Transition metal phosphate complex
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Transition metal phosphate complexes are coordination complexes with one or more phosphate ligands. Phosphate binds to metals through one, two, three, or all four oxygen atoms. The bidentate coordination mode is common. The second and third pKa's of phosphoric acid, pKa2 and pKa3, are 7.2 and 12.37, respectively. It follows that HPO2−4 and PO3−4 are sufficiently basic to serve as ligands. The examples below confirm this expectation. The behavior of metal phosphate complexes is related to the mechanisms of metal-catalyzed reactions of phosphate esters and pyrophosphates.[1]
Co(H2NCH2CH2NH2)2PO4![[Pt2(HPO4)4(SC4H8)2]2−](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/CSD_CIF_DOXHAZ.png/120px-CSD_CIF_DOXHAZ.png)
[Pt2(HPO4)4(SC4H8)2]2−![[Re3Cl9(PO4)]3−](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/CSD_CIF_KITKON01.png/250px-CSD_CIF_KITKON01.png)
[Re3Cl9(PO4)]3−
Phosphotungstic acid H3PW12O40
![[Pt2(HPO4)4(SC4H8)2]2−](#/media/File:CSD_CIF_DOXHAZ.png)
![[Re3Cl9(PO4)]3−](#/media/File:CSD_CIF_KITKON01.png)
- Bidentate, chelating: One example is [Co(ethylenediamine)2(PO4)].[2]
- Bis-Bidentate: {[Co([tetraamine)]2(PO4)}3+[3] (tetraamine = N(CH2CH2CH2NH2)3)
- Bidentate, bridging: Phosphate, like carboxylate and sulfate, is well suited to span metal-metal bonds. This bonding mode is illustrated by [Mo2(HPO4)4]4−, which features a Mo-Mo triple bond.[4] Related [Pt(III)]2 complexes have been reported.[5]
- Tridentate, bridging. Several triangulo clusters feature a capping phosphate ligand, e.g. [Re3Cl9(PO4)]3−.[6]
- Encapsulated: In phosphotungstic acid, all four oxygen atoms of phosphate are bonded to metals.[7]
