Issue 12, 1983

Reaction of [Os5(CO)19] with acetylenes: the X-ray crystal structure of [Os5(CO)17(HCCH)]

Abstract

The carbonyl cluster [Os5(CO)19] reacts with acetylene in heptane, under reflux, to give [Os5(CO)17(HCCH)](1) and the known complex [Os4(CO)12(HCCH)](2) as the major products. The cluster (1) crystallises in the monoclinic space group P21/c with a= 20.255(11), b= 9.391(7), c= 28.227(15)Å, β= 91.62(3)°, and Z= 8. The structure was solved by a combination of direct methods and Fourier difference syntheses, and refined by blocked-cascade least squares to R= 0.060 and R′= 0.060 for 5 496 unique diffractometer data. In the two independent, but structurally similar molecules the Os atom skeleton consists of two triangles sharing a common vertex to give the ‘bow-tie’ conformation. The acetylene ligand caps one of the triangles, and is σ-bonded to the Os atom involved in bonding in the other triangle and to one of the peripheral Os atoms, and π-bonded to the other peripheral metal atom. The complex [Os5(CO)19] also reacts with mono- and di-substituted acetylenes. With HCCR (R = Me or Ph), in heptane, the major products were characterised as [Os5(CO)17(HCCR)][R = Me (3) or Ph (4)] and [Os4(CO)12(HCCR)][R = Me (5) or Ph (6)]. With R1CCR2[R1= R2= Ph or McO(O)C] decarbonylation to [Os5(CO)16] occurred before there was any reaction with the acetylene.

Article information

Article type
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J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1983, 2645-2649

Reaction of [Os5(CO)19] with acetylenes: the X-ray crystal structure of [Os5(CO)17(HCCH)]

B. F. G. Johnson, J. Lewis, P. R. Raithby and M. J. Rosales, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1983, 2645 DOI: 10.1039/DT9830002645

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