摘要:
The low-pressure hydrogenation of the hydrolysis mixture of [Ru2(eta6-C6H6)2Cl4] in water (1.5 atm, 20-degrees-C) led, in the presence of NaClO4, to the oxo-capped trinuclear cluster cation [Ru3(eta6-C6H6)3(mu-Cl)(mu3-O)-(mu-H)2]+ 1 which crystallized as the perchlorate salt. The chloro-capped trinuclear cluster cation [Ru3(eta6-C6H2Me-1,2,4,6)3(mu3-Cl)H3]2+ 2, crystallized as the dichloride, was accessible from the durene derivative [Ru2(eta6-C6H2Me-1,2,4,6)2Cl4] by high-pressure hydrogenation (60 atm, 55-degrees-C) in water. In hot aqueous solution, the chloro-capped cluster 2 underwent hydrolysis to give the oxo-capped cluster [Ru3(eta6-C6H2Me4-1,2,4,6)3(mu3-O)H3]+ 3. In the presence of NaBF4, the low-pressure hydrogenation (1.5 atm, 20-degrees-C) of the hydrolysis mixture of [Ru2(eta6-C6H6)2Cl4] led to the tetranuclear tetrahydrido cluster cation [Ru4(eta6-C6H6)4]2+ 4 which precipitated as the tetrafluoroborate salt. Under high-pressure conditions (60 atm, 55-degrees-C) and in the absence of an additional salt, the hexahydrido cluster cation [Ru4(eta6-C6H6)4H6]2+ 5 was formed and obtained as the dichloride. By analogy, the p-cymene derivative [Ru2(eta6-C6H4MePr(i)-p)2Cl4] gave [Ru4(eta6-C6H4MePr(i)-p)4H6]2+ 6. In contact with air, the hexahydrido clusters 5 and 6 were transformed into the corresponding tetrahydrido clusters [Ru4(eta6-C6H6)4H4]2+ 4 and [Ru4(eta6-C6H4MePr(i)-p)4H4]2+ 7. The hexahydrido cluster 5 is capable of hydrogenating fumaric acid to give succinic acid and 4; the latter adds molecular hydrogen to regenerate the hexahydrido species 5. The crystal and molecular structures of the cluster salts [Ru3(eta6-C6H6)3(mu-Cl)(mu3-O)(mu-H)2]ClO4 (cation 1), [Ru3(eta6-C6H2Me4-1,2,4,6)3(mu3-O)H3]BF4 (cation 3), [Ru4(eta6-C6H6)4H4]Cl2 (cation 4) and [Ru4(eta6-C6H4MePr(i)-p)4H6][ClO4]2 (cation 6) have also been determined.