NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITION OF WATER AND ETHANOL TO COORDINATED DI-(2-PYRIDYL)KETONE IN RHENIUM(V) AND TECHNETIUM(V) COMPLEXES. THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF DICHLORO(HYDROXY-DI-(2-PYRIDYL)METHOXIDE)OXORHENIUM(V)

Abstract

Complexes of general formula MOCl₂[(C₅H₄N)₂C(O)(OR)] (M = Re, Tc; R = H, Et) were prepared by the reaction of trans-ReOCl₃(PPh₃)₂ and (n-Bu₄N)[TcOCl₄] with di-(2-pyridyl)ketone (DPK) in ethanol (R = Et) under nitrogen and in benzene, containing trace amounts of water, in air (R = H). The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, vibrational, optical and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The evidence suggests that the coordinated DPK ligand has undergone addition of water and ethanol at the carbonylic carbon atom, and that the (C₅H₄N)₂C(o)(OR) moiety acts as a uninegative, terdentate N,O,N-donor ligand. The X-ray crystal structure of the complex ReOCl₂[(C₅H₄N)₂C(O)(OH)] is also reported. Crystal data: C₁₁H₉N₂O₃Cl₂Re, orthorhombic, space group Pcca; a = 14.935(5), b = 11.896(8), c = 14.937(11)Å, and U = 2653.8 (2.7)ų to give Z = 8 for D _calc = 2.37 g cm_?3. The structure was solved by Patterson and Fourier methods and refined by least-squares methods to R = 0.076. The complex has an Re = O bond distance of 1.67(2)Å, and a deprotonated diolate oxygen of the ligand is coordinated in the position trans to the oxo group.