Stabilization of [Ru(bpy)2(CO)(η1-CO2)] and unprecedented reversible oxide transfer reactions from CO32− to [Ru(bpy)2(CO)2]2+ and from [Ru(bpy)2(CO)(η1-CO2)] to CO2
摘要:
Unusual thermal stability of [Ru(bpy)(2)(CO)(eta(1)-CO2)] (1) as a metal-eta(1)-CO2 complex was examined both in solid state and in solution. Compound 1 dissolves in CH3CN containing LICF3SO3. Interaction between Li+ and the eta(1)-CO2 group enhances an electron flow from Ru to the CO2 ligand and greatly contributes to the stabilization of the Ru-eta(1)-CO2 bond. The reaction of [Ru(bpy)(2)(CO)(2)](PF6)(2) with [Crown.K](2)CO3 in dry CH3CN selectively produced 1 through the 1:1 adduct with the RuC(O)-OCO2 moiety. Stoichimetric formation of 1 from the 1:1 adduct is also assisted by [Crown.K](+) as a Lewis acid. Similarly, the reaction of [Ru(bpy)(2)(CO)(2)](PF6)(2) with (Me4N)(2)CO3 in DMSO gave the 1:1 adduct in the initial stage, which gradually changed to a metalloanhydride complex, [Ru(bpy),(CO)((CO)(2)O)] due to the absence of Lewis acids to stabilize 1, since an addition of LiCF3SO3 to the solution gave [Ru(bpy)(2)(CO)(eta(1)-CO2)] quantitatively. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.