摘要:
Although (RhCl)-Cl-I(cyclopentadienone) complexes have been known for more than 40 years, structural data were so far not available. We have investigated the complexes [RhCl(tetraphenylcyclopentadienone)] (1), [RhCl(2,5-diethyl-3,4-diphenylcyclopentadienone)](n) (4), and [RhCl(phencyclone)](n) (5) by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Contrary to what has been observed for simple olefin complexes such as [RhCl(1,5-cyclooctadiene)](2), they crystallize as trimers (4 and 5) or tetramers (1), in which the RhCl(cyclopentadienone) fragments are aggregated via Rh-(mu-Cl) and Rh-(mu-OC) bonds. When crystallized from acetonitrile, however, complex 4 was found to form the dimeric adduct [Rh(mu-Cl)(CH3CN)(2,5-diethyl-3,4-diphenylcyclopentadienone)](2) (6), whereas the phencyclone complex gave an ionic structure (7) resulting from chloride transfer. In solution, all complexes form solvent- and concentration-dependent dynamic equilibria.