Activation of metal hydride complexes by tri-tert-butylphosphine-platinum and -palladium groups

The compounds HM(CO)4SnPh3, M = Os (10), Ru (11) are activated in the presence of Pt(PBut3)2 and Pd(PBu(t)3)2 toward the insertion of PhC2H into the M-H bond. The compounds PtOs(CO)4(SnPh3)(PBu(t)3)[mu-HCC(H)Ph], 12, and PtOs(CO)4(SnPh3)(PBu(t)3)[mu-H2CCPh], 13, were obtained from the reaction of 10 with PhC2H in the presence of Pt(PBu(t)3)2. Compounds 12 and 13 are isomers containing alkenyl ligands formed by the insertion of the PhC2H molecule into the Os-H bond at both the substituted and unsubstituted carbon atoms of the alkyne. Both compounds contain a Pt(PBu(t)3) group that is bonded to the osmium atom and a bridging alkenyl ligand that is pi-bonded to the osmium atom. The reaction of 11 with PhC2H in the presence of Pt(PBu(t)3)2 yielded the products PtRu(CO)4(SnPh3)(PBu(t)3)[mu-HC2(H)Ph], 14, and PtRu(CO)4(SnPh3)(PBut3)[mu-H2C2Ph], 15, which are also isomers similar to 12 and 13. The reaction of 11 with PhC2H in the presence of Pd(PBu(t)3)2 yielded the product PdRu(CO)4(SnPh3)(PBu(t)3)[mu-H2C2Ph], 16. Compound 16 contains a Pd(PBu(t)3) group bonded to the ruthenium atom and a bridging H2C2Ph ligand that is pi-bonded to the palladium atom. Compound 10 reacted with Pt(PBu(t)3)2 in the absence of PhC2H to yield the compound PtOs(CO)4(SnPh3)(PBu(t)3)(mu-H), 17. Compound 17 is a Pt(PBu(t)3) adduct of 10. It contains a Pt-Os bond with a bridging hydrido ligand. Compound 17 reacted with PhC2H to yield 12. Compound 12 reacted with PhC2H to yield the compound PtOs(CO)3(SnPh3)(PBu(t)3)[mu-HCC(Ph)C(H)C(H)Ph], 18. Compound 18 contains a bridging 2,4-diphenylbutadienyl ligand, HCC(Ph)C(H)C(H)Ph, that is pi-bonded to the osmium atom and sigma-bonded to the platinum atom. Fenkse-Hall molecular orbitals of 17 were calculated. The LUMO of 17 exhibits an empty orbital on the platinum atom that appears to be the most likely site for PhC2H addition prior to its insertion into the Os-H bond.     

Platinum participation in the hydrogenation of phenylacetylene by Ru5(CO)15(C)[Pt(PBu(t)3)

The hydride and PhC2H complexes, Ru5(CO)14(mu6-C)[Pt(PBut3)](mu-H)2, 2, and Ru5(CO)13(mu5-C)(PhC2H)[Pt(PBut3)], 3, were obtained from the reactions of Ru5(CO)15(C)[Pt(PBut3)], 1, with hydrogen and PhC2H, respectively. Styrene was formed catalytically when hydrogen and PhC2H were allowed to react with 3 in combination, and the complex Ru5(CO)12(mu5-C)[PtPBut3](PhC2H)(mu-H)2, 4, containing both hydrides and a PhC2H ligand was formed. The catalysis is promoted by the presence of the platinum atom in the complexes.     

Addition of Pt(PBu(t)(3)) groups to Ru(5)(CO)(12)(eta(6)-C(6)H(6))(mu(5)-C). Synthesis, structures, and dynamical activity

The reaction of Ru(5)(CO)(12)(eta(6)-C(6)H(6))(mu(5)-C), 7, with Pt(PBu(t)(3))(2) yielded two products Ru(5)(CO)(12)(eta(6)-C(6)H(6))(mu(6)-C)[Pt(PBu(t)(3))], 8, and Ru(5)(CO)(12)(eta(6)-C(6)H(6))(mu(6)-C)[Pt(PBu(t)(3))](2), 9. Compound 8 contains a Ru(5)Pt metal core in an open octahedral structure. In solution, 8 exists as a mixture of two isomers that interconvert rapidly on the NMR time scale at 20 degrees C, DeltaH() = 7.1(1) kcal mol(-1), DeltaS() = -5.1(6) cal mol(-)(1) K(-)(1), and DeltaG(298)(#) = 8.6(3) kcal mol(-1). Compound 9 is structurally similar to 8, but has an additional Pt(PBu(t)(3)) group bridging an Ru-Ru edge of the cluster. The two Pt(PBu(t)(3)) groups in 9 rapidly exchange on the NMR time scale at 70 degrees C, DeltaH(#) = 9.2(3) kcal mol(-)(1), DeltaS(#) = -5(1) cal mol(-)(1) K(-)(1), and DeltaG(298)(#) = 10.7(7) kcal mol(-1). Compound 8 reacts with hydrogen to give the dihydrido complex Ru(5)(CO)(11)(eta(6)-C(6)H(6))(mu(6)-C)[Pt(PBu(t)(3))](mu-H)(2), 10, in 59% yield. This compound consists of a closed Ru(5)Pt octahedron with two hydride ligands bridging two of the four Pt-Ru bonds.     

Addition of Pt(PBut3) to osmium-tin cluster complexes

The reactions of the osmium-tin cluster complexes Os3(CO)12(mu3-SnPh)Ph, 9, and Os4(CO)16(mu4-Sn), 10, with Pt(PBut3)2 have been investigated. Two products, PtOs3(CO)12(Ph)(PBut3)(mu3-SnPh), 11, and Pt2Os3(CO)12(mu2-Ph)(PBut3)2(mu3-SnPh), 12, were obtained from the reaction of 9 with Pt(PBut3)2. These are mono- and bis-Pt(PBut3) adducts of 9 formed by the addition of a Pt(PBut3) group to the Os-Os bond in 11 and the Os-Os bond and Os-C bond to the sigma-bonded phenyl group in 12. A PBut3 derivative of 11, Os2(CO)8(mu3-SnPh)Os(CO)3(PBut3)Ph, 13, was obtained by treating 12 with PBut3. The reaction of 10 with Pt(PBut3)2 provided the bis-Pt(PBut3) adduct Os4(CO)16[Pt(PBut3)]2(mu4-Sn), 14, that was formed by the addition of a Pt(PBut3) group across the Os-Os bond of both Os2(CO)8 groups in 10. All four new compounds 11-14 were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.     

Phosphaallyl complexes of Ru(II) derived from dicyclohexylvinylphosphine (DCVP)

The complexes [(eta5-RC5H4)Ru(CH3CN)3]PF6(R = H, CH3) react with DCVP (DCVP = Cy2PCH=CH2) at room temperature to produce the phosphaallyl complexes [(eta5-C5H5)Ru(eta1-DCVP)(eta3-DCVP)]PF6 and [(eta5-MeC5H4)Ru(eta1-DCVP)(eta3-DCVP)]PF6. Both compounds react with a variety of two-electron donor ligands displacing the coordinated vinyl moiety. In contrast, we failed to prepare the phosphaallyl complexes [(eta5-C5Me5)Ru(eta1-DCVP)(eta3-DCVP)]PF6, [(eta5-MeC5H4)Ru(CO)(eta3-DCVP)]PF6 and [(eta5-C5Me5)Ru(CO)(eta3-DPVP)]PF6(DPVP = Ph2PCH=CH2).The compounds [(eta5-MeC5H4)Ru(CO)(CH3CN)(DPVP)]PF6 and [(eta5-C5Me5)Ru(CO)(CH3CN)(DPVP)]PF6 react with DMPP (3,4-dimethyl-1-phenylphosphole) to undergo [4 + 2] Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions at elevated temperature. Attempts at ruthenium catalyzed hydration of phenylacetylene produced neither acetophenone nor phenylacetaldehyde but rather dimers and trimers of phenylacetylene. The structures of the complexes described herein have been deduced from elemental analyses, infrared spectroscopy, 1H, 13C{1H}, 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopy and in several cases by X-ray crystallography.     

Lewis acid-base interactions between metal atoms and their applications for the synthesis of bimetallic cluster complexes

A series of new palladium-ruthenium cluster complexes have been prepared by adding Pd(PBu(t)(3)) fragments to the ruthenium-ruthenium bonds of ruthenium carbonyl complexes. Reaction of Pd(PBu(t)(3))(2) with Ru(3)(CO)(12) yielded the tripalladium adduct Ru(3)(CO)(12)[Pd(PBu(t)(3))](3) 1. Compound 1 contains three Pd(PBu(t)(3)) groups symmetrically disposed with each one acting as a bridge across one Ru-Ru bond of the former Ru(3)(CO)(12) molecule. Reaction of Pd(PBu(t)(3))(2) with Ru(6)(CO)(17)(C) yielded the dipalladium adduct Ru(6)(CO)(17)(C)[Pd(PBu(t)(3))](2) 2. Compound 2 exists as two isomers in the solid state. One isomer has Pd(PBu(t)(3)) groups bridging two edges of the Ru(6) octahedron. The other isomer has a Pd(PBu(t)(3)) group bridging one edge of the Ru(6) octahedron, and the other is a triple bridge. The reaction of Pd(PBu(t)(3))(2) with Ru(CO)(5) yielded the dipalladium-diruthenium complex Ru(2)(CO)(9)[Pd(PBu(t)(3))](2) 3, a dipalladium adduct of the unstable molecule Ru(2)(CO)(9).     

