Zur Selektivität des isolobalen Protonenaustausches im Hydrido/Phosphidoverbrückten Dirhenium-Komplex Re2(μ-H)(μ-PCyH)(CO)8

On the Selectivity of the Isolobal Proton Exchange in the Hydrido/Phsophido Bridged Dirhenium Complex Re₂(μ-H)(μ-PCyH)(CO)₈ H₂PCy and Re₂(CO)₁₀ in Xylene were heated in a sealed glass tube at 170°C for 18 h to afford Re₂(μ-H)(μ-PCyH)(CO)₈ in a yield of 30% and the cis/trans isomer pair Re₂(μ-PCyH)₂(CO)₈ in yields of 27% (trans) and 21% (cis). The isomer trans Re₂(μ-PCyH)₂(CO)₈ could be partially converted to the cis isomer by deprotonation with the non nucleophilic base DBU or by heating in xylene solution. The complex Re₂(μ-H)(μ-PCyH)(CO)₈ which is bifunctional relative to a proton abstraction was treated with equimolar amounts of DBU to generate [Re₂(μ-H)(μ-PCy)(CO)₈]^? under release of the more acidic proton from the PH group. Subsequently, this anion undergoes an isomerization to the thermodynamically more stable [Re₂(μ-PCyH)(CO)₈]^? by proton transfer. Such knowledge about the isomeric anions enabled us to synthesize selectively the monoaurated isomers Re₂(μ-AuPPh₃)(μ-PCyH)(CO)₈ and Re₂(μ-H)(μ₃-PCy(AuPPh₃))(CO)₈ in good yields by reaction with equimolar amounts of the electrophil ClAuPPh₃. In the presence of excess DBU and a twofold amount of ClAuPPh₃ the complex Re₂(μ-H)(μ-PCyH) · (CO)₈ formed the diaurated complex Re₂(μ-AuPPh₃)(μ₃-PCy(AuPPh₃))(CO)₈ (91%). Compared to the corresponding known dimanganese-gold isomers, each of the analogous dirhenium-gold complexes obtained showed no tendency for an isomerization process. Finally, the single crystal X-ray analyses of the three dirhenium-gold complexes led to the subsequent Re? Re bond lengths: 313,6(1) pm in Re₂(μ-H)(μ₃-PCy(AuPPh₃))(CO)₈, 316,8(2) pm in Re₂(μ-AuPPh₃)(μ₃PCy(AuPPh₃))(CO)₈ and 326,1(2) pm in Re₂(μ-AuPPh₃)(μ-PCyH)(CO)₈.