Synthesis and Crystal Structure of {(PPh3)2ClRu(μ-Cl)-Ru(PPh3)B10H7[OCH(CH3)2]3}·0.4(H2O)

The title compound has been synthesized by the reaction of [RuCl2(PPh3)3] and closo-[B10H10]2- in (CH3)2CHOH solution. Crystals suitable for a single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis were obtained from n-pentane diffused to CH2Cl2 solution. The crystal {(PPh3)2ClRu(μ-Cl)Ru(PPh3)B10H7[OCH(CH3)2]3}·0.4(H2O) is monoclinic , space group P21/n , Mr=1359.47, with a=19.434(4), b =14.340(4), c=25.865(9)(A), β= 95.48(3)°, V=7175(4)(A)3, Dc=1.258 g/cm3, Z=4, λ(MoKα)=0.71073(A),μ=6.03 cm-1, F(000)=2784, R=0.0631, wR2= 0.1425, S=1.001. The title compound is a bimetallic species in which the second ruthenium center is bound to the cluster {(PPh3)RuB10H7[OCH(CH3)2]3} via an Ru-Cl-Ru and two Ru-H-B-Ru bridges. The third isoproxy group replaces a hydrogen atom on B(10) of the cage, which indicates the activity of the cage.     

Synthesis and characterisation of novel selenium-containing clusters; crystal structures of [Ru4(μ4-Se)2(CO)8(μ-CO)3] and [Ru3(μ3-Se)2(CO)7(Ph2P(CH2)3PPh2)]

The compound [Ru₄(μ-Se)₂(CO)₈(μ3-CO)₃] (1), has been obtained in good yield by vacuum pyrolysis of [RU₃(CO)₁₂] with [Ph₂Se₂] at 185°C. Reaction of 1 with 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane at room temperature affords the novel cluster [RU₃(μ₃-Se)₂(CO)₇(Ph₂P(CH₂)₃PPh₂)] (2). The structures of 1 and 2 have been determined by an X-ray diffraction study.     

Cluster synthesis. 42. The synthesis and crystal and molecular structures of the sulfur-bridged platinum-ruthenium carbonyl cluster compounds PtRu3(CO)9 L(PPh3)(μ3-S)2 (L=CO,PPh3) and PtRu4(CO)12(PPh3)(μ4-S)2

Two new mixed metal cluster complexes PtRu₃(CO)₁₀(PPh₃)(₃-S)₂,3 14% yield and PtRu₃(CO)₉(PPh₃)₂(₃-S)₂,4 23% yield were obtained from the reaction of Ru₃(CO)₉(₃-S)₂,1 with Pt(PPh₃)₂(C₂H₄) at 0°C. The cluster of4 consists of a spiked triangle of four metal atoms with two triply bridging sulfido ligands. The reaction of Ru₄(CO)₁₁(₄-S)₂,2 with Pt(PPh₃)₂(C₂H₄) yielded the expanded mixed-metal cluster complex PtRu₄(CO)₁₂(PPh₃)(₄-S)₂,5 in 12% yield. The structure of the cluster5 can be described as a pentagonal bipyramid of five metal atoms and two sulfido ligands with one metal-metal bond missing. Compounds4 and5 were characterized by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.     

Alkylation of [Pt2(μ-S)2(PPh3)4] with boronic acid derivatives

The reactivity of the metalloligand [Pt₂(μ-S)₂(PPh₃)₄] with the boron-functionalized alkylating agents BrCH₂(C₆H₄)B(OR)₂ (R = H or C(CH₃)₂) was investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) in real time using pressurized sample infusion (PSI). The macroscopic reaction of [Pt₂(μ-S)₂(PPh₃)₄] with one mole equivalent of alkylating agents BrCH₂(C₆H₄)B{OC(CH₃)₂}₂ and BrCH₂(C₆H₄)B(OH)₂ gave the dinuclear monocationic μ-sulfide thiolate complexes [Pt₂(μ-S){μ-SCH₂(C₆H₄)B{OC(CH₃)₂}₂}(PPh₃)₄]⁺ and [Pt₂(μ-S){μ-S⁺CH₂(C₆H₄)B(OH)(O^?)}(PPh₃)₄]. The products were isolated as the [PF₆]^? salt and zwitterion, respectively, and fully characterized by ESI-MS, IR, ¹H and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray structure determinations.     

Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of the electron-deficient metal carbonyl cluster [Os3(CO)5(μ3-H)(μ-H)(μ-PtBu2)2(μ-Ph2PCH2PPh2)]

The reaction of [Os₃(CO)₁₀(μ-dppm)] (1) with ^tBu₂PH in refluxing diglyme results in the electron-deficient metal cluster complex [Os₃(CO)₅(μ₃-H)(μ-P^tBu₂)₂(μ-dppm)] (2) (dppm = Ph₂PCH₂PPh₂) in good yields. The molecular structure of 2 has been established by a single crystal X-ray structure analysis. In contrast to the known homologue [Ru₃(μ-CO)(CO)₄(μ₃-H)(μ-H)(μ-P^tBu₂)₂(μ-dppm)] (3), no bridging carbonyl ligand was found in 2. The electronically unsaturated cluster 2 does not react with carbon monoxide under elevated pressure, therefore 2 seems to be coordinatively saturated by reason of the high steric demands of the phosphido ligands.     

A study of zinc complexes of the metalloligand [Pt2(μ-S)2(PPh3)4] of the type [Pt2(μ-S)2(PPh3)4ZnL]+ (L = bidentate chelating ligand)

Reactions of [Pt₂(μ-S)₂(PPh₃)₄] with zinc acetate and an ancillary chelating ligand L (HL = 8-hydroxyquinoline, 8-tosylaminoquinoline or maltol) with added trimethylamine in methanol give new cationic platinum–zinc sulfide aggregates [Pt₂(μ-S)₂(PPh₃)₄ZnL]⁺, isolated as their BF₄^? salts. The complexes were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, ESI mass spectrometry, microelemental analysis, and an X-ray structure determination of the tosylamidoquinoline derivative [Pt₂(μ-S)₂(PPh₃)₄Zn(TAQ)]BF₄, which showed a distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry at zinc. Additional examples, containing picolinate, dithiocarbamate, or dithiophosphinate ligands were also synthesized and partly characterized in order to demonstrate a wider range of available derivatives.     

Synthesis and structural characterization of the first transition metal cluster containing a PPh2AuPPh3 ligand,Ir4(CO)8(μ-CO)3(PPh2AuPPh3), and its conversion into Ir4(CO)9(μ-CO)(μ-PPh2)(μ-AuPPh3)

Deprotonation of Ir₄(CO)₁₁PPh₂H (1) in the presence of [AuPPh₃][PF₆] yields the novel species Ir₄(CO)₁₁(PPh₂AuPPh₃) (2), which possesses a tetrahedral framework bearing a terminally bound PPh₂AuPPh₃ ligand. When heated in toluene, 2 is converted into the phosphido species Ir₄(CO)₁₀(μ-PPh₂)(μ-AuPPh₃).     

Nickel-Ruthenium Mixed-Metal Carbonyl Clusters Syntheses and Solid State Structures of the Two Tetrahedral Clusters [PPh4][NiRu3(μ3 H)(CO)9(μ-CO)3] and [NEt4]2[NiRu3(CO)8(μ-CO)4]