Synthesis of PtRu5(CO)14(PBu(t)3)(mu-H)2(mu6-C) and its reactions with Pt(PBut3)2, HGePh3, and HSnPh3

Reaction of PtRu5(CO)15(PBut3)(C), 3, with hydrogen at 97 degrees C yielded the new dihydride-containing cluster compound PtRu5(CO)14(PBut3)(mu-H)2(mu6-C), 5. Compound 5 was characterized crystallographically and was shown to contain an octahedral cluster consisting of one platinum and five ruthenium atoms with a carbido ligand in the center. Two hydrido ligands bridge two oppositely positioned PtRu bonds. Compound 5 reacts with Pt(PBut3)2 to yield Pt2Ru5(CO)14(PBut3)2(mu-H)2(mu6-C), 6, a Pt(PBut3) adduct of 5, by adding a Pt(PBut3) group as a bridge across one of the Ru-Ru bonds in the square base of the Ru5 portion of the cluster. Compound 6 is dynamically active on the NMR time scale by a mechanism that appears to involve a shifting of the Pt(PBut3) group from one Ru-Ru bond to another. Two new complexes, PtRu5(CO)13(PBut3)(mu-H)3(GePh3)(mu5-C), 7, and PtRu5(CO)13(PBut3)(mu-H)2(mu-GePh2)(mu6-C), 8, were obtained from the reaction of 5 with HGePh3. The cluster of 7 has an open structure in which the Pt(PBut3) group bridges an edge of the square base of the square pyramidal Ru5 cluster. Compound 7 also has three bridging hydrido ligands and one terminal GePh3 ligand. When heated to 97 degrees C, 7 is slowly converted to 8 by cleavage of a phenyl group from the GePh3 ligand and elimination of benzene by its combination with one of the hydrido ligands. The PtRu5 metal cluster of 8 has a closed octahedral shape with a GePh2 ligand bridging one of the Ru-Ru bonds. Two tin-containing compounds, PtRu5(CO)13(PBut3)(mu-H)3(SnPh3)(mu5-C), 9, and PtRu5(CO)13(PBut3)(mu-H)2(mu-SnPh2)(mu6-C), 10, which are analogous to 7 and 8 were obtained from the reaction of 5 with HSnPh3.     

Reactions of 2-indolylphosphines with Ru3(CO)12: cluster capping with mu 3,eta 2-indolylphosphine as an anionic six-electron P,N-donor ligand

Stepwise bidentate coordination of the novel indolylphosphine ligands HL (1, HL = P(C(6)H(5))(2)(C(9)H(8)N)(diphenyl-2-(3-methylindolyl)phosphine); 2, HL = P(C(6)H(5))(C(9)H(8)N)(2)(phenyldi-2-(3-methylindolyl)phosphine); and 3, HL = P(C(6)H(5))(C(17)H(12)N(2))(di(1H-3-indolyl)methane-(2,12)-phenylphosphine)) to the ruthenium cluster Ru(3)(CO)(12) is demonstrated. Reactions of 1-3 with Ru(3)(CO)(12) led to the formation of Ru(3)(CO)(11)(HL) (4-6), in which HL is mono-coordinated through the phosphorus atom. The X-ray structures of 4-6 show that the phosphorus atom is equatorially coordinated to the triruthenium core. In all cases, gentle heating of Ru(3)(CO)(11)(HL) resulted in the formation of Ru(3)(CO)(9)(mu-H)(mu(3),eta(2)-L)(7-9) in which the NH proton of the indolyl substituent had migrated to the ruthenium core to form a bridging hydride ligand. The X-ray structure of Ru(3)(CO)(9)(mu-H)[mu(3),eta(2)-P(C(6)H(5))(2)(C(9)H(7)N)] (7) shows the deprotonated nitrogen atom of the indolyl moiety bridging over the face of the triruthenium core, bonding to the two ruthenium metal centers to which the phosphorus atom is not bound. The phosphorus atom is forced to adopt an axial bonding mode due to the geometry of the indolylphosphine ligand. Cluster electron counting and X-ray data suggest that the indolylphosphine behaves as a six-electron ligand in this mode of coordination. Compounds 4-9 have been characterized by IR, (1)H, (13)C and (31)P NMR spectroscopy.     

Unsaturated platinum-rhenium cluster complexes. Synthesis, structures and reactivity

Two new compounds PtRe3(CO)12(PBut3)(micro-H)3, 9, and PtRe2(CO)9(PBut3)(micro-H)2, 10, were obtained from the reaction of Pt(PBut3)2 with Re3(CO)12(micro-H3), 8, at room temperature. Compound 9 contains a butterfly cluster of four metals formed by the insertion of the platinum atom from a Pt(PBut3) group into one of the hydride-bridged metal-metal bonds of 8. The three hydrido ligands are bridging ligands across each of three new Pt-Re bonds. Compound 10 contains a triangular PtRe2 cluster with two hydrido ligands; one bridges a Pt-Re bond, and the other bridges the Re-Re bond. The new compound Pt2Re2(CO)7(PBut3)2(micro-H)2, 11, was obtained from the reaction of 8 with Pt(PBut3)2 in hexane at reflux. Compound 11 was also obtained from 10 by reaction with an additional quantity of Pt(PBut3)2. Compound 11 contains a tetrahedral cluster of four metal atoms with two dynamically active hydrido ligands. A CO ligand on one of the two platinum atoms also exchanges between the two platinum atoms rapidly on the NMR time scale. Compound 11 is electronically unsaturated and was found to add hydrogen at room temperature to form the tetrahydrido cluster complex, Pt2Re2(CO)7(PBut3)2(micro-H)4, 12. Compound 12 has a structure similar to 11 but contains one triply bridging hydrido ligand, two edge bridging hydrido ligands, and one terminal hydrido ligand on one of the two platinum atoms. A kinetic isotope effect D/H of 1.5(1) was determined for the addition of H2 to 11. Hydrogen can be eliminated from 12 by heating to 97 degrees C or by the application of UV-vis irradiation at room temperature. Compound 12 adds CO at room temperature to yield the complex Pt2Re2(CO)8(PBut3)2(micro-H)4, 13, which contains a planar cluster of four metal atoms with a Pt-Pt bond and four edge bridging hydrido ligands. Compounds 11 and 12 react with Pt(PBut3)2 to yield the known five metal cluster complexes Pt3Re2(CO)6(PBut3)3(micro-H)2, 14, and Pt3Re2(CO)6(PBut3)3(micro-H)4, 15, respectively. Density functional calculations confirm the hydride positions in the lowest energy structural isomers of 11 and 12 and suggest a mechanism for H2 addition to 11 that occurs on the Pt atom with the lower coordination number.     

