Hydride Abstraction Reactivity of Haloruthenoceniums and Haloosmoceniums
摘要:
[Cp(2)RuCl]PF6 reacts with benzylruthenocene in acetonitrile with a 1:1 stoichiometry to produce Cp(2)Ru and phenylruthenocenyl methylium cation. Similar hydride abstraction reactivity has also been observed with diruthenocenylmethane, ethylruthenocene, and benzylferrocene. The complexes [Cp(2)MX](+) (M = Ru, Os; X = Cl, Br, I) also react with leuco crystal violet and leuco malachite green to give the corresponding carbenium ions but do not exhibit any detectable reactivity with triphenylmethane, cycloheptatriene, or xanthene. On the basis of these observations, the PHR+ values for the [Cp(2)MX](+) species are estimated to be between +4.7 and +6.9.
A strong nonclassical NH center dot center dot center dot Fe intramolecular hydrogen bond (IHB) is present in the literature-known diferrocenyl tosyl hydrazone (1). Here, we confirm by NMR and IR spectroscopy as well as by XRD methods that an analogous NH center dot center dot center dot Ru IHE is present in the heavier homologue diruthenocenyl tosyl hydrazone (2). The NH center dot center dot center dot Ru IHB in 2 is stronger than the NH center dot center dot center dot Fe IHB in 1 by 6 kJ mol(-1), as determined by Eft spectroscopy. Further, we probed the E/Z isomer directing abilities of NH center dot center dot center dot M IHBs in the synthesis of the mixed metallocenyl compound ferrocenyl ruthenocenyl tosyl hydrazone (3). 3 is obtained as a mixture of the Z and E isomers (3a,b) with NH center dot center dot center dot Ru and NH center dot center dot center dot Fe IHBs, respectively. At 111 degrees C, 3a is preferred with an isomeric ratio of 10:1 (91% 3a). The formation of the isomeric mixture allows a direct comparison of the competitive NH center dot center dot center dot Ru/Fe hydrogen bonding. The underlying reason for the 3a:3b ratio is of thermodynamic nature, rooted in the differences in strengths of the NH center dot center dot center dot M IHBs of Fe and Ru. Thermal and photochemical approaches and protonation to the corresponding iminium/carbenium ions [H-3a](+)/[H-3b](+) were employed to overcome the barrier for the E -> Z isomerization 3b -> 3a, with concomitant switching of the NH center dot center dot center dot M IHB.