The syntheses and structures of mono- and di-bromovinylidenes

N.J. Brown, M.A. Fox, M.E. Smith, D.S. Yufit, J.A.K. Howard, Paul Low

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Abstract

Reactions of metal acetylide complexes M(C≡CAr)(PP)Cp′ (M = Fe, Ru; Ar = C6H5, C6H4Me-4; PP = (PPh3)2, dppe; Cp′ = Cp, Cp*; not all combinations), or the analogous vinylidene, with cyanogen bromide yield monobromovinylidene complexes [M{C=C(Br)Ar}(PP)Cp′]+, isolated as PF6− salts. The trimethylsilyl-capped acetylides M(C≡CSiMe3)(PP)Cp′ react with cyanogen bromide to give [M(C=CBr2)(PP)Cp′]+, the first examples of metal complexes containing a terminal dihalovinylidene ligand, which can be isolated as the BF4− salts. Molecular structures of representative mono- and di-bromovinylidene complexes are reported, together with those of Ru(C≡CSiMe3)(PPh3)2Cp and Ru(C≡CSiMe3)(dppe)Cp*.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4042-4048
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume694
Issue number25
Early online date23 Aug 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2009

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