The five-coordinate complex
[RuHCl(CO)(PPri
3)2]
(1) reacts with cyclopentadiene in
methanol under reflux to give
[RuH(η5-C5H5)(CO)(PPri
3)]
(2) and [HPPri
3]Cl. The
protonation
of 2 in dichloromethane-d
2 leads to
the dihydrogen complex
[Ru(η5-C5H5)(η2-H2)(CO)(PPri
3)]BF4 (3) in equilibrium with traces of the
dihydrido tautomer
[RuH2(η5-C5H5)(CO)(PPri
3)]BF4 (4). The reaction of 2 with
HBF4·Et2O in acetone affords the
solvated complex [Ru(η5-C5H5)(CO){η1-OC(CH3)2}(PPri
3)]BF4
(5), which reacts with CO, dimethyl
acetylenedicarboxylate,
and NaCl to give
[Ru(η5-C5H5)(CO)2(PPri
3)]BF4
(6),
[Ru(η5-C5H5){η2-C2(CO2CH3)2}(CO)(PPri
3)]BF4 (7), and
[Ru(η5-C5H5)Cl(CO)(PPri
3)]
(8), respectively. Complex 5 also reacts
with alkyn-1-ols. The reaction with 1,1-diphenyl-2-propyn-1-ol leads to the
allenylidene complex [Ru(η5-C5H5)(CCCPh2)(CO)(PPri
3)]BF4
(9), which affords
[Ru(η5-C5H5){C(OH)CHCPh2}(CO)(PPri
3)]BF4
(10) by reaction with water. 10 is converted
into the acyl derivative [Ru(η5-C5H5){C(O)CHCPh2}(CO)(PPri
3)]
(11), when a CH2Cl2 solution of
10 is passed through
an Al2O3 column. The structure of
11 was determined by an X-ray investigation.
The
reaction of 5 with 2-propyn-1-ol leads to the
α,β-unsaturated hydroxycarbene complex [Ru(η5-C5H5){C(OH)CHCH2}(CO)(PPri
3)]BF4
(12). Similarly to 10, 12 is
converted into [Ru(η5-C5H5){C(O)CHCH2}(CO)(PPri
3)]
(13), when the solutions of 12 are passed through
an
Al2O3 column. Treatment of 5
with 1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol leads to a mixture of
organometallic compounds including
[Ru(η5-C5H5){C(OH)CHC(CH2)4CH2}(CO)(PPri
3)]BF4
(14). Chromatography of the mixture affords
[Ru(η5-C5H5){C(O)CHC(CH2)4CH2}(CO)(PPri
3)] (15) and
[Ru(η5-C5H5){C⋮CCCH(CH2)3CH2}(CO)(PPri
3)]
(16). 9 reacts with alcohols
and thiols to give
[Ru(η5-C5H5){C(ER)CHCPh2}(CO)(PPri
3)]BF4
(ER = OMe (17), OEt (18),
SPrn (21)), which by treatment with NaOMe afford
[Ru(η5-C5H5){C(ER)CCPh2}(CO)(PPri
3)] (ER = OMe (19), OEt
(20), SPrn (22)). Similarly, the
reaction of 9 with benzophenone
imine leads to
[Ru(η5-C5H5){C(CHCPh2)NCPh2}(CO)(PPri
3)]BF4
(23), which by reaction
with NaOMe gives
[Ru(η5-C5H5){C(NCPh2)CCPh2}(CO)(PPri
3)]
(24). The structure of
23 was also determined by an X-ray investigation. The
CN bond lengths are 1.283(9) and
1.252(9) Å, while the C−N−C angle is 149.9(6)°.