The hydrido−carbyne complex
OsHCl2(CCH2Ph)(PiPr3)2
(1) reacts with sodium methoxide
in 1:1 molar ratio to give the five-coordinate hydrido−vinylidene
OsHCl(CCHPh)(PiPr3)2
(2), which affords
[OsHCl(CCH2Ph)(H2O)(PiPr3)2]BF4
(3) by reaction with HBF4·H2O.
The
spectroscopic data obtained for 2 indicate that in solution,
it is a mixture of two conformers
in equilibrium. The thermodynamic magnitudes involved in the
equilibrium as well as the
activation parameters for the conversion between them were determined
by 1H NMR
spectroscopy in toluene-d
8
. The
values obtained were ΔH° = −0.7 (±0.1) kcal
mol-1, ΔS° =
−2.3 (±0.6) cal K-1
mol-1 , ΔH
⧧ =
11.0 (±0.2) kcal mol-1 and
ΔS
⧧ = 3.2 (±0.6) cal
K-1
mol-1.
At room temperature under argon, complex 2 is stable in
the solid state and in solution.
However in the presence of air, it activates molecular oxygen to
give the dioxo−styryl
compound
OsCl{(E)-CHCHPh}(O)2(PiPr3)2
(4), which has been characterized by X-ray
diffraction analysis. The geometry around of the osmium atom can
be described as a distorted
octahedron with the two oxygen atoms occupying two relative
trans positions (O(1)−Os−O(2) = 179.5(5)°). Complex 2 also reacts with
trimethylphosphite, sodium acetylacetonato
(acetylacetonato = acac), and sodium acetato to give the
six-coordinate hydrido−vinylidene
derivatives
OsHCl(CCHPh){(P(OMe)3}(PiPr3)2
(8),
OsH(acac)(CCHPh)(PiPr3)2
(9), and
OsH(η2-O2CCH3)(CCHPh)(PiPr3)2
(10), respectively. Complex 10 can also be
prepared by
treatment of
OsH3(η2-O2CCH3)(PiPr3)2
(11) with phenylacetylene. Similarly, the
reactions
of 11 with 1,1-diphenyl-2-propyn-1-ol and
1-ethynyl-1-cyclohexanol lead to OsH
(η2-O2CCH3){CCHC(OH)Ph2}(PiPr3)2
(12) and
OsH(η2-O2CCH3){CCHCCH
(CH2)3CH2}(PiPr3)2
(13),
respectively.