Table 2. Comparison of Experimental and Calculated Structural Parameters for FeCl2(Bisphosphine) Complexes.
| FeCl2(SciOPP) |
FeCl2(dpbz) |
FeCl2(Xantphos) |
FeCl2(tBudppe) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exp | calc | exp | calc | exp | calc | exp | calc | |
| Fe–P1 (Å) | 2.463(1) | 2.42 | 2.439(1) | 2.41 | 2.456(2) | 2.45 | 2.429(1) | 2.45 |
| Fe–P2 (Å) | 2.441(2) | 2.41 | 2.433(1) | 2.41 | 2.457(2) | 2.44 | 2.455(1) | 2.44 |
| Fe–Cl1 (Å) | 2.219(1) | 2.25 | 2.219(1) | 2.24 | 2.214(1) | 2.23 | 2.212(1) | 2.23 |
| Fe–Cl2 (Å) | 2.217(2) | 2.23 | 2.213(1) | 2.23 | 2.255(1) | 2.23 | 2.223(2) | 2.24 |
| P–Fe–P (deg) | 80.63(4) | 83.0 | 80.38(3) | 81.9 | 109.30(4) | 108.8 | 82.85(3) | 84.7 |
| Cl–Fe–Cl (deg) | 122.16(6) | 121.7 | 124.85(4) | 123.6 | 122.12(5) | 128.6 | 120.65(4) | 119.1 |