Syntheses, structures and redox properties of tris(pyrazolyl)borate-capped ruthenium vinyl complexes

Farmer, Julian D.; Man, Wing Y.; Fox, Mark A.; Yufit, Dmitry S.; Howard, Judith A.K.; Hill, Anthony F.; Low, Paul J.

Abstract

Reaction of RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 with aryl alkynes HCCC6H4R-4 [1: R = N(C6H4Me-4)2 (a), OMe (b), Me (c), CO2Me (d), NO2 (e)] gives the five-coordinate vinyl complexes Ru(CHCHC6H4R-4)Cl(CO)(PPh3)2 (2a–e). Reaction of 2a with excess PMe3 gives crystallographically characterised Ru{CHCHC6H4N(C6H4Me-4)2-4}Cl(CO)(PMe3)3 (3a), whilst reaction of 2a–e with KTp affords Ru(CHCHC6H4R-4)(CO)(PPh3)Tp (4a–e) bearing the facially capping Tp− ligand. Electrochemical and spectroelectochemical properties of 4a–e are consistent with substantial redox activity associated with the vinyl ligand, and these properties have been satisfactorily modelled by DFT based calculations of electronic structure.

Citation

Farmer, J. D., Man, W. Y., Fox, M. A., Yufit, D. S., Howard, J. A., Hill, A. F., & Low, P. J. (2012). Syntheses, structures and redox properties of tris(pyrazolyl)borate-capped ruthenium vinyl complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 721-722, 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.09.001

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 15, 2012
• Deposit Date: May 2, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 15, 2013
• Journal: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
• Print ISSN: 0022-328X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 721-722
• Pages: 173-185
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.09.001
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1457601