Stoeckli-Evans, Helen

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

The tetrahedral cluster anion [Ru3Ir(CO)(13)](-) (1) reacts with internal alkynes RC=CR' to afford the alkyne derivatives [Ru3Ir(CO)(11) (RCCR')](-) (2: R = R' = Ph; 3: R = R' = Et; 4: R = Ph; R' = Me; 5: R = R' = Me) which have a butterfly arrangement of the Ru,Ir skeleton in which the alkyne is coordinated in mu(4)-eta(2) fashion. Under CO pressure they undergo fragmentation to give the trinuclear cluster anions [Ru2Ir(CO)(9)(RCCR')](-) (6: R = R' = Ph; 7: R = R' = Et; 8: R = Ph; R' = Me; 9: R = R' = Me), in which the alkyne ligand is coordinated in a mu(3)-eta(2) parallel fashion. Protonation of these trinuclear anions leads to the formation of the corresponding neutral hydride clusters [HRu2Ir(Co)(9)(RC=CR')] (10: R = R' = Ph; 11: R = R' = Et; 12: R = Ph; R' = Me; 13: R = R' = Me). The protonation of the butterfly anions 2 and 3, however, gives rise to the formation of the neutral tetrahedral clusters [HRu3Ir(CO)(11)(RCCR')] (14: R = R' = Ph and 15: R = R' = Et), respectively. The analogous clusters [HRu3Ir(CO)(11)(PhCCCH3)] (16) and [HRu3Ir(CO)(11)(CH3CCCH3)] (17) are only accessible from the reaction of the neutral cluster [HRu3Ir(CO)(13)] with the corresponding alkynes. The complexes 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12 and 15 are characterised by Xray structure analysis.

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.

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.