The reactivity of saccharin (sacH) towards the diphosphine-stabilized triruthenium [Ru3(CO)10(μ-dppm)] has been investigated. Thus, the reaction between [Ru3(CO)10(μ-dppm)] and sacH in refluxing benzene leads to the formation of [Ru3(CO)8(μ-dppm)(μ-H)(μ-sac)] (1) and [Ru2(CO)4(μ-dppm)(μ-sac)2] (2), with the triruthenium 1 being isolated as the major product. The sac ligand displays the typical edge-bridging coordination mode using nitrogen and the amide oxygen atoms in both 1 and 2. Oxidative decarbonylation of 1 using Me3NO in the presence of PPh3 affords simple phosphine-substituted product, [Ru3(CO)7(μ-dppm)(μ-H)(PPh3)(μ-sac)] (3), at room temperature which converts into [Ru3(CO)4(μ-H)(μ3-H)(η1-Ph)(μ-PPh2){μ-Ph2PCH2P(Ph)C6H4}(μ3-sac)] (4) upon thermolysis in refluxing toluene. The coordination mode of the sac ligand changes from edge-bridging to triply-bridging/face-capping during the conversion process. The triply-bridging coordination mode of the sac ligand observed in 4, where it bridges a metal-metal edge using the nitrogen atom and coordinates with a third metal atom through the amide oxygen atom, is novel. Compound 2 also reacts with PR3 (R = Ph, OMe) at room temperature to yield simple phosphine-substituted product, [Ru2(CO)3(μ-dppm)(PR3)(μ-sac)2] (5, R = Ph; 6, R = OMe), however, “flipping” of one of the coordinated sac ligand is also observed during this substitution reaction. Several control experiments have been conducted to investigate the relationship between the products and to discuss the mechanisms involved in the formation of 1-6. The molecular structures of 1-4 and 6 have been determined by X-ray crystallography.
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