Crystallographic and theoretical studies of (η5-C5Me5)Ru(2,4-dimethyl-η5-pentadienyl) and [(η5-C5Me5)Rh(2,4-dimethyl-η5-pentadienyl)][BF4]
摘要:
The determination of the solid state structure of Cp*Ru(2,4-dimethyl-eta(5)-pentadienyl) (1), where Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, fills the gap ill the series of previously established structures of closely related compounds. Compound 1 does not exhibit the ideal C-S symmetry and its conformation is intermediate between the C-S-synperiplanar eclipsed and C-S-antiperiplanar arrangements of the ligands. Density functional theory studies indicate that the C-S-synperiplanar eclipsed, C-S-antiperiplanar, and intermediate conformations of 1 and Cp*Rh(2,4-dimethyl-eta(5)-pentadienyl)(+) (2) do not differ by more than a few tenths of 1 kcal/mol. The geometrical features of cation 2 are similar to those of 1, and in both complexes the pentadienyl ligands are not planar. The metal-carbon distances to the Cp* ligands in 1 and 2 are comparable, while the metal-carbon distances to the pentadienyl moiety are somewhat shorter in the Ru complex. A study of the conformational flexibility of the Cp* ligand in 5610 organometallic complexes showed that it usually shields the central metal by 36.2(10)%, provided the metal-centroid(Cp*) distances are normalized to 2.28 angstrom. The corresponding values in 1 and 2 are 37.2% and 37.4%, respectively. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.