摘要:
The cluster Os5(CO)18(CNBu(t)) (1) was prepared by the addition of Os(CO)4(CNBu(t)) to Os4(CO)14 in CH2Cl2 at room temperature. The X-ray structure determination of 1 reveals a bow-tie arrangement of osmium atoms (the Os-Os lengths range from 2.839(1) to 2.940(1) angstrom); the isocyanide ligand occupies an axial site on an outer osmium atom. Pyrolysis of 1 in solution at 44-47-degrees-C provided Os5(CO)17(CNBu(t)) (2) which by analogy to Os5(CO)18 and Os5(CO)17(PMe3) probably has a raft configuration of metal atoms. Pyrolysis of 2 in solution at 65-70-degrees-C yielded Os5(CO)15(CNBu(t)) (3). The structure of 3 consists of a somewhat distorted trigonal bipyramidal configuration of osmium atoms with the Os-Os lengths in the range 2.748(1)-2.915(1) angstrom. The CNBu(t) ligand occupies the site that is believed to be the sterically most crowded site within the molecule, namely, coordinated to the osmium atom that has four terminal ligands and lying approximately in the equatorial OS3 plane of the trigonal bipyramid. The site preference of the CNBu(t) ligand in these clusters is believed to be dictated by electronic rather than steric considerations. Crystallographic data for compound 1: space group P1BAR; a = 9.079(1) angstrom, b = 12.065(2) angstrom, c = 15.757(2) angstrom, alpha = 76.36(1)degrees, beta = 76.63(1)degrees gamma = 77.86(1)degrees; R = 0.021, 3355 observed reflections. For compound 3: space group P2(1)/n, a = 9.048(1) angstrom, b = 18.389(2) angstrom, c = 17.759(2) angstrom, beta = 102.65(1)degrees; R = 0.025, 3240 observed reflections.