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Tetrametallic Alkylidyne Clusters: (μ-H)Ru442-COMe)(CO)12, (μ-H)Ru43-COMe) (CO)9{(PPh2)3CH}, and (μ-H)Ru3Fe(μ42-CX)(CO)12 (X = OMe, NMe2). Crystal Structures of (μ-H)Ru442-COMe)(CO)12 and (μ-H)Ru3Fe(μ42-COMe)(CO)12

  • Melvyn Rowen Churchill
  • , Charles H. Lake
  • , Fred J. Safarowic
  • , Derrick S. Parfitt
  • , Leigh R. Nevinger
  • , Jerome B. Keister
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

The clusters (μ-H)Ru3M(μ42-COMe)(CO)12 (M = Ru, Fe) have been prepared and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. Also prepared were (μ-H)Ru3-Fe(μ42-CNMe2)(CO)12 (lowyield) and (μ-H)Ru43-COMe)(CO)9{(PPh2)3CH}, both characterized by spectroscopic methods. The isomorphous complexes (μ-H)Ru3M(μ42-COMe)(CO)12 (M = Ru, Fe) crystallize in the centrosymmetric space group P21/c. Unit cell parameters for the tetraruthenium complex are a = 9.277 (2) Å, b = 9.441 (1) Å, c = 25.041 (3) Å, ² = 92.53 (1)°, V = 2191.2 (5) Å3, and Z = 4; for the triruthenium-iron complex they are a = 9.188 (1) Å, b = 9.433 (1) Å, c = 24.820 (3) Å,β = 91.50 (1)°, V = 2150.5 (4) Å3, and Z = 4. The complexes each contain a tetranuclear cluster of metal atoms in a butterfly configuration. The iron atom in the Ru3Fe species occupies a “wing-tip” position. Each complex contains three terminal carbonyl ligands linked to each metal atom, a μ-hydride ligand bridging the “bridgehead” metal atoms, and a complex μ42-COMe ligand in which the alkylidyne carbon atom interacts with all four metal atoms and the oxygen atom is linked to one wing-tip ruthenium atom.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)671-679
Number of pages9
JournalOrganometallics
Volume12
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

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