Redox condensation of [Ru₃H(CO)₁₁]- with Ni(CO)₄, in tetrahydrofuran solution, under a nitrogen atmosphere, yields the tetranuclear anion [NiRu_H(CO)₁₁)-. Subsequent deprotonation with Bu'OK in acetonitrile solution leads to the formation of the related dianion. Both anions have been characterized by spectroscopic techniques, elemental analysis and single crystal X-ray diffraction. [PPh₄][NiRu₃H(CO)₁₂] crystallizes in the triclinic space group PI with unit cell dimensionsof a = 11.842(2) Å,b = 12.335(3) Å, c = 13.3080) Å,a = 91.89(2)°, = 93.35(1)°,y = 96.41(2)°, Z = 2, V= 1926.9(7) Å'. The NiRu₃, metal core of the molecule defines a distorted tetrahedron with nine terminal and three edge bridging carbonyl groups. The hydrido ligand was located by difference Fourier techniques and was found to bridge the NiRu₂ basal triangle at a distance of 0.88(6) A from this plane. Selected average distances and angles are: Ru-Ru = 2.839 Å, Ru-Ni = 2.640 Å, Ru-C, = 1.910 A,Ru-C _b = 2.084 Å, Ni-C _b = 2.022 Å, Ru-H = 1.77 Å, C-0, = 1.135 Å, C-O _b = 1.159 Å, M-C-O, = 176.3°,M-C--O _b = 139.3°;other distances are: Ni-C₁ = l.758(7) Å, Ni-H= 1.85(7) Å. [NEt₄]₂[NiRu₃(CO)₁₂] crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma (no. 62) with unit cell dimensions ofa=20.247(5) Å,b = 15.038(4)Å,c = 12.079(3) Å, Z=4, V=3678(2) A'. The molecule contains a tetrahedral NiRu₃ core with eight terminal and four edge bridging carbon monoxide groups which bridge the three Ni-Ru and one Ru-Ru bond. Average distances and angles are: Ru -Ru =2.3050A Ru-Ni 2.648 Å, Ru-C _t = 1.878 Å, Ru-C _b 2.045 Å, Ni-C _b = 2.055 Å, C-O _t = 1.145 Å, C-01,=1.157 Å, M-C-O,= 176.9°, M-C-O _b = 138.6°; other distance is: Ni-C _t = 1.754(10) Å,t = terminal,b = bridging.     

Immobilization of [Pt2(μ-S)2(PPh3)4] on Polymeric Supports by Sulfide Alkylation and Phosphine Exchange Reactions

Abstract

The immobilization of the dinuclear platinum(II) sulfido complex [Pt₂(μ-S)₂ (PPh₃)₄] on solid supports has been investigated. Reaction with haloalkyl functionalized polymers [Merrifield's resin (chloromethylated polystyrene), chloropropyl silica, chloropropyl controlled pore glass, and bromopropyl polysiloxane] gives complexes immobilized through alkylation of one of the sulfide ligands, forming a μ-thiolate ligand acting as an anchor to the polymer support, akin to well-established reactions of [Pt₂(μ-S)₂(PPh₃)₄] with molecular alkylating agents. The model complex [Pt₂(μ-S)(μ-SCH₂SiMe₃)(PPh₃)₄]PF₆ was prepared as the first molecular silicon-containing derivative of [Pt₂(μ-S)₂(PPh₃)₄] and was fully characterized by NMR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Immobilization of [Pt₂(μ-S)₂(PPh₃)₄] by phosphine exchange reactions was also achieved using commercial polystyrene-grafted triphenylphosphine or a new immobilized phosphine [derived by sequential functionalization of Merrifield's resin with a polyether amine and then Ph₂PCH₂OH].     

A zwitterionic monoalkylated derivative of [Pt2(μ-S)2(PPh3)4] from 1,3-propanesultone

Reaction of dinuclear platinum(II) sulfido complex [Pt₂(μ-S)₂(PPh₃)₄] with 1,3-propanesultone gives the novel zwitterionic monoalkylated thiolate complex [Pt₂(μ-S){μ-S(CH₂)₃SO₃}·(PPh₃)₄], which was characterized by NMR spectroscopy, electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry, and a single crystal X-ray structure determination. Crystals are monoclinic, space group P2(1)/c with unit cell dimensions a = 16.8957(3) Å, b = 15.5031(3) Å, c = 28.0121(5) Å, β = 99.780(1)°, for Z = 4.     

