η3-Edge-Bridging versus η3-Face-Capping Coordination of a Conjugated Ynenyl Ligand on a Triruthenium Cluster Core
摘要:
The reaction of the cluster complex [Ru-3(mu-H)(mu(3)-eta(2)-apyr)(CO)(9)] (1; Hapyr = 2-aminopyrimidine) with 1,6-diphenoxy-2,4-hexadiyne in refluxing THF gives the trinuclear derivative [Ru-3(mu(3)-eta(2)-apyr)(mu-eta(3)-PhOCH2CH=CCdropCCH(2)OPh)(mu-CO)(2)(CO)(6)] (2), which contains an edge-bridging ynenyl ligand. Heating 2 in refluxing toluene leads to an equilibrium mixture of compounds 2 and [Ru-3(mu(3)-eta(2)-apyr)(mu(3)-eta(3)-PhOCH2CH=CCdropCCH(2)OPh)(CO)(8)] (3), in which the ynenyl ligand is in a face-capping position. A mechanistic proposal that accounts for the interconversion of 2 and 3 has been obtained from DFT calculations, which have also revealed that isomer 2 is slightly more stable than 3 (3.5 kcal/mol). The bonding of the ynenyl ligands of 2 and 3 to their corresponding triruthenium frameworks has been studied by MO calculations.
η3-Edge-Bridging versus η3-Face-Capping Coordination of a Conjugated Ynenyl Ligand on a Triruthenium Cluster Core
摘要:
The reaction of the cluster complex [Ru-3(mu-H)(mu(3)-eta(2)-apyr)(CO)(9)] (1; Hapyr = 2-aminopyrimidine) with 1,6-diphenoxy-2,4-hexadiyne in refluxing THF gives the trinuclear derivative [Ru-3(mu(3)-eta(2)-apyr)(mu-eta(3)-PhOCH2CH=CCdropCCH(2)OPh)(mu-CO)(2)(CO)(6)] (2), which contains an edge-bridging ynenyl ligand. Heating 2 in refluxing toluene leads to an equilibrium mixture of compounds 2 and [Ru-3(mu(3)-eta(2)-apyr)(mu(3)-eta(3)-PhOCH2CH=CCdropCCH(2)OPh)(CO)(8)] (3), in which the ynenyl ligand is in a face-capping position. A mechanistic proposal that accounts for the interconversion of 2 and 3 has been obtained from DFT calculations, which have also revealed that isomer 2 is slightly more stable than 3 (3.5 kcal/mol). The bonding of the ynenyl ligands of 2 and 3 to their corresponding triruthenium frameworks has been studied by MO calculations.