Trapping of a phenyl group by a ruthenium cluster during dephenylation of coordinated CH2(PPh2)2(dppm)

M.I. Bruce, P.A. Humphrey, Brian Skelton, Allan White

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Abstract

Pyrolysis of {Ru-3(mu-dppm)(CO)(9)}(n)(dppa) (n = 1 or 2) afforded Ru-3(mu(3)-PPhCH2PPh2)(mu(3)-eta(1):eta(2):P-C2PPh2)(mu-PPh2)(Ph)(CO)(6), containing an Ru-3 chain bridged by a dephenylated dppm ligand and by C2PPh2 and PPh2 ligands derived from the dppa ligand. The phenyl group from the dppm ligand has been trapped by one of the Ru atoms to give a rare example of a cluster-bound sigma-Ph group. The molecular structure of Ru-3(mu-H){mu(3)-eta(1),eta(2)-CCHP(O)Ph-2}(mu-PPh2)(mu-dppm)(CO)(6), obtained on one occasion from the mono-cluster complex, is also described. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)141-146
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume539
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1997

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