Solution Calorimetric Investigation of Oxidative Addition of HEAr (E = O, S, Se; Ar = C6H4X, X = CH3, H, Cl, NO2) to (PMe3)4Ru(C2H4): Relationship between HEAr Acidity and Enthalpy of Reaction
摘要:
The enthalpies of reactions of (PMe3)(4)Ru(C2H4) (1) with a series of HEAr compounds (E = O, S, Se; Ar = aryl), leading to the formation of (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(EAr) complexes, have been measured by anaerobic solution calorimetry in C6H6 at 30.0 degrees C. These reactions are rapid and quantitative under the calorimetry conditions. The measured reaction enthalpies span a range of some 35 kcal/mol. The relative stability scale established is as follows: (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(OC6H4-p-CH3) < (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(OC6H5) < (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(OC6H4-p-Cl) < (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(OC6H4-p-NO2) < (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(SC6H4-p-CH3) < (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(SC6H5) < (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(SC6H4-p-Cl) approximate to (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(SeC6H5) < (PMe3)(4)Ru(H)(SC6H4-p-NO2). A single-crystal X-ray structure of one of these complexes, (PMe3)(4)Ru(SC6H5)H (7), is reported. The measured enthalpies of reaction display a dependence on the acidity of HEAr.