Novel rhodium and ruthenium carbonyl cluster complexes with face- and edge-bridging GaCp* ligands. Synthesis and structural characterization of the Rh6(CO)12(mu3-GaCp*)4 and Ru6(eta6-C)(mu2-CO)(CO)13(mu3-GaCp*)2(mu2-GaCp*) clusters

Reactions of hexanuclear carbonyl clusters of rhodium Rh(6)(CO)(16) and ruthenium Ru(6)(eta(6)-C)(micro(2)-CO)(CO)(16) with GaCp*(Cp*= C(5)Me(5)) in the mild conditions result in substitution of CO ligands and formation of the Rh(6)(CO)(12)(micro(3)-GaCp*)(4) and the Ru(6)(eta(6)-C)(micro(2)-CO)(CO)(13)(micro(3)-GaCp*)(2)(micro(2)-GaCp*) cluster derivatives.     

The preparation and characterisation of hetero- and homobimetallic complexes containing bridging naphthalene-1,8-dithiolato ligands

Homo- and heterobimetallic complexes of the form [(PPh(3))(2)(mu(2)-1,8-S(2)-nap){ML(n)}] (in which (1,8-S(2)-nap)=naphtho-1,8-dithiolate and {ML(n)}={PtCl(2)} (1), {PtClMe} (2), {PtClPh} (3), {PtMe(2)} (4), {PtIMe(3)} (5) and {Mo(CO)(4)} (6)) were obtained by the addition of [PtCl(2)(NCPh)(2)], [PtClMe(cod)] (cod=1,5-cyclooctadiene), [PtClPh(cod)], [PtMe(2)(cod)], [{PtIMe(3)}(4)] and [Mo(CO)(4)(nbd)] (nbd=norbornadiene), respectively, to [Pt(PPh(3))(2)(1,8-S(2)-nap)]. Synthesis of cationic complexes was achieved by the addition of one or two equivalents of a halide abstractor, Ag[BF(4)] or Ag[ClO(4)], to [{Pt(mu-Cl)(mu-eta(2):eta(1)-C(3)H(5))}(4)], [{Pd(mu-Cl)(eta(3)-C(3)H(5))}(2)], [{IrCl(mu-Cl)(eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))}(2)] (in which C(5)Me(5)=Cp*=1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl), [{RhCl(mu-Cl)(eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))}(2)], [PtCl(2)(PMe(2)Ph)(2)] and [{Rh(mu-Cl)(cod)}(2)] to give the appropriate coordinatively unsaturated species that, upon treatment with [(PPh(3))(2)Pt(1,8-S(2)-nap)], gave complexes of the form [(PPh(3))(2)(mu(2)-1,8-S(2)-nap){ML(n)}][X] (in which {ML(n)}[X]={Pt(eta(3)-C(3)H(5))}[ClO(4)] (7), {Pd(eta(3)-C(3)H(5))}[ClO(4)] (8), {IrCl(eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))}[ClO(4)] (9), {RhCl(eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))}[BF(4)] (10), {Pt(PMe(2)Ph)(2)}[ClO(4)](2) (11), {Rh(cod)}[ClO(4)] (12); the carbonyl complex {Rh(CO)(2)}[ClO(4)] (13) was formed by bubbling gaseous CO through a solution of 12. In all cases the naphtho-1,8-dithiolate ligand acts as a bridge between two metal centres to give a four-membered PtMS(2) ring (M=transition metal). All compounds were characterised spectroscopically. The X-ray structures of 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 reveal a binuclear PtMS(2) core with PtM distances ranging from 2.9630(8)-3.438(1) A for 8 and 5, respectively. The napS(2) mean plane is tilted with respect to the PtP(2)S(2) coordination plane, with dihedral angles in the range 49.7-76.1 degrees and the degree of tilting being related to the PtM distance and the coordination number of M. The sum of the Pt(1)coordination plane/napS(2) angle, a, and the Pt(1)coordination plane/M(2)coordination plane angle, b, a+b, is close to 120 degrees in nearly all cases. This suggests that electronic effects play a significant role in these binuclear systems.     

