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Title: Cyclobutyne ligands. 5. C-H bond cleavage versus ring opening of [sigma],[pi]-coordinated cyclobutenyl ligands

Journal Article · · Organometallics; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/om00017a065· OSTI ID:7019575
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  1. Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)

The reaction of 1-bromocyclobutene with Os[sub 3](CO)[sub 10](NCMe)[sub 2] at 25 [degree]C yielded two new complexes: Os[sub 3](CO)[sub 10]([mu]-Br)([mu]-[ovr CCHCH[sub 2]C]H[sub 2]) (1; 44%) and Os[sub 3](CO)[sub 9]([mu]-Br)([mu][sub 3]-CCHCH[sub 2]CH[sub 2]) (2; 16%). Compound 1 contains a bridging [sigma], [pi]-coordinated cyclobutenyl and a bridging bromo ligand across the open edge of a triosmium cluster. Compound 2 contains a metalated [sigma], [pi]-coordinated bridging alkenyl ligand. Compound 2 was obtained from 1 in good yield both by thermal- and irradiation-induced ring-opening cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond of the cyclobutenyl ligand. Compound 1 was decarbonylated by treatment with Me[sub 3]NO at 0 [degree]C and was converted into a mixture of 2 (37 %) and the new compound Os[sub 3](CO)[sub 9]([mu]-Br)([mu][sub 3]-[eta][sup 2]-[ovr C[sub 2]CH[sub 2]C]H [sub 2])-([mu]-H) (3; 8%). Compound 3 contains a new example of a triply bridging cyclobutyne ligand formed by the transfer of the alkenyl hydrogen atom of the cyclobutenyl ligand to the metal atoms. Interestingly, compound 3 could not be transformed to 2 by either thermal or photochemical methods. Crystal data for 1 are supplied. 14 refs., 3 figs., 10 tabs.

OSTI ID:
7019575
Journal Information:
Organometallics; (United States), Vol. 13:5; ISSN 0276-7333
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English