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Aryldiazo complexes. Syntheses and reactions of new complexes of osmium and ruthenium

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem., v. 14, no. 11, pp. 2784-2795
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic50153a038· OSTI ID:4076203

Aryldiazo complexes, [M(CO)$sub 2$(NNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$][PF$sub 6$](M = Os, Ru; Ph = C$sub 6$$H$$sub 5$), were prepared by allowing diazonium salts to react with M(CO)$sub 3$(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$. Infrared spectra of the Ru complex suggest the presence of two isomers both in solution and in the solid state. These complexes react with a variety of coordinating anions (X$sup -$), to form MX(CO)$sub 2$(NNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$. The osmium derivatives have $nu$(NN) near 1455 cm$sup -1$, which is the lowest value yet reported for a nonbridging aryldiazo ligand. The first aryldiazo--hydrido complexes, MH(CO)$sub 2$(NNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$ and MH(CO)(NNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$, were prepared by deprotonation of the respective phenyldiazene complexes, MH(CO)$sub 2$(HNNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$$sup +$ and MH(CO)(HNNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 3$$sup +$. The compound OsCl$sub 3$(NNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$ was also prepared. A large number of the foregoing complexes were synthesized with selective $sup 2$H and $sup 15$N labels. Infrared and NMR spectra show MX(CO)$sub 2$(NNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$ and the analogous hydrido complex to be pseudooctahedral with trans phosphine ligands, cis carbonyl ligands, and a doubly bent phenyldiazenido (NNPh$sup -$) ligand. Similarly, MH(CO)(NNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$ possesses a trigonal-bipyramidal geometry with trans phosphine ligands and an equatorial, singly bent phenyldiazoniumato (NNPh$sup +$) ligand. Isotopic substitution of the diazo ligand shows that $nu$(NN) is often vibrationally coupled with phenyl vibrational modes and that two or three bands sometimes shift upon $sup 15$N substitution. Vibrational coupling was also observed in the higher energy region (1850 to 1900 cm$sup -1$) in the compound RuCl$sub 3$(NNC$sub 6$$D$$sub 5$)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$. The wide range in the values of $nu$(NN), RuCl$sub 3$(NNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$ (1882 cm$sup -1$) vs. RuCl(CO)$sub 2$(NNPh)(PPh$sub 3$$)$$sub 2$ (1462 cm$sup -1$), indicates that the N--N stretching frequencies are sensitive to the electronic and steric environment of the diazo ligand. The aryldiazo complexes are compared with analogous, isoelectronic nitrosyl complexes of Os and Ru. (auth)

Research Organization:
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-33-016638
OSTI ID:
4076203
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem., v. 14, no. 11, pp. 2784-2795, Journal Name: Inorg. Chem., v. 14, no. 11, pp. 2784-2795; ISSN INOCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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