Aminocyclopentadienyl ruthenium complexes as racemization catalysts for dynamic kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols at ambient temperature

Aminocyclopentadienyl ruthenium complexes, which can be used as room-temperature racemization catalysts with lipases in the dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of secondary alcohols, were synthesized from cyclopenta-2,4-dienimines, Ru(3)(CO)(12), and CHCl(3): [2,3,4,5-Ph(4)(eta(5)-C(4)CNHR)]Ru(CO)(2)Cl (4: R = i-Pr; 5: R = n-Pr; 6: R = t-Bu), [2,5-Me(2)-3,4-Ph(2)(eta(5)-C(4)CNHR)]Ru(CO)(2)Cl (7: R = i-Pr; 8: R = Ph), and [2,3,4,5-Ph(4)(eta(5)-C(4)CNHAr)]Ru(CO)(2)Cl (9: Ar = p-NO(2)C(6)H(4); 10: Ar = p-ClC(6)H(4); 11: Ar = Ph; 12: Ar = p-OMeC(6)H(4); 13: Ar = p-NMe(2)C(6)H(4)). The tests in the racemization of (S)-4-phenyl-2-butanol showed that 7 is the most active catalyst, although the difference decreased in the DKR. Complex 4 was used in the DKR of various alcohols; at room temperature, not only simple alcohols but also functionalized ones such as allylic alcohols, alkynyl alcohols, diols, hydroxyl esters, and chlorohydrins were successfully transformed to chiral acetates. In mechanistic studies for the catalytic racemization, ruthenium hydride 14 appeared to be a key species. It was the major organometallic species in the racemization of (S)-1-phenylethanol with 4 and potassium tert-butoxide. In a separate experiment, (S)-1-phenylethanol was racemized catalytically by 14 in the presence of acetophenone.     

Cubane-type heterometallic sulfido clusters: incorporation of two metal fragments into a dinuclear ReS(mu-S)2ReS core affording bimetallic M2Re2(mu 3-S)4 clusters (M = Ru,Pt, Cu) or trimetallic MM'Re2(mu 3-S)4 clusters via incomplete cubane-type MRe2(mu 3-S)(mu 2-S)3 intermediates (M = Ru,Rh, Ir; M' = Mo,W, Pd,Ru, Rh)

Reactions of a dirhenium tetra(sulfido) complex [PPh(4)](2)[ReS(L)(mu-S)(2)ReS(L)] (L = S(2)C(2)(SiMe(3))(2)) with a series of group 8-11 metal complexes in MeCN at room temperature afforded either the cubane-type clusters [M(2)(ReL)(2)(mu(3)-S)(4)] (M = CpRu (2), PtMe(3), Cu(PPh(3)) (4); Cp = eta(5)-C(5)Me(5)) or the incomplete cubane-type clusters [M(ReL)(2)(mu(3)-S)(mu(2)-S)(3)] (M = (eta(6)-C(6)HMe(5))Ru (5), CpRh (6), CpIr (7)), depending on the nature of the metal complexes added. It has also been disclosed that the latter incomplete cubane-type clusters can serve as the good precursors to the trimetallic cubane-type clusters still poorly precedented. Thus, treatment of 5-7 with a range of metal complexes in THF at room temperature resulted in the formation of novel trimetallic cubane-type clusters, including the neutral clusters [[(eta(6)-C(6)HMe(5))Ru][W(CO)(3)](ReL)(2)(mu(3)-S)(4)], [(CpM)[W(CO)(3)](ReL)(2)(mu(3)-S)(4)] (M = Rh, Ir), [(Cp*Ir)[Mo(CO)(3)](ReL)(2)(mu(3)-S)(4)], [[(eta(6)-C(6)HMe(5))Ru][Pd(PPh(3))](ReL)(2)(mu(3)-S)(4)], and [(Cp*Ir)[Pd(PPh(3))](ReL)(2)(mu(3)-S)(4)] (13) along with the cationic clusters [(Cp*Ir)(CpRu)(ReL)(2)(mu(3)-S)(4)][PF(6)] (14) and [(Cp*Ir)[Rh(cod)](ReL)(2)(mu(3)-S)(4)][PF(6)] (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene). The X-ray analyses have been carried out for 2, 4, 7, 13, and the SbF(6) analogue of 14 (14') to confirm their bimetallic cubane-type, bimetallic incomplete cubane-type, or trimetallic cubane-type structures. Fluxional behavior of the incomplete cubane-type and trimetallic cubane-type clusters in solutions has been demonstrated by the variable-temperature (1)H NMR studies, which is ascribable to both the metal-metal bond migration in the cluster cores and the pseudorotation of the dithiolene ligand bonded to the square pyramidal Re centers, where the temperatures at which these processes proceed have been found to depend upon the nature of the metal centers included in the cluster cores.     

