diagonal and cross peaks are of comparable intensity in the 2D DQFCOSY spectra, which leads to a considerable increase in the accuracy of the determination of the scalar coupling constant.