Diruthenium half-sandwich complexes containing one μ-E2 (E = S, Se) unit and two chelating 1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-1,2-dithiolate ligands: Reactivity studies with methyl acetylene carboxylates

De Hong Wu, Bao Hua Xu, Yi Zhi Li, Hong Yan*

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Abstract

[(p-Cymene)RuCl2]2 reacts with Li2[S 2C2(B10H10)] in the presence of excess chalcogen elements to generate dinuclear complexes (p-cymene)Ru(μ- E2)Ru(S2C2B10H10) 2, 1S (E = S) and 1Se (E = Se), in which one E-E bridge between the two ruthenium atoms and two chelating 1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-1,2- dithiolate ligands are present. In 1S and 1Se, one ruthenium atom is surrounded by six chalcogen atoms in a geometry of distorted octahedron and electron-deficient (16e). Treatment of 1S and 1Se with methyl acetylene carboxylates affords addition complexes, (p-cymene)Ru(μ-E2)Ru- (S2C2B10H10)2(R 1C=CR2) (R1 = H (CO2Me), R 2 = CO2Me (H), 2S, 2Se (3S, 3Se); R1 = R 2 = CO2Me, 4S, 4Se). The terminal alkyne leads to two geometrical isomers that interconvert upon heating. Alkyne addition occurs at sulfur atoms of two different dithiolate ligands that leads to a change of 16e Ru(IV) in 1S and 1Se to 18e Ru(II) in 2S-4S and 2Se-4Se, respectively. The complexes were characterized by IR, MS, NMR spectroscopy, and microanalysis. X-ray structural analyses were performed on 1S-4S and 2Se-4Se.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6300-6306
Number of pages7
JournalOrganometallics
Volume26
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Dec 2007
Externally publishedYes

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