title: Vinyl and carbene ruthenium(II) complexes from hydridoruthenium(II) precursors.
abstract: The reactions of the hydrido compounds [RuHCl(CO)(L)2][L = PiPr3 (1), PCy3 (2)] with HC(triple bond)CR (R = H, Ph, tBu) afforded by insertion of the alkyne into the Ru-H bond the corresponding vinyl complexes [RuCl(CHCHR)(CO)(L)2], 3-8, which upon protonation with HBF4 gave the cationic five-coordinated ruthenium carbenes [RuCl(CHCH2R)(CO)(L)2]BF4, 9-14. Subsequent reactions of the carbene complexes with PR3(R = Me, iPr) and CH3CN led either to deprotonation and re-generation of the vinyl compounds or to cleavage of the ruthenium-carbene bond and the formation of the six-coordinated complexes [RuCl(CO)(CH3CN)2(PiPr3)2]BF4, 17, and [RuH(CO)(CH3CN)2(PiPr3)2]X, 18a,b. The acetato derivative [RuH(2-O2CCH3)(CO)(PCy3)2], 19, also reacted with acetylene and phenylacetylene by insertion to yield the related vinyl complexes [Ru(CHCHR)(kappa2-O2CCH3)(CO)(PCy3)2], 20, 21, of which that with R = H was protonated with HBF4 to yield the corresponding cationic ruthenium carbene 22. With [RuHCl(H2)(PCy3)2], 25, as the starting material, the five-coordinated chloro(hydrido)ruthenium(II) compounds [RuHCl(PCy3)(dppf)], 26(dppf = [Fe(eta5-C5H4PPh2)2]), [RuHCl[Sb(CH2Ph)3](PCy3)2], 27, and [RuHCl(CH3CN)(PCy3)2], 30, were prepared. The reactions of 27 with HCCR (R = H, Ph) gave the hydrido(vinylidene) complexes [RuHCl(CCHR)(PCy3)2], 28 and 29, whereas treatment of 30 with HC(triple bond)CPh afforded the vinyl compound [RuCl(CHCHPh)(CH3CN)(PCy3)2], 31. The molecular structures of 11(R = tBu, L = PiPr3) and 26 were determined crystallographically.
authors.affiliation: Institut fur Anorganische Chemie der Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Carsten D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Werner
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; C030011:carbene; D012428:Ruthenium; D008697:Methane