title: Transition-Metal Derivatives of the Cyclopentadienylphosphine Ligands. 11. Reactivity of the Dinuclear Bridged Rhodium(II) Complexes toward Nitrogen-Containing Ligands.
abstract: We report observations on the reactivity of the dinuclear bridged metal-metal-bonded carbonyl [Rh(II)(CO)(&mgr;-CpPPh(2))](2)(2+) (2(2+)) and of the bis(solvate) cations [Rh(II)(solv)(&mgr;-CpPPh(2))(2)](2)(2+) (3(2+)) with nitriles, amines and pyridine and in general with nitrosyl cation and nitrite anion. By reaction of nitriles and pyridine with 2(2+) we obtained monosubstituted [Rh(2)(CO)L(&mgr;-CpPPh(2))(2)](2+) (4(2+)) and disubstituted [Rh(L)(&mgr;-CpPPh(2))](2)(2+) (5(2+)) (L = MeCN, PhCN, pyridine). These complexes (5(2+)) were also obtained directly from 3(2+). In the reactions with 2(2+) the difference in reactivity of the two rhodium(II) sites suggests a specific role of the metal-metal bond. With secondary and primary amines, reductions of 2(2+) to [Rh(I)(CO)(&mgr;-CpPPh(2))](2) (1) were also observed, and the selectivity with respect to substitution or reduction was strongly solvent dependent. Lithium diisopropylamide induces quantitatively the reduction of 2(2+) to 1 and apparently the substitution of the solvent in 3a(2+). Finally, the new compounds [Rh(II)(THF)(&mgr;-CpPh(2))](2)(2+) (3a(2+)), [Rh(II)(&mgr;-H(2)NC(5)H(4)N)(&mgr;-CpPh(2))(2)](2+) (6(2+)) and [Rh(II)(NO(2))(&mgr;-CpPh(2))](2) (7(2+)) were obtained from 2(2+) and PhIO, from 3(2+) and aminopyridine, and from 2(2+) and nitrite anion, respectively. The compounds were characterized by elemental analysis and the usual spectroscopic methods including COSY NMR experiments. Reaction of NOBF(4) with 1 led efficiently to the compound 2(2+) again through a redox process, instead of a substitution.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, UPR No. 8241, liée par conventions à l'Université Paul Sabatier et à l'Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, 205, route de Narbonne 31 077 Toulouse Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Alexei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iretskii
authors.forename: Michael C.
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poilblanc