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Reactions of Ru3(CO)10(μ-dppm) with Ph3GeH: Ge–H and Ge–C bond cleavage in Ph3GeH at triruthenium clusters

Tocher, DA; Khan, MM; Alam, M; Ghosh, S; Rahaman, A; Richmond, MG; Kabir, SE; (2017) Reactions of Ru3(CO)10(μ-dppm) with Ph3GeH: Ge–H and Ge–C bond cleavage in Ph3GeH at triruthenium clusters. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry , 843 pp. 75-86. 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.05.003. Green open access

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Abstract

The activation of Ph3GeH at the dppm-bridged cluster Ru3(CO)10(μ-dppm) [dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane] has been investigated. Ru3(CO)10(μ-dppm) reacts with Ph3GeH at room temperature in the presence of Me3NO to give the new cluster products Ru3(CO)9(GePh3)(μ-dppm)(μ-H) (1) and Ru3(CO)8(GePh3)2(μ-dppm)(μ-H)2 (2) via successive oxidation-addition of two Ge–H bonds. Refluxing 1 in THF furnishes the diruthenium complex Ru2(CO)6(μ-GePh2)(μ-dppm) (3) as the major product (44%), in addition to Ru3(CO)7(μ-CO)(GePh3){μ3-PhPCH2P(Ph)C6H4}(μ-H) (4) and the known cluster Ru3(CO)9(μ-H)(μ3-Ph2PCH2PPh) (5) in 7 and 8% yields, respectively. Heating samples of cluster 2 also afforded 3 as the major product together with a small amount of Ru3(CO)7(GePh3)(μ-OH)(μ-dppm)(μ-H)2 (6). DFT calculations establish the stability of the different possible isomers for clusters 1, 2, and 6, in addition to providing insight into the mechanism for hydride fluxionality in 2. All new compounds have been characterized by analytical and spectroscopic methods, and the molecular structures of 1, 3, and 6 have been established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.

Type: Article
Title: Reactions of Ru3(CO)10(μ-dppm) with Ph3GeH: Ge–H and Ge–C bond cleavage in Ph3GeH at triruthenium clusters
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.05.003
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.05.003
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Triruthenium clusters; Carbonyls; Triphenylgermanium hydride (Ph3GeH); Diphosphine; Oxidative-addition; DFT
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1555709
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