title: Formation of cyclopentadienyl and ruthenacyclopentadienyl derivatives through ynenyl-diyne and ynenyl-alkyne couplings onto a triruthenium cluster core.
abstract: The compound [Ru3(mu-H)(mu3-eta2-ampy)(CO)9] (1; Hampy =2-amino-6-methylpyridine) reacts with diynes RC4R in THF at reflux temperature to give the ynenyl derivatives [Ru3(mu3-eta2-ampy)(mu-eta3-RC...CC-CHR)(mu-CO)2-(CO)6] (2: R=CH2OPh; 3: R=Ph). These products contain a 1,4-disubstituted butynen-3-yl ligand attached to two ruthenium atoms. The compound [Ru3(mu-eta2-ampy)[mu3-eta6-PhCC5(C...CPh)-HPh2](CO)7] (4), which contains an eta5-cyclopentadienyl ring and a bridging carbene fragment, has also been obtained from the reaction of 1 with diphenylbutadiyne. This compound arises from a remarkable [3+2] cycloaddition reaction of a preformed 1,4-diphenylbutynen-4-yl ligand with a triple bond of a second diphenylbutadiyne molecule. The reactivity of the ynenyl derivatives 2 and 3 with diynes and alkynes has been studied. In all cases, compounds of the general formula [Ru3(mu-eta2-ampy)[mu3-eta5-C(=CHR)C=CRCR1=CR2](CO)7] (5-17) have been obtained. They all contain a ruthenacyclopentadienyl fragment formed by coupling of the coordinated ynenyl ligand of 2 (R = CH2OPh) or 3 (R = Ph) with a triple bond of the new reagent (the CR1=CR2 fragment results from the incoming diyne or alkyne reagent). While most of the products derived from 2 have the alkenyl C=CHR fragment with a Z configuration (R cis to Ru), all the compounds obtained from 3 have this fragment with an E configuration. Except 2 and 3, all the cluster complexes described in this article have a five-electron donor ampy ligand attached to only two metal atoms, a coordination mode unprecedented in cluster chemistry.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Universidad de Ovideo, Spain. jac@sauron.quimica.uniovi.es
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