Reactivity of [Ru3(CO)12] towards (EPR2)(E PR2)NH (R = Ph, Me; R′ = Ph; E, E′ = O, S, Se): 31P and 77Se NMR spectroscopic characterization and structural analysis of the complexes formed

Efrén V. García-Báez, M. Gabriela Ballinas-López, María J. Rosales-Hoz, Marco A. Leyva, Ionel Haiduc, Cristian Silvestru

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Abstract

The reaction of [Ru3(CO)12] with the phosphorus chalcogenide ligands (EPR2)(E PR2)NH [E = E′ = S, R = Ph, R′ = Me (L1) and E = E′ = Se, R = R′ = Ph (L2)] produced the complexes [Ru32-H)(μ3-S){μ2 -S,S,P′-(SPPh2)(PMe2)N}(CO)8] 1, [Ru32-H)(μ3-S){μ2 -S,S,P′-(SPMe2)(PPh2)N}(CO)8] 2, [Ru33-S)22-P,P ′-(Ph2P)(PMe2)NH}(CO)7] 3, [Ru44-S)22-P,P ′-(Ph2P)(PMe2)NH}(CO)82-CO)] 4, [Ru32-H)(μ3-Se){μ 2-Se,Se,P′-(SePPh2)(PPh2)N}(CO) 8], 5, [Ru33-Se)22-P,P ′-(PPh2)2NH}(CO)7] 6, and [Ru44-Se)22-P,P ′-(PPh2)2NH}(CO)82-CO)] 7, indicating that cleavage of one of the P{double bond, long}E bonds of the ligand is one of the first steps in the reaction, followed by the cleavage the remaining P{double bond, long}E′ bond. The isostructural tellurium compound, [Ru44-Te)22-P,P ′-(PPh2)2NH}(CO)82-CO)] 8, was also prepared through the reaction of [Ru3(CO)12] with elemental Te and (PPh2)2NH. When the monothio ligand (SPPh2)(OPPh2)NH (L3) was used, a mononuclear derivative, [Ru{(SPPh2)(OPPh2)N}2(CO)2] 9, was formed suggesting that the presence of an oxygen atom favors the breaking of the metal-metal bonds instead of that of the P{double bond, long}O bond. All these Ru complexes were characterized by spectroscopic methods and the X-ray crystal structures of complexes 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9 were determined, thus allowing comparison between similar compounds containing different donating chalcogen atoms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3747-3754
Number of pages8
JournalPolyhedron
Volume28
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Nov 2009

Keywords

  • Clusters
  • Imidophosphineamine
  • NMR
  • Ruthenium
  • X-ray structure

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