On the prospects of polynuclear complexes with acetylenedithiolate bridging units

The generation of polynuclear complexes with one, two, or four acetylenedithiolate bridging units via the isolation of eta2-alkyne complexes of acetylenedithiolate K[Tp'M(CO)(L)(C2S2)] (Tp'=hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate, M=W, L=CO (K-3a), M=Mo, L=CNC6H3Me2 (K-3b)) is reported. The strong electronic cooperation of Ru and W in the heterobimetallic complexes [(eta5-C5H5)(PPh3)Ru(3a)] (4a) and [(eta5-C5H5)(Me2C6H3NC)Ru(3a)] (4b) has been elucidated by correlation of the NMR, IR, UV-vis, and EPR-spectroscopic properties of the redox couples 4a/4a+ and 4b/4b+ with results from density functional calculations. Treatment of M(II) (M=Ni, Pd, Pt) with K-3a and K-3b afforded the homoleptic bis complexes [M(3a)2] (M=Ni (5a), Pd (5b), Pt (5c)), and [M(3b)2] (M=Pd (6a) and Pt (6b)), in which the metalla-acetylendithiolates exclusively serve as S,S'-chelate ligands. The vibrational and electronic spectra as well as the cyclic voltammetry behavior of all the complexes are compared. The structural analogy of 5a/5b/5c and 6a/6b with dithiolene complexes is only partly reflected in the electronic structures. The very intense visible absorptions involve essential d orbital contributions of the central metal, while the redox activity is primarily attributed to the alkyne complex moiety. Accordingly, stoichiometric reduction of 5a/5b/5c yields paramagnetic complex anions with electron-rich alkyne complex moieties being indistinguishable in the IR time scale. K-3a forms with Cu(I) the octanuclear cluster [Cu(3a)]4 (7) exhibiting a Cu4(S2C2)4W4 core. The nonchelating bridging mode of the metalla-acetylenedithiolate 3a- in 7 is recognized by a high-field shift of the alkyne carbon atoms in the 13C NMR spectrum. X-ray diffraction studies of K[Tp'(CO)(Me3CNC)Mo(eta2-C2S2)] (K-3c), 4b, 6a, 6b, and 7 are included. Comparison of the molecular structures of K-3c and 7 on the one hand with 4b and 6a/6b on the other reveals that the small bend-back angles in the latter are a direct consequence of the chelate ring formation.     

Synthesis, characterization, and electronic structures of a series of two-dimensional trimetallic cluster complexes, Ru3(CO)9(mu-SnPh2)3[Pt(PBu(t)3)]x, x = 0-3

The triruthenium-tritin cluster complex, Ru3(CO)9(mu-SnPh2)3, 13 was obtained from the reaction of Ru3(CO)12 with Ph3SnH. Compound 13 reacts with Pt(PBut3)2 to yield three new Pt(PBut3) adducts of 13 Ru3(CO)9(mu-SnPh2)3[Pt(PBut3)]x, 14-16 x = 1 - 3 formed by the addition of Pt(PBut3) groups to the Ru-Sn bonds. The new complexes form a novel series of trimetallic complexes having planar arrangements of the metal atoms. The UV-vis absorptions of the four complexes shift progressively to longer wavelengths as the number of platinum atoms is added to the cluster. The electronic structures of these complexes have been investigated in the ground and excited states by density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory, and this has provided a detailed understanding of the metal-metal bonding and electronic transitions that are responsible for their UV-vis absorption properties. The predicted absorption maximum for the model structures for 13, 14, 15, and 16 at 465, 508, 556, and 585 nm differ only 4-18 nm from the experimental values of 474, 490, 552, and 576 nm. The shift of principal UV-vis absorption can be explained by a lowering of the HOMO-LUMO energy gap due to interactions of the platinum atoms with the HOMO and LUMO of the Ru3Sn3 core.     

Comparative bonding behavior of functional cyclopentadienyl ligands and boron-containing analogues in heterometallic complexes and clusters

