Ligand substitution behavior of Ru6(μ6-C)(CO)17 with unsaturated diphosphines: facile capping of a polyhedral face and photochemically promoted P–C bond cleavage in the cluster Ru6(μ6-C)(CO)14(μ3-bpcd)

Srikanth Kandala; Casey Hammons; William H. Watson; Xiaoping Wang; Michael G. Richmond

doi:10.1039/B915337C

Ligand substitution behavior of Ru₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₇ with unsaturated diphosphines: facile capping of a polyhedral face and photochemically promoted P–C bond cleavage in the clusterRu₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₄(μ₃-bpcd)†

Srikanth Kandala,^a Casey Hammons,^a William H. Watson,*^b Xiaoping Wang*^c and Michael G. Richmond*^a

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^b Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
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^c Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
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Abstract

The ligand substitution chemistry of the hexaruthenium cluster Ru₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₇ (1) with several unsaturated diphosphine ligands has been investigated. Thermolysis of 1 with (Z)-Ph₂PCH [double bond, length as m-dash] CHPPh₂ (dppen) furnishes the new cluster compounds Ru₅(μ₅-C)(CO)₁₂(μ₃-dppen) (2), Ru₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₄(μ₃-dppen) (3), and Ru₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₂(μ₃-dppen)(μ-dppen) (4). Clusters 2 and 3 are also obtained when a mixture of 1 and dppen is treated with the oxidative-decarbonylation reagent Me₃NO. Thermolysis or Me₃NO activation of 1 in the presence of 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-4-cyclopenten-1,3-dione (bpcd) yields Ru₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₄(μ₃-bpcd) (4) as the sole observable product. Near-UV irradiation of 4 leads to P–C bond cleavage and the formation of phosphido-bridged cluster Ru₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₃[μ₃-C [double bond, length as m-dash] C(PPh₂)C(O)CH₂C(O)](μ-PPh₂) (6) in essentially quantitative yield. The reaction between 1 and the ligand 3,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)-5-methoxy-2(5H)-furanone (bmf) leads to the formation of Ru₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₄(μ₃-bmf) (7), which exists as a single diastereomer in solution as shown by ¹H and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy. The molecular structures and the binding mode of the ancillary diphosphine ligand(s) in 2-7 have all been established by X-ray diffraction analyses. The solid-state structure of 7 reveals that the chiral bmf ligand caps one of the metallic faces stereospecifically with the 5-methoxy moiety oriented distal or trans relative to the Ru₆ polyhedral core. The new substitution products are discussed relative to the products obtained from 1 and the related diphosphine ligands dppm, dppe, dppf, and dppbz.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B915337C
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 29 Jul 2009
Accepted: 23 Nov 2009
First published: 14 Dec 2009

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Dalton Trans., 2010,39, 1620-1629

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Ligand substitution behavior of Ru₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₇ with unsaturated diphosphines: facile capping of a polyhedral face and photochemically promoted P–C bond cleavage in the cluster Ru₆(μ₆-C)(CO)₁₄(μ₃-bpcd)

S. Kandala, C. Hammons, W. H. Watson, X. Wang and M. G. Richmond, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 1620 DOI: 10.1039/B915337C

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