New ruthenocene-based nickel pincer complexes bearing the C5Me4CF3 ligand
摘要
First (trifluoromethyl)tetramethylruthenocene-based nickel pincer complexes NiC1[{2,5-(R2PCH2)2C5H2}Ru(CpF)] (CpF = C5Me4CF3, R = But (3a), Pri (3b)) were synthesized. The reaction of complex 3a with NaBH4 was investigated. The diphosphine diborane compound {1,3-(H3B-P(But)2CH2)2C5H3}Ru(CpF) (4) was obtained instead of the expected reaction product Ni(BH4)[{2,5-(But2PCH2)2C5H2}Ru(CpF)]. Compounds 3a, 3b, and 4 were fully characterized by NMR spectroscopy. The structures of compounds 3a and 4 were established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.