UV photolysis of protonated ruthenium and osmium decamethylmetallocenes as a new method for synthesis of the metallonium cations I I [CsMesMC5MeICH2] + (M = Ru, Os) .4. A. Kamyshova,* A. Z. Kreindlin, M. L Rybinskaya, and P. V. PetrovskK A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 ul. Vavilova, 117813 Moscow, Russian Federation. Fax: + 7 (095) 135 5085 Decamethylmetallocenes Cp*2M (M = Ru, Os) in the presence of acids (CF3CO2H , CF3SO3H) give the protonation products ICP*2MHI+An -. Broad-band UV photolysis of 7-I their solutions results in the formation of the salts of oniu m carlons [Cp* MCsMe4C H2] *An-.A preparative procedure for the synthesis of these salts has been developed. Hydrolysis of the salts gives the carbinol Cp*MCsMe4CH2OH.
The interest in organometallic complexes bear ing a tridentate anionic aryl ligand (the so called pin cer complexes) is due to their high thermal stability and their high potential as catalysts in a wide variety of organic reactions. 1,2 Recently we have synthesized the novel pincer complexes based on metallocenes. Cyclometallation of 1,3 bis[(dialkylphosphino)methyl] ferrocene and bis[(dialkylphosphino)methyl]ruthenocene was used to prepare the first rhodium 3 , iridium, 4,5 and palladium 6-9 complexes with metallocene based pin cer ligands. Later the first ruthenium complexes 1 and 2 with ferrocene based pincer ligands have been syn thesized. 10 Ar F = 3,5 (CF 3 ) 2 C 6 H 3In this work we report the synthesis of novel rutheni um pincer complexes based on ruthenocene and penta methylruthenocene.
Results and DiscussionTo synthesize a precursor for the pincer ligands with ruthenocene backbone, we have previously employed the multi step procedure 11,12 incorporating slow photochem ical reaction characterized by a relatively low product yield. Now we have developed an alternative route without photochemical reaction that affords the desired 1,3 func tionally disubstituted metallocene in a high yield. As a starting material we have used η 6 naphthalene η 5 cyclo pentadienylruthenium hexafluorophosphate 3; its prepa ration is described earlier. 13 We found that the thermal reaction of complex 3 with 3 ethoxycarbonyl 6 dimethyl aminopentafulvene 4 in acetonitrile solution at 50 °C for 8 h followed by hydrolysis gives 1 ethoxycarbonyl 3 formylruthenocene 5 in 82% yield (Scheme 1).The further synthesis of bis (di tert butylphosphino methyl)ruthenocene 6 from 5 we have described earlier.
4,8The synthesis of diphosphine precursor 7 (Scheme 2) of the pincer complex based on pentamethylruthenocene is also described in Ref. 8.The key factor in successful preparation of metal pin cer complexes is the choice of a cyclometallating agent. As in the previous work, 10 we used RuCl 2 (DMSO) 4 as a ruthenium source. Its reaction with compounds 6 and 7 occurs readily in refluxing 2 methoxyethanol in the pres ence of triethylamine, leading to chlorocarbonyl complexes RuCl(CO)[{2,5 (Bu t 2 PCH 2 ) 2 C 5 H 2 }Ru(C 5 R 5 )] (8, R = H; 9, R = Me) (see Scheme 2).
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