Structures, preparation and catalytic activity of ruthenium cyclopentadienyl complexes based on pyridyl-phosphine ligand
摘要:
Ruthenium complexes [(eta(5)-C5H5) Ru(kappa(1)-P-PPh2Py)(PPh3)Cl] (1) and [(eta(5)-C5H5) Ru(kappa(2)-P-N-PPh2Py)(PPh3)](+) (1a) containing diphenyl-2-pyridylphosphine (PPh2Py) are reported. Coordinated PPh2Py in the complex [(eta(5)-C5H5) Ru(kappa(1)-P-PPh2Py)(PPh3)Cl] (1) exhibits monodentate behavior. In presence of NH4PF6 in methanol at room temperature it afforded chelated complex [(eta(5)-C5H5) Ru(kappa(2)-P, N-PPh2Py)(PPh3)](+) (1a). Further, 1 reacted with various species viz., CH3CN, NaCN, NH4SCN and NaN3 to afford cationic and neutral complexes [(eta(5)-C5H5) Ru(kappa(1)-P-PPh2Py)(PPh3)L](+) and [(eta(5)-C5H5) Ru(kappa(1)-P-PPh2Py)(PPh3) L] [L = CH3CN (1b); CN (1c); N-3 (1d) and SCN (1e)] and it's reaction with N,N-donor chelating ligands dimethylglyoxime (H(2)dmg) and 1,2-phenylenediamine (pda) gave cationic complexes [(eta(5)-C5H5) Ru (kappa(1)-P-PPh2Py)(kappa(2)-N-N)] PF6 [kappa(2)-N-N = dmg (1f) and pda (1g)]. The complexes 1-1g have been characterized by physicochemical techniques and crystal structures of 1, 1a, 1c, 1e and 1f have been determined by single crystal X-ray analyses. Catalytic potential of the complex 1 has been evaluated in water under aerobic conditions. It was observed that the complex 1 selectively catalyzes reduction of aldehyde into alcohol. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.