Issue 4, 1992

Synthesis and crystal structures of the carbido cluster anions [Re6C(µ-CO)(CO)18]2– and [Re6(µ-H)C(µ-CO)(CO)18]

Abstract

The reaction of the carbido cluster anion [Re7C(CO)21]3– with I2, in MeCN, under CO, allows the removal of the Re(CO)3+ capping moiety, affording the octahedral cluster dianion [Re6C(µ-CO)(CO)18]2– almost quantitatively. The anion, characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis as its [PPh4]+ salt, has an idealized Cs symmetry and consists of a carbon-centred metal octahedron surrounded by 18 terminal (three for each metal atoms) and one doubly bridging carbonyl ligand. The same species is obtained by dissolving the monoanion [Re7C(CO)22] in MeCN. Variable-temperature 13C NMR spectra indicate