Reactions of [Os3(μ-H)2(CO)10] with organic azides: Structural characterization of [Os3(μ-H)(CO)10(μ-HN3Ph)] and [Os3(μ-H)2(CO)93-NPh)]

Kevin Burgess, Brian F.G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby

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Abstract

The unsaturated cluster [Os3(μ-H)2(CO)10] reacts with azides N3R [R = Ph (1), Bun (2), CH2Ph (3), cyclo-C6H11 (4), or CPhCH2 (5)] to give complexes with the general formula [Os3(μ-H)(CO)10(HN3R)]. The structure of complex (1) has been established by an X-ray analysis, and shown to contain an equilateral Os3 triangle one edge of which is bridged by the HN3Ph group. This complex crystallises in the monoclinic space group P21/c with a = 9.665(3), b = 8.823(4), c = 25.571(14) Å, β = 100.17(4)°, and Z = 4. This structure was solved by a combination of direct methods and Fourier-difference techniques and refined by blocked-cascade least squares to R = 0.042 for 3 155 observed intensities. At 85 °C in 1,2-dimethoxyethane the complexes (1)-(4) liberate a N2 and a CO molecule to give complexes with the general formula [Os3(μ-H)2(CO)93-NR)] [R = Ph (6), Bun (7), CH2Ph (8), or cyclo-C6H11 (9)]. The structure of complex (6) contains an isosceles triangle of Os atoms which is capped by the N atom of the NPh group. This complex also crystallises in space group P21/c with a = 11.630(4), b = 9.217(4), c = 18.527(7) Å, β = 99.71(2)°, and Z = 4. The structure was solved and refined, by the same techniques as for complex (1), to R = 0.033 for 2 861 observed intensities. Thermolysis of the azido-1 -phenylethene adduct (5) under the same conditions, however, gave [Os3(μ-H)(CO)10(μ-NCMePh)] (10) presumably by rapid tautomerism after loss of N2. Azides with an electron-withdrawing substituent adjacent to the azido-function evolved N2 when reacted with [Os3(μ-H)2(CO)10] to give clusters of the type [Os3(μ-H)(CO)10(μ-NHR)] [R = PO(OPh)2 (11) or 2-(6-CINC5H3) (12)] or products which are, apparently, formed by rearrangement of this system, i.e. [Os3(μ-H)(CO)10(NHCOPh)] (14) (from phenacyl azide) and [Os3(μ-H)(CO)10(2-NHCN2HC6H 4)] (15) (from 2-azidobenzimidazole).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2085-2092
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1982

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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