Reactions of the alkyne cluster Os3(g-CO)(CO)9(Ix3-Me3SiC2Me) with alkynes MejSiC-~CR (R = Me, Bu n ) in refluxing hexane result in the formation of clusters Og3(CO)9{la3-C(SiMe3)=C(Me)C=C(SiMe3)R} (2a: R = Me; 3a: R = Bun). The dienediyl ligand in these complexes is formed by alkyne-vinylidene coupling, with vinylidene generated in the course of reaction from the alkyne molecule by the acetylene-vinylidene rearrangement involving a 1,2-shift of the Me3Si group. The structure of cluster 3a was determined by X-ray structural analysis. The dienediyl ligand is coordinated to three metal atoms of the cluster framework by two n-ethylene bonds with two osmium atoms and two o-bonds with the third osmium atom with the formation of the osmacyclobutene moiety. The I I-I and 13C N M R study of 13CO-enriched samples of clusters 2a and 3a revealed the stereochemical nonrigidity of these molecules due to the exchange of the hydrocarbon and carbonyl ligands. Me ,~,~====~ "SiM e3 M eaSi-,....~ "~M,Q, ~ ';:"RSince only terminal CO ligands are present in complex 2a (IR spectral data), the possibility for each Os atom to have the 18-electron shell can only be provided by structure A. However, such a uniform electron distribution is not always observed in trimetallic clusters. The structure of cluster 2a could be unambiguously determined by X-ray structural analysis. Unfortunately, we failed to obtain a single crystal of this compound suitable for an X-ray study. To overcome this difficulty, in this work we used the reaction of complex 1 with Me3SiC---CBu n to obtain the red complex Os3(CO)9{i.t 3-C(SiMe3)=C(Me)C=C(SiMe3)Bu n} (3a), which, according to X-ray analysis data, appeared to have structure A. We also report the results of investigation of the temperature dependence of the IH and 13C NMR spectra of clusters 2a and 3a.*
Results and DiscussionThe reaction of alkyne complex 1 with trimethylsilylhexyne was carried out in refluxing hexane, i.e., under conditions analogous to those described earlier t for the synthesis of complex 2a (Scheme 1). Separation * Data reported in this work were published in part as the preliminary communication)