The reactivity of isolobal molybdenum carbonylmetalates containing a 2-boratanaphthalene, [Mo(eta5-2,4-MeC9H6BMe)(CO)3]- (5a) and [Mo(eta5-2,4-MeC9H6BNi-Pr2)(CO)3]- (5b), a 1-boratabenzene, [Mo(eta5-3,5-Me2C5H3BNi-Pr2)(CO)3]- (8), or a functionalized cyclopentadienyl ligand, the new metalate [Mo(eta5-C5H4Ph)(CO)3]- (7) and [Mo(eta5-C5H4NMe2)(CO)3]- (9), toward palladium (I and II) or platinum (I and II) complexes, such as trans-[PdCl2(NCPh)2], [Pd2(NCMe)6](BF4)2, trans-[PtCl2(PEt3)2], and [N(n-Bu)4]2 [Pt2Cl4(CO)2], has been investigated, and this has allowed an evaluation of the influence of the pi-bonded ligands on the structures and unprecedented coordination modes observed in the resulting metal-metal-bonded heterometallic clusters. The new 58 CVE planar-triangulated centrosymmetric clusters, [Mo2Pd2(eta5-C5H4Ph)2(CO)6(PEt3)2] (11), [Mo2Pd2(eta5-2,4-MeC9H6BNi-Pr2)2(CO)6] (12), [Mo(2)Pd(2)(eta5-3,5-Me2C5H3BNi-Pr2)2(CO)6] (13), [Mo2Pd2(eta5-C5H4NMe2)2(CO)6(PEt3)2] (15), [Mo2Pt2(eta5-C5H4NMe2)2(CO)6(PEt3)2] (16), and [Mo2Pt2(eta5-C5H4NMe2)2(CO)8] (20), have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Their structural features were compared with those of the 54 CVE cluster [Re2Pd2(eta5-C4H4BPh)2(CO)6)] (4), previously obtained from the borole-containing metalate [Re(eta5-C4H4BPh)(CO)3]- (2), in which a 2e-3c B-C(ipso)-Pd interaction involving the pi-ring was observed. As an extension of what has been observed in 4, clusters 12 and 13 present a direct interaction of the boratanaphthalene (12) and the boratabenzene (13) ligands with palladium. In clusters 11, 15, 16, and 20, the pi-ring does not interact with the palladium (11 and 15) or platinum centers (16 and 20), which confers to these clusters a geometry very similar to that of [Mo2Pd2(eta5-C5H5)2(CO)6(PEt3)2] (3b). The carbonylmetalates [Mo(pi-ring)(CO)3]- are thus best viewed as formal four electron donors which bridge a dinuclear d9-d9 unit. The orientation of this building block in the clusters influences the shape of their metal cores and the bonding mode of the bridging carbonyl ligands. The crystal structure of new centrosymmetric complex [Mo(eta5-C5H4Ph)(CO)3]2 (10) was determined, and it revealed intramolecular contacts of 2.773(4) A between the carbon atoms of carbonyl groups across the metal-metal bond and intermolecular bifurcated interactions between the carbonyl oxygen atoms (2.938(4) and 3.029(4) A), as well as intermolecular C-H...pi(Ar)(C=C) interactions (2.334(3) and 2.786(4) A) involving the phenyl substituents.     

Synthesis, characterisation, crystal structures, reactivity, and electrochemistry of ruthenium-nitrido, ruthenium-cobalt-imido and ruthenapyrrolidone carbonyl clusters containing alkyne ligands

Thermolysis of [Ru3(CO)9(mu3-NOMe)(mu3-eta2-PhC2Ph)] (1) with two equivalents of [Cp*Co(CO)2] in THF afforded four new clusters, brown [Ru5(CO)8(mu-CO)3(eta5-C5Me5)(mu5-N)(mu4-eta2-PhC2Ph)] (2), green [Ru3Co2(CO)7(mu3-CO)(eta5-C5Me5)2(mu3-NH)[mu4-eta8-C6H4-C(H)C(Ph)]] (3), orange [Ru3(CO)7(mu-eta6-C5Me4CH2)[mu-eta3-PhC2(Ph)C(O)N(OMe)]] (4) and pale yellow [Ru2(CO)6[mu-eta3-PhC2(Ph)C(O)N(OMe)]] (5). Cluster 2 is a pentaruthenium mu5-nitrido complex, in which the five metal atoms are arranged in a novel "spiked" square-planar metal skeleton with a quadruply bridging alkyne ligand. The mu5-nitrido N atom exhibits an unusually low frequency chemical shift in its 15N NMR spectrum. Cluster 3 contains a triangular Ru2Co-imido moiety linked to a ruthenium-cobaltocene through the mu4-eta8-C6H4C(H)C(Ph) ligand. Clusters 4 and 5 are both metallapyrrolidone complexes, in which interaction of diphenylacetylene with CO and the NOMe nitrene moiety were observed. In 4, one methyl group of the Cp* ring is activated and interacts with a ruthenium atom. The "distorted" Ru3Co butterfly nitrido complex [Ru3Co(CO)5(eta5-C5Me5)(mu4-N)(mu3-eta2-PhC2Ph)(mu-I)2I] (6) was isolated from the reaction of 1 with [Cp*Co(CO)I2] heated under reflux in THF, in which a Ru-Ru wing edge is missing. Two bridging and one terminal iodides were found to be placed along the two Ru-Ru wing edges and at a hinge Ru atom, respectively. The redox properties of the selected compounds in this study were investigated by using cyclic voltammetry and controlled potential coulometry. 15N magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies were also performed on these clusters.     

