TY - JOUR
T1 - Unusual carbonyl and pentamethylcyclopentadienyl bonding modes in mixed rhodium-ruthenium clusters
AU - Clegg, William
AU - Feeder, Neil
AU - Nahar, Saifun
AU - Raithby, Paul R.
AU - Shields, Gregory P.
AU - Teat, Simon J.
PY - 1998/10
Y1 - 1998/10
N2 - Thermolysis of [Ru3RhH2(CO)10(η5-C 5Me5)], 1, in hydrocarbon solvents affords the new pentanuclear cluster [Ru3Rh2(μ3-H)μ2-CO)μ 3-CO)2(CO)6(μ-η1:η 5-CH2C5Me4)(η5-C 5Me5)], 2, together with the known complex [Ru2Rh2(CO)8(η5-C 5Me5)2], 3. The reaction of 1 with Me3NO, in MeCN solution, followed by the immediate addition of one or two equivalents of PPh3 lead to the isolation of the mono- and di-phosphine substituted complexes [Ru3Rh(μ-H)2(μ4-η 2-CO)(μ2-CO)2(CO)6(PPh 3)(η5-C5Me5)], 4, and [Ru3Rh(μ-H)2(μ4-η 2-CO)(μ2-CO)2(CO)5(PPh 3)2(η5-C5Me5)], 5, respectively. The new clusters have been characterised spectroscopically, and the structures of 2 and 5 established by single-crystal X-ray analyses. The metal framework in 2 is trigonal bipyramidal, with one C5Me5 ligand co-ordinated to a Rh atom in a terminal η5-bonding mode, the second cyclopentadienyl ligand has lost a methyl proton and the resultant -CH2 group is σ-bonded to one Ru atom while the C5Me4 ring is η5-bound to the adjacent Rh atom. The metal framework in 5 has opened out to give a butterfly arrangement with the Rh(η5-C5Me5) unit in one of the wing-tip positions. The butterfly is spanned by a novel μ4-μ2-bonded carbonyl ligand, and the two phosphines are terminally bound to two Ru atoms, one in a wing-tip site and the other in a hinge site.
AB - Thermolysis of [Ru3RhH2(CO)10(η5-C 5Me5)], 1, in hydrocarbon solvents affords the new pentanuclear cluster [Ru3Rh2(μ3-H)μ2-CO)μ 3-CO)2(CO)6(μ-η1:η 5-CH2C5Me4)(η5-C 5Me5)], 2, together with the known complex [Ru2Rh2(CO)8(η5-C 5Me5)2], 3. The reaction of 1 with Me3NO, in MeCN solution, followed by the immediate addition of one or two equivalents of PPh3 lead to the isolation of the mono- and di-phosphine substituted complexes [Ru3Rh(μ-H)2(μ4-η 2-CO)(μ2-CO)2(CO)6(PPh 3)(η5-C5Me5)], 4, and [Ru3Rh(μ-H)2(μ4-η 2-CO)(μ2-CO)2(CO)5(PPh 3)2(η5-C5Me5)], 5, respectively. The new clusters have been characterised spectroscopically, and the structures of 2 and 5 established by single-crystal X-ray analyses. The metal framework in 2 is trigonal bipyramidal, with one C5Me5 ligand co-ordinated to a Rh atom in a terminal η5-bonding mode, the second cyclopentadienyl ligand has lost a methyl proton and the resultant -CH2 group is σ-bonded to one Ru atom while the C5Me4 ring is η5-bound to the adjacent Rh atom. The metal framework in 5 has opened out to give a butterfly arrangement with the Rh(η5-C5Me5) unit in one of the wing-tip positions. The butterfly is spanned by a novel μ4-μ2-bonded carbonyl ligand, and the two phosphines are terminally bound to two Ru atoms, one in a wing-tip site and the other in a hinge site.
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U2 - 10.1039/a803849j
DO - 10.1039/a803849j
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0005371701
SN - 1144-0546
VL - 22
SP - 1111
EP - 1117
JO - New Journal of Chemistry
JF - New Journal of Chemistry
IS - 10
ER -