A SIMPLE ROUTE FOR SYNTHESES OF TRIHALIDE-BRIDGED CARBONYL DIRUTHENIUM(II,III) COMPLEXES: CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF ttt-[RuIICl2(CO)2(PPh3)2],[(CO)(AsPh3)2RuII(μ-Cl3)RuIIICl2(AsPh3)] AND ([CO)(PPh3)2RuII(μ-Br3)RuIIIBr2(PPh3)], SPECTROSCOPIES,ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND PROPERTIES

Abstract

The triply halide-bridged binuclear complexes [Ru₂Cl₅(CO)(AsPh₃)₃] (AsPh₃ = triphenylarsine), [Ru₂Cl₅(CO)(PPh₃)₂(AsPh₃)] (PPh₃ = triphenylphosphine), [Ru₂Cl₅(CO)(AsPh₃)₂(PPh₃)], [Ru₂ Br₅(CO)(PPh₃)₃], [Ru₂Cl₅(CO)(P{p-tol}₃)₂(PPh₃)] (P{p-tol}₃ = tri-p-tolylphosphine) and [Ru₂ Br₂Cl₃(PPh₃)₂(AsPh₃)] were prepared from the precursor compounds ttt-[RuX₂(CO)₂(P)₂] (X = Cl or Br) and [RuY₃(P')₂S]·S (Y = Cl or Br; P=PPh₃, AsPh₃ or P{p- tol}₃ and P' = AsPh₃ or PPh₃; S=DMA or MeOH, where DMA = N,N'-dimethylacetamide). The molecular structures of the binuclear complexes [Ru₂Cl₅(CO)(AsPh₃)₃] (P2_1/c), [Ru₂Br₅(CO)(PPh₃)₃] (P2_1/c) and ttt-[RuCl₂(CO)₂(PPh₃)₂] (P1) were determined by X-ray diffraction methods. The complexes are always formed by two Ru atoms bridged through three halide anions, two of which are × type (from the Ru^II precursor) and the other is Y type (from the ruthenium^III precursor) confirming our previously suggested mechanism for obtaining this class of complexes. The Ru^II atom is also coordinated to a carbon monoxide molecule and two P ligands from the ttt-starting isomer whereas the Ru^III atom is bonded to two non-bridging Y halides and one P' molecule. The presence of Ru^III was confirmed by EPR data, a technique that was also useful to suggest the symmetry of the complexes. The absence of intervalence charge-transfer transitions (IT) in the near infrared spectrum confirms that the binuclear complexes have localized valence. The IR spectra of the complexes show; (CO) bands close to 1970 cm^?1 and ν(Ru-Cl) or(Ru-Br) bands at about 230–380 cm^?1 corresponding to halides at terminal or bridged positions. Two widely separated redox processes, Ru^II/Ru^II←Ru^II/Ru^III→Ru^III/Ru^III, were observed by cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry.     

Preparation and x-ray structure analysis of [Rh2Cl2(μ-CO)(μ-vdpp)2] [vdpp=H2C=C(PPh2)2]

Summary The complex [Rh₂Cl₂(-CO)(-vdpp)₂] (1) (vdpp=H₂C=C(PPh₂)₂) was prepared by reaction of [Rh₂(CO)₄-(-Cl)₂] with vdpp. When (1) is allowed to stand overnight under an atmosphere of CO without stirringtrans-[Rh₂Cl₂(CO)₂(-vdpp)₂] is formed as a red precipitate in low yields. On rapid addition of CO the tricarbonyl complex [Rh₂(CO)₂(-CO)(-Cl)(-vdpp)₂]-Cl is formed instead. The chemical behaviour of the vdpp-substituted complex (1) is very similar to that of the corresponding dppm-substituted complex [Rh₂(Cl₂-(-CO)(-dppm)₂] (dppm=H₂C(PPh₂)₂). this similarity also extends to the molecular structures of both compounds. Unit cell parameters of (1): space group Pben (Z=8),a=2344.7(5),b=1506.9(7),c=3021.6(9)pm. Rh-Rh 267.4(1) pm.     

