Ruthenacarboranes Based on 5-Phenyl- and 5,6-Diphenyl Dicarbollide Ligands. Synthesis and Transformations
摘要
Reactions of cesium salts of substituted nido-carborane anions [nido-5-Ph-7,8-C2B9H11]- (1) and [nido-5,6-Ph2-7,8-C2B9H10]- (2) bearing bulky phenyl groups at boron atoms in the lower bent of carborane ligand with RuCl2(PPh3)dppb (3) in benzene solution led to the novel 18-e closo-ruthenacarboranes 3,3-(Ph2P(CH2)4PPh2)-3-H-3-Cl-9-Ph-12-X-closo-3,1,2-RuC2B9H9 (X = H (4), Ph (5)). Reactions of the obtained complexes with carbon tetrachloride allowed to obtain corresponding 17-e Ru(III) complexes 3,3-(Ph2P(CH2)4PPh2)-3-Cl-9-Ph-12-X-closo-3,1,2-RuC2B9H10 (X = H (7), Ph (8)). The reaction of 4 with isopropylamine in acetonitrile leads to the formation of the corresponding acetonitrile complex 3,3-(Ph2P(CH2)4PPh2)-3-CH3CN-9-Ph-12-closo-3,1,2-RuC2B9H10 (10). The novel ruthenacarborane clusters 5 and 8 were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction which unambiguously confirmed the proposed structures. The cyclic voltammetry studies of compounds 4 and 5 showed its ability to reversible reduction to the corresponding Ru(II) species.