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Title: Oxygen atom transfer reactions to metal carbonyls. Kinetics and mechanism of CO substitution reactions of M/sub 3/(CO)/sub 12/ (M = Fe, Ru, Os) in the presence of (CH/sub 3/)/sub 3/NO

Journal Article · · J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00216a013· OSTI ID:7005243

Reported are the rates of reaction and activation parameters for CO substitution reactions of M/sub 3/(CO)/sub 12/ (M = Fe, Ru, Os) with L (L = PPh/sub 3/, P(OPh)/sub 3/, AsPh/sub 3/) in the presence of (CH/sub 3/)/sub 3/NO. In aprotic solvents the reactions are too fast to follow by conventional spectroscopy, but the rates decrease with added protonic solvents. Reactions are readily monitored at room temperature in the mixed solvent CHCl/sub 3/-C/sub 2/H/sub 5/OH (V/v, 2:1), and the rates of reaction are inversely proportional to the concentration of C/sub 2/H/sub 5/OH. It is suggested that this is due to hydrogen bonding to give (CH/sub 3/)/sub 3/NO...HOC/sub 2/H/sub 5/, which is unreactive compared with the very reactive free (CH/sub 3/)/sub 3/NO at these reaction conditions. The rates of formation of M/sub 3/(CO)/sub 11/L are first-order in concentrations of metal cluster and of (CH/sub 3/)/sub 3/NO but zero-order in concentration of L. This suggests a mechanism that involves a nucleophilic attack of the O atom of (CH/sub 3/)/sub 3/NO on the C atom of a CO, accompanied by oxidation of CO to CO/sub 2/. Since CO/sub 2/ is a good leaving group, its departure from the metal clusters affords the active intermediates M/sub 3/(CO)/sub 11/. These then rapidly react with entering ligands to form the monosubstituted products M/sub 3/(CO)/sub 11/L. The rates of reaction decrease in the order F/sub 3/(CO)/sub 12/ > Ru/sub 3/(CO)/sub 12/ > Os/sub 3/(CO)/sub 12/, and an attempt is made to account for the observed relative rates.

Research Organization:
Lanzhou Univ. (China)
OSTI ID:
7005243
Journal Information:
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 110:8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English