Syntheses,crystal structures,and electrochemical studies of Fe2(CO)6(μ-PPh2)(μ-L) (L = OH,OPPh2, PPh2)

Reaction of Fe₃(CO)₁₂ and Ph₂PH in the presence of Et₃N in THF at 0?°C immediately forms Fe₂(CO)₆(μ-PPh₂)(μ-OH) (1), Fe₂(CO)₆(μ-PPh₂)(μ-k²O,P-OPPh₂) (2), and Fe₂(CO)₆(μ-PPh₂)₂ (3) in yields of 25, 14, and 19%, respectively. Experiments confirm that Et₃N shortens the reaction time. The absence of O₂ hinders the formation of 2. The presence of H₂O can increase the yield of 1. Their structures have been determined by X-ray crystallography and the complexes have been completely characterized by EA, IR, and ¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P NMR. Electrochemical studies reveal that they exhibit catalytic H₂-producing activities.     

Crystal and Molecular Structure of Copper(Ⅰ) Complex [Cu(PPh3)2(NO3)]

Mononuclear copper( Ⅰ ) complex [Cu(PPh3)2(NO3)] has been synthesized by ligand reduction of cupric nitrate with PPh3 in methanol and characterized by elemental analyses, molecular weight determination, IR spectra and X-ray single crystal analysis; its molar conductivity has also been measured. The crystal is monoclinic, space group C2/c, a=24.52(5), b=9. 187(2), c=15. 489(3) A; β=116.69 (3)°, V=3118.7(11) A3, Z=4, F(000)=1520, Dc=1.584 g/cm3, R=0.0276,Rw= 0. 0321. The results show that PPh3 coordinates as a monodentate ligand to the Cu( Ⅰ ) atoms, and (NO3) behaves as a bidentate ligand in the prepared complex.     

Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Tris(pentamethylphenyl)aluminum, (C6Me5)3Al, and the Magnesium Cluster [Mg6(μ3-OH)2(μ3-Br)2(μ2-Br)8(OEt2)8]

The synthesis and molecular structures of tris(pentamethylphenyl)aluminum, (C₆Me₅)₃Al, (I), and the magnesium cluster [Mg₆( ₃-OH)₂( ₃-Br)₂( ₂-Br)₈(OEt₂)₈] (II), are reported. Both compounds were isolated from the same system. The aluminum atom in (I) resides in an almost idealized trigonal planar environment. The dihedral angles of the pentamethylphenyl rings relative to the AlC₃plane in (I) are 67.2, 62.4, and 61.2°. The neutral magnesium cluster, (II), is interesting in that contains six magnesium atoms each of which resides in octahedral environments.     

Platinum-silver clusters: synthesis and crystal structure of [Pt3Ag(μ-CO)3(PPh3)5]ClO4 · 2H2O

Reaction of [NBu₄]₂[Pt₁₂(CO)₂₄] with [Ag(PPh₃)₄]ClO₄ and PPh₃ leads to two isolable platinum-silver clusters; the title complex was characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction. the Pt₃Ag core is tetrahedral; one Pt atom is seven-coordinated, the other two are six-coordinate.     

Reactions of the unsaturated anion [Re3(μ-H)4(CO)10]− with phosphines. Synthesis of the anions [Re3(μ-H)2(CO)10(PR3)2]−, and crystal structure of [NEt4][Re3(μ-H)2(CO)10(PPh3)2]

The reaction of the unsaturated cluster anion [Re₃(μ-H)₄(CO)₁₀]⁻ with tertiary phosphines at room temperature results in the substitution of two hydride ligands (eliminated as H₂) by two PR₃ ligands, leading to saturated [Re₃(μ-H)₂(CO)₁₀-(PR₃)₂]⁻ compounds. A single crystal X-ray diffraction study of the PPh₃ derivative revealed that the two phosphines occupy non-equivalent equatorial coordination sites on the triangular cluster. The rate of the reaction greatly increases with increase of the basicity of the phosphine.