Photochemische Reaktionen von Cyclopentadienylbis(ethen)rhodium mit Phenanthren,Acenaphthylen und Triphenylen,sowie ungewöhnlicher H-Austausch zwischen η2-koordinierten Phenanthren- bzw. Acenaphthylen- und η5-Cyclopentadienyl-Liganden

Photochemical Reactions of Cyclopentadienylbis(ethene)rhodium with Phenanthrene, Acenaphthylene, and Triphenylene, and Unusual H Exchange between η²-Coordinated Phenanthrene or Acenaphthylene and η⁵-Cyclopentadienyl Ligands During UV irradiation of [CpRh(C₂H₄)₂] (Cp = η⁵-C₅H₅) in hexane/ether in the presence of phenanthrene one ethene ligand is displaced by coordination of the 9,10 double bond of phenanthrene, and (η⁵-cyclopentadienyl) (η²-ethene)(η²-9,10-phenanthrene)rhodium ( 1 ) is formed. The analogous reaction in hexane in the presence of acenaphthylene occurs with formation of the complexes (η²-1,2-acenaphthylene)(η⁵-cyclopentadienyl)(²-ethene)rhodium 2 and bis(η²-1,2-acenaphthylene)(η⁵-cyclopentadienyl)rhodium 3 in which one and two ethene molecules of [CpRh(C₂H₄)₂], respectively, are substituted by η²-1,2-acenaphthylene. The irradiation of [CpRh(C₂H₄)₂] with triphenylene in hexane yields the compounds [CpRh(η⁴-1,2,3,4-triphenylene)] ( 4 ), [(CpRh)₂(μ-η³: η³-triphenylene)] ( 5 ), and [(CpRh)₃(μ₃-η²: η²: η²-triphenylene)] ( 6 ). Despite the partially very low yields the new complexes could be unequivocally characterized spectroscopically and in the case of 1 and 3 by X-ray structural analysis. The compounds 1 and 2 in solution reveal a novel dynamic behaviour; via an intramolecular C? H activation, exchange occurs between the protons of the η²-coordinated arene and the Cp ligand. The complex 4 in solution is fluxional, too.