Hydroxylation of azomethine carbon: isolation of complexes of η5 and η6-cyclic hydrocarbon platinum group metals with a new Schiff-base ligand
摘要:
A new Schiff base, (pyridin-2-yl)-N-(3,5-di(pyridin-2-yl)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl) methanimine, (L), was synthesized. Reaction of [(eta(6) -arene)Ru(mu-Cl)Cl](2) and [Cp*M(mu-Cl)Cl](2) (M = Rh and Ir) with one equivalent of L in the presence of NH4PF6 in methanol yielded dinuclear complexes, [(eta(6)-arene)(2)Ru-2(L-OH)Cl](PF6)(2) {arene = C6H6 (1), p-(PrC6H4Me)-Pr-i (p-cymene) (2) and C6Me6 (3)}, and [Cp*M-2(2)(L-OH)Cl](PF6)(2) [M = Rh (4) and Ir (5)], respectively, leading to the formation of five new chiral complexes with -OH on the azomethine carbon. L is a pentadentate ligand where one of the metal centers is coordinated to two nitrogen atoms in a bidentate chelating fashion while the other metal is bonded tridentate to three nitrogen atoms. Although the ligand is neutral before coordination, after complexation it is anionic (uninegative) with negative charge on the azo nitrogen {see the structures: N(5) in 2[PF6](2) and N(3) for 4[PF6](2)}. The complexes have been characterized by various spectroscopic methods including infrared and H-1 NMR and the molecular structures of the representative complexes are established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies.