title: Unexpected effect of the ring on the extent of Si...H interligand interactions in half-sandwich silyl hydrides of ruthenium.
abstract: This paper reports preparation of new silyl hydride complexes of ruthenium supported by the Cp/PR(3) ligand set. It is shown that the easiest and most general route to these complexes is provided by the thermal reaction of [RuCp(PR(3))(H)(3)] with hydrosilanes. Complexes [RuCp(PR(3))(H)(2)(SiMe(2)Cl)] exhibit Interligand Hypervalent Interactions (IHI) between the hydride and silyl ligands. Comparison of the X-ray structures of complexes [RuCp(PPr(i)(3))(H)(2)(SiMe(2)Cl)], [RuCp(PPhPr(i)(2))(H)(2)(SiMe(2)Cl)], and [RuCp(PPh(3))(H)(2)(SiMe(2)Cl)] shows that the IHI weakens with the decreasing electron-releasing ability of the phosphine. Comparison of the X-ray structure of [RuCp(PPh(3))(H)(2)(SiMe(2)Cl)] with the structure of the previously reported complex [RuCp*(PPh(3))(H)(2)(SiMe(2)Cl)] reveals that the lack of IHI in the latter compound is due to unfavourable steric interactions between the bulkier Cp* ring and the SiMe(2)Cl group.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines, L2S 3A1, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Dmitry V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Gutsulyak
authors.forename: Alexandr L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Osipov
authors.forename: Lyudmila G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Kuzmina
authors.forename: Judith A K
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Georgii I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Nikonov