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Kinetics and mechanism for intramolecular isomerization of HRu3 (μ3-η3-EtSCCMeCMe)(CO)9 to Ru3(μ-SEt) (μ33-CCMeCHMe)(CO)9

  • Witold Paw
  • , David K. Bower
  • , David J. Bierdeman
  • , Jerome B. Keister
  • , Edward M. Schulman
  • SUNY Buffalo
  • Buffalo State College, State University of New York

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Abstract

The kinetics for isomerization of HRu333-EtSCCMeCMe)(CO)9 to Ru3(μ-SEt)(μ33-CCMeCHMe)(CO) 9 were determined. The overall process involves C-H elimination, C-S and Ru-Ru bond cleavage and Ru2(μ,-S) bond formation. Activation parameters were determined from the temperature dependence (ΔH = 127(3) kJ/mol, ΔS= 56(11) J/mol-K) and from the pressure dependence (0-207 MPa, ΔV0 +12.7(1.1) cm3/mol, Δβ = +0.037(0.012) cm3/(mol-MPa)) of the rate constant. The data are consistent with an intramolecular reaction involving significant metalmetal or carbon-sulfur bond cleavage in the transition state. The activation volume is too large to be accommodated by C-H elimination alone and CO dissociation is not involved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-210
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Coordination Chemistry
Volume39
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

Keywords

  • Isomerization
  • Kinetics
  • Mechanism
  • Transition metal cluster
  • Volume of activation

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