Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a η1-Methylphosphaalkyne Complex, [RuH(dppe)2(η1-P≡CMe)][CF3SO3]

✍ Scribed by Cameron Jones; Christian Schulten; Andreas Stasch

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 215 KB
• Volume: 2008
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-1948
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200701330

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The synthesis of the first example of a complex in which methylphosphaalkyne solely η^1^‐coordinates a metal center, [RuH(dppe)~2~(η^1^‐P≡CMe)][CF~3~SO~3~] [dppe = 1,2‐bis(diphenylphosphanyl)ethane], is reported. Treatment of this compound with HBF~4~ (acting as a source of HF) has led to the reduction of the phosphaalkyne and the formation of a rare PF~2~Et complex, [RuH(dppe)~2~(η^1^‐PF~2~Et)][BF~4~]. Both complexes have been crystallographically characterized. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008)