Dinuclear ruthenium and iron complexes containing palladium and platinum with tri-tert-butylphosphine ligands: synthesis, structures, and bonding

The reaction of Pd(PBu(t)(3))(2) with Ru(CO)(5) yielded the dipalladium-diruthenium cluster complex Ru(2)(CO)(9)[Pd(PBu(t)(3))](2), 10. The reaction of Pt(PBu(t)(3))(2) with Ru(CO)(5) at room temperature afforded the diplatinum-diruthenium cluster complex Ru(2)(CO)(9)[Pt(PBu(t)(3))](2), 12, and the monoplatinum-diruthenium cluster PtRu(2)(CO)(9)(PBu(t)(3)), 11. All three complexes contain a diruthenium group with bridging Pd(PBu(t)(3)) or Pt(PBu(t)(3)) groups. Compound 11 can be converted to 12 by reaction with an additional quantity of Pt(PBu(t)(3))(2). The reaction of 12 with hydrogen at 68 degrees C yielded the dihydrido complex Pt(2)Ru(2)(CO)(8)(PBu(t)(3))(2)(micro-H)(2), 13. This complex contains a Ru(2)Pt(2) cluster with hydride ligands bridging two of the Ru-Pt bonds. The reaction of Fe(2)(CO)(9) with Pt(PBu(t)(3))(2) yielded the platinum-diiron cluster complex PtFe(2)(CO)(9)(PBu(t)(3)), 14, which is analogous to 11. All new complexes were characterized crystallographically. Molecular orbital calculations of 10 reveal an unusual delocalized metal-metal bonding system involving the Pd(PBu(t)(3)) groups and the Ru(2)(CO)(9) group.     

Molybdenum amido complexes with single Mo-N bonds: synthesis,structure, and reactivity

Reactions of the complex [MoCl(eta(3)-C(3)H(4)-Me-2)(CO)(2)(phen)] (1) (phen=1,10-phenanthroline) with potassium arylamides were used to synthesize the amido complexes [Mo(N(R)Ar)(eta(3)-C(3)H(4)-Me-2)(CO)(2)(phen)] (R=H, Ar=Ph, 2 a; R=H, Ar=p-tolyl, 2 b; R=Me, Ar=Ph; 2 c). For 2 b the Mo-N(amido) bond length (2.105(4) A) is consistent with it being a single bond, with which the metal attains an 18-electron configuration. The reaction of 2 b with HOTf affords the amino complex [Mo(eta(3)-C(3)H(4)-Me-2)(NH(2)(p-tol))(CO)(2)(phen)]OTf (3-OTf). Treatment of 3-OTf with nBuLi or KN(SiMe(3))(2) regenerates 2 b. The new amido complexes react with CS(2), arylisothiocyanates and maleic anhydride. A single product corresponding to the formal insertion of the electrophile into the Mo-N(amido) bond is obtained in each case. For maleic anhydride, ring opening accompanied the formation of the insertion product. The reaction of 2 b with maleimide affords [Mo(eta(3)-C(3)H(4)-Me-2)[NC(O)CH=CHC(O)](CO)(2)(phen)] (7), which results from simple acid-base metathesis. The reaction of 2 b with (p-tol)NCO affords [[Mo(eta(3)-C(3)H(4)-Me-2)(CO)(2)(phen)](2)(eta(2)-MoO(4))] (8), which corresponds to oxidation of one third of the metal atoms to Mo(VI). Complex 8 was also obtained in the reactions of 2 b with CO(2) or the lactide 3,6-dimethyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione. The structures of the compounds 2 b, 3-OTf, [Mo(eta(3)-C(3)H(4)-Me-2)[SC(S)(N(H)Ph)](CO)(2)(phen)] (4), [Mo(eta(3)-C(3)H(4)-Me-2)[SC(N(p-tol))(NH(p-tol))](CO)(2)(phen)] (5 a), and [Mo(eta(3)-C(3)H(4)-Me-2)[OC(O)CH=CHC(O)(NH(p-tol))](CO)(2)(phen)] (6), 7, and 8 (both the free complex and its N,N'-di(p-tolyl)urea adduct) were determined by X-ray diffraction.     

Alkyl-eta2-alkene niobocene and tantalocene complexes with the allyldimethylsilyl-eta5-cyclopentadienyl ligand: synthesis, NMR studies and DFT calculations

Group 5 metal complexes [M(eta5-C5H5)[eta5-C5H4SiMe2(CH2-eta]2-CH=CH2)]X] (M = Nb, X = Me, CH2Ph, CH2SiMe3; M = Ta, X = Me, CH2Ph) and [Ta(eta5-C5Me5)[eta5-C5H4SiMe2(CH2-eta2-CH=CH2)]X] (X = Cl, Me, CH2Ph, CH2SiMe3) containing a chelating alkene ligand tethered to a cyclopentadienyl ring have been synthesized in high yields by reduction with Na/Hg (X = Cl) and alkylation with reductive elimination (X = alkyl) of the corresponding metal(iv) dichlorides [M(eta5-Cp)[eta5-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)]Cl2] (Cp = C5H5, M = Nb, Ta, Cp = C5Me5, M = Ta). These chloro- and alkyl-alkene coordinated complexes react with CO and isocyanides [CNtBu, CN(2,6-Me2C6H3)] to give the ligand-substituted metal(III) compounds [M(eta5-Cp)[eta5-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)]XL] (X = Cl, Me, CH2Ph, CH2SiMe3). Reaction of the chloro-alkene tantalum complex with LiNHtBu results in formation of the imido hydride derivative [Ta(eta5-C5Me5)[eta5-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)]H(NtBu)]. NMR studies for all of the new compounds and DFT calculations for the alkene-coordinated metal complexes are compared with those known for related group 4 metal cations.