Methylidyne–diyne coupling reactions onto a triruthenium cluster core
摘要:
Treatment of the methoxymethylidyne-bridged triruthenium cluster [Ru-3(mu-H)(mu-COMe)(CO)(10)] (1) with the symmetric diynes RCdropCCdropCR (R = Me, Ph, CH2OPh) led to separable mixtures of two regioisomers, [Ru-3(mu-H)(mu(3)-eta(3)-MeOCCR=CC=CR)(CO)(9)] and [Ru-3(mu-H)(mu(3)-eta(3)-MeOCC(CdropCR)=CR)(CO)(9)]. These products arise from the insertion of one of the alkyne moieties of the corresponding diyne into a Ru-C bond of the methylidyne ligand. In all cases, the second alkyne functionality remains uncoordinated. In contrast, the reactions of the trihydride cluster [Ru-3(mu-H)(3)(mu(3)-COMe)(CO)(9)] (2) with diphenylbutadiyne led to a mixture of regioisomers in which one alkyne group of the original diyne has inserted into a Ru-C bond of the methylidyne ligand while the remaining triple bond has been hydrogenated to a double bond. The X-ray structures of the two regioisomers formed in the reaction of 1 with 2,4-hexadiyne are reported. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.