title: Ruthenium(II) complexes containing bis(2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl) ether and their catalytic activity in hydrogenation reactions.
abstract: The half-sandwich complexes [(eta5-C5H5)RuCl(DPEphos)] (1) and [{(eta6-p-cymene)RuCl2}2(mu-DPEphos)] (2) were synthesized by the reaction of bis(2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl) ether (DPEphos) with a mixture of ruthenium trichloride trihydrate and cyclopentadiene and with [(eta6-p-cymene)RuCl2]2, respectively. Treatment of DPEphos with cis-[RuCl2(dmso)4] afforded fac-[RuCl2(kappa3-P,O,P-DPEphos)(dmso)] (3). The dmso ligand in 3 can be substituted by pyridine, 2,2'-bipyridine, 4,4'-bipyridine, and PPh3 to yield trans,cis-[RuCl2(DPEphos)(C5H5N)2] (4), cis,cis-[RuCl2(DPEphos)(2,2'-bipyridine)] (5), trans,cis-[RuCl2(DPEphos)(mu-4,4'-bipyridine)]n (6), and mer,trans-[RuCl2(kappa3-P,P,O-DPEphos)(PPh3)] (7), respectively. Refluxing [(eta6-p-cymene)RuCl2]2 with DPEphos in moist acetonitrile leads to the elimination of the p-cymene group and the formation of the octahedral complex cis,cis-[RuCl2(DPEphos)(H2O)(CH3CN)] (8). The structures of the complexes 1-5, 7, and 8 are confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The catalytic activity of these complexes for the hydrogenation of styrene is studied.
authors.affiliation: Phosphorus Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India.
authors.forename: Ramalingam
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Venkateswaran
authors.forename: Joel T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mague
authors.forename: Maravanji S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Balakrishna
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004987:Ethers; D006865:Hydrogenation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D017975:Ruthenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004987:Ethers; D017975:Ruthenium Compounds