Stoeckli-Evans, Helen

2002, Fidalgo, Eva Garcia, Neels, Antonia, Stoeckli-Evans, Helen, Süss-Fink, Georg

The hydrothermal reaction of Na2MoO4 with pyridine in water at pH 5 and 130 degreesC gives the octamolybdate anion [Mo-8(VI) O-26(OH)](5-) (1) which crystallises as the pyridinium salt; its molecular structure derives from that of the parent alpha-octamolybdate anion [Mo-8(VI) O-26](4-) by opening two molybdenum-oxygen bond and adding a hydroxo bridge. The same reaction in the presence of NaAsO2 yields the mixed-valence arsenatomolybdate [Has(III)As(V)Mo(V)Mo(8)(VI)O(34)](6-) (2) which is also isolated as the pyridinium salt. Anion 2 has a lacunary structure like an open basket, which derives from the famous alpha-Keggin structure by removing three edge-sharing MoO6 octahedra and by capping a trioxygen face of three remaning MoO6 octahedra with an AsH group. Reaction of 2 with Co2+ leads to the anion [(HAsAsMoMo8VI)-As-III-Mo-V-Mo-V O-34 {Co(C5H5N)(2)(H2O)(3)}](4-) (3) which crystallises as a double pyridinium salt together with anion 2. The structure of 3 derives from that of 2 by attaching a Co(C5H5N)(2)(H2O)(3) fragment to a terminal oxo ligand. Reaction of 2 with hydrogen peroxide produces the fully oxydised alpha-Keggin anion [(AsMo12O40)-Mo-V-O-VI](3-) (4) which was found to crystallise as the tetrabutylammonium salt surprisingly with three independent molecules in the unit cell, two of them showing a remarkable disorder. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

1997, Ferrand, Vincent, Merzweiler, Kurt, Rheinwald, Gerd, Stoeckli-Evans, Helen, Süss-Fink, Georg

The electron-deficient cluster (mu(2)-H)Ru-3(CO)(9)[mu(3)-NS(O)MePh] (1) reacts with the terminal alkyne PhCH2C=CH to give the vinyl complex Ru-3(mu(2)-CO)(2)(CO)(6)[mu(3)-NS(O)MePh](mu(2)-eta(1),eta(2)-PhCH2C=CH2 ) (2). The analogous reaction with internal alkynes (RC=CR') affords the clusters Ru-3(mu(2)-CO)(CO)(7)[mu(3)-NS(O)MePh](mu(3)-eta(1),eta(2)-RC=CHR') (3: R = R' = Pr "; 4: R = Ph; R' = Bu ") in which the vinyl ligand has opened a Ru-Ru bond upon coordination the Ru-3 framework. In the case of diphenylacetylene, reaction with two equivalents of the alkyne, yields the vinyl-alkyne cluster (mu(2)-H)Ru-3(CO)(6)(mu(2)-eta(1),eta(2)-PhC=CHPh)(mu(3)-eta(1),eta(2)-P hC=CPh)[mu(3)-eta(1),eta(2)-NS(O)Me(C6H4)] (5) with ortho-metallation of the phenyl substituent of the sulfoximido cap. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.

1999, Plasseraud, Laurent, Stoeckli-Evans, Helen, Süss-Fink, Georg

The title complex was obtained by reaction of [(eta(6)-p-Pr'C6H4Me)(4)Ru4Mo4O16] with methanol in the presence of p-hydroquinone. It contains an Mo2Ru2O2(OMe)(4) core consisting of two Mo2RuO(OMe)(3) half-cubes fused together to form a choir-like structure. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.

1999, Süss-Fink, Georg, Haak, Susanne, Ferrand, Vincent, Neels, Antonia, Stoeckli-Evans, Helen

The reaction of the mixed-metal carbonyl cluster anion [H2Ru3Ir(CO)(12)](-) with PPh3, PMe3, P(OPh)(3), AsPh3 or SbPh3 leads to the mono-substituted derivatives [H2Ru3Ir(CO)(11)L](-) (L = PPh3 1, L = PMe3 2, L = P(OPh)(3) 3, L = AsPh3 4, L = SbPh3 5). Protonation of the anions 1-5 gives the neutral trihydrido derivatives H3Ru3Ir(CO)(11)L (L = PPh3 6, L = PMe3 7, L = P(OPh)(3) 8, L = AsPh3 9, L = SbPh3 10). All new tetranuclear clusters invariably show a tetrahedral arrangement of the Ru3Ir skeleton, as predicted for 60 e systems. The ligand L is coordinated to one of the ruthenium atoms, except in the case of L = PMe3 where two substitution isomers are observed. While the anionic isomers [H2Ru3Ir(CO)(11)(PMe3)](-) (2) could not be separated, the corresponding neutral isomers H3Ru3Ir(CO)(11)(PMe3) (7) could be resolved by thin-layer chromatography. In isomer 7a, the phosphine ligand is coordinated to one of the ruthenium atoms, whereas in isomer 7b the PMe3 ligand is bonded to the iridium atom. The molecular structures of 1, 7b, 8 and 9 were confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray structure analysis. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.