Ligand Substitution Reactions in Metal Cluster Complexes. Evidence for Unusually Facile Metal-Metal Bond Cleavages in the Reactions of Os3(CO)11(NCMe) and Os3(CO)10(NCMe)2 with CNCF3 Including the Isolation and Structural Characterization of Intermediates

Richard D. Adams, Yun Chi, Darryl D. DesMarteau, Dieter Lentz, Robert Marschall, Andreas Scherrmann

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Abstract

The reaction of Os3(CO)11(NCMe) with an excess of CNCF3 at 25 °C yielded two products Os3(CO)11(μ-CNCF3)2 (1), 35%, and Os3(CO)10(μ-CNCF3)2 (2), 4%. Compound 1 was converted to 2 in 87% yield at 80 °C. Both compounds 1 and 2 were characterized crystallographically. Compound 1 consists of an open triosmium cluster with CNCF3 ligands bridging each of the two metal-metal bonds. Compound 2 consists of a closed triosmium cluster with two CNCF3 ligands bridging the same edge of the cluster. Compound 2 was the principal product obtained from the reaction of Os3(CO)10(NCMe)2 with an excess of CNCF3; however, two additional products Os3(CO)10(NCMe)(μ-CNCF3)2 (3), 17% yield, and Os3(CO)9(NCMe)(μ-CNCF3)2 (4), 2% yield, were also obtained. Compound 3 is structurally analogous to 1 except for the presence of a NCMe ligand coordinated to the central osmium atom. Compound 4 is analogous to 2 except for the presence of a NCMe ligand coordinated to the unique metal atom. When heated to reflux in CH2Cl2, 3 was transformed into a mixture of 2 and 4. Although they can be isolated, compounds 1 and 3 are also intermediates en route to 2 and 4. Their characterization demonstrates the viability of previously proposed cluster-opening ligand addition steps as part of a mechanism of ligand substitution in the reactions of some metal cluster complexes. Crystal data: for 1, space group = Pca21 a = 14.456 (2) Å, b = 11.077 (2) Å, c = 14.301 (4) Å, Z = 4, 1714 reflections, R = 0.029; for 2, space group = Pbcn, a = 26.940 (6) Å, b = 11.361 (3) Å, c = 14.450 (2) Å, Z = 8, 1644 reflections, R = 0.034; for 3, space group = P1, a = 10.390 (3) Å, b = 15.416 (3) Å, c = 8.079 (1) Å, α = 99.16 (2)°, β = 104.61 (2)°, γ = 94.40 (2)°, Z = 2, 2475 reflections, R = 0.024; for 4, space group = P21/n, a = 19.065 (4) Å, b = 13.080 (2) Å, c = 9.418 (2) Å, β = 90.12 (2)°, Z = 4, 2362 reflections, R = 0.036. 
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10822-10826
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume114
Issue number27
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 1992
Externally publishedYes

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