Phosphorus-sulfur bond cleavage at a mixed-metal centre; Reaction of [(OC)3Co(μ-PhCCH)Mo(CO)25-C 5H5)] with PPh2(SPh)

Scott L. Ingham, Martin J. Mays, Paul R. Raithby, Gregory A. Solan, Bharat V. Sundavadra, Gráainne Conole, Margarlith Kessler

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Abstract

The bimetallic cobalt-molybdenum complex [(OC)4CoMo(CO)35-C5H 5)] reacted with phenylacetylene in benzene to give the bimetallic alkyne-bridged complex [(OC)3Co(μ-PhCCH)Mo(CO)25-C 5H5)] 1 as the major product and the trimetallic alkylidyne-capped complex [Co2Mo(μ3-CCH2Ph) (CO)85-C5H5)] 2 as the minor product. Reaction of 1 with PPh2(SPh) resulted in substitution of a carbonyl group on the cobalt atom to give [{(PhS)Ph2P}(OC)2Co(μ-PhCCH)Mo(CO) 25-C5H5)] 3. Thermolysis of 3 in refluxing toluene afforded, as the major product, the complex [η5-C5H5)(OC)Mo(μ-PPh 2CH=CPh)(μ-SPh)Co(CO)2] 4, in which the unsymmetrical alkyne in 3 has been incorporated into a four- membered metallacycle, Mo-PPh2-CH-CPh, such that the phenyl substituent is positioned on the carbon atom remote from the phosphide group. The related complex [(η5-C5H5)(OC)Mo(μ-PPh 2CH=CPh)(μ-SPh)Co(CO)(PPh3)] 5, in which one of the carbonyl groups on the cobalt atom in 4 has been substituted by a triphenylphosphine ligand, has also been isolated as a minor product from this reaction. Conversion of 4 into 5 has been achieved separately by reaction of 4 with PPh3. Similarly, reaction of PPh2(SPh) with 4 yields a related compound [(η5-C5H5)(OC)Mo(μ-PPh 2CH=CPh)(μ-SPh)Co(CO){PPh2(SPh)}] 6, in which the same carbonyl group on the cobalt atom has been substituted by PPh2(SPh). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies have been performed on complexes 2,4 and 6.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3607-3614
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1994

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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