Electrophilic reactivity of arene carbonyl cluster complexes with the Ru6C core. Crystal and molecular structure of [Ru6C(CO)14(η6-C6H4Ph2-1,4)]
Abstract
Addition of LiPh to [Ru6C(CO)12(η6-C6H6)(µ-η2:η2-C6H8)], [Ru6C(CO)11(η6-C6H6)(µ3-η2:η2:η2-C6H6)] and [Ru6C(CO)14(η6-C6H6)], followed by treatment with [CPh3][BF4], has led to the substituted arene cluster complexes [Ru6C(CO)12(µ-η2:η2-C6H8)(η6-C6H5Ph)], [Ru6C(CO)11(µ3-η2:η2:η2-C6H6)(η6-C6H5-Ph)] and [Ru6C(CO)14(η6-C6H4Ph2-1,4)](structure established by X-ray crystallography).