Reductive Degradation of Tetracobalt Cluster Complexes with a Facial C8H8 Ligand – Synthesis of [Co3(CO)33-CO)33-C8H8)]– and [Ru(C5Me5)Co3(CO)33-CO)33-C8H8)]

Autor: Wadepohl, Hubert, Gebert, Stefan, Merkel, Rüdiger, Pritzkow, Hans
Zdroj: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry; April 2000, Vol. 2000 Issue: 4 p783-788, 6p
Abstrakt: Chemical reduction of the cluster complexes [Co4(CO)33-CO)33-C8H8)L2] 3 (L2 = C8H8), 4 (L = CO), 5 (L2 = C6H8) and 6 (L2 = 6,6-Ph2C6H4) gives the trinuclear anion [Co3(CO)32-CO)33-C8H8)]– (7) in high yield. It is proposed that formation of 7 occurs via degradation of the radical anions [3]– – [6]–, which can be generated reversibly via cyclic voltammetry. The anion 7 is stabilised by the facial C8H8 ligand and does not degrade further. Reaction of 7 with [(C5Me5)Ru(NCMe)3][BF4] results in the formation of [Ru(C5Me5)Co3(CO)33-CO)33-C8H8)] (8). The crystal structures of [NEt4]+-7, [(C5H5)2Co]+-7, and 8 were determined. In 7 and 8, the cyclooctatetraene ligand is coordinated to the Co3 face of the cluster in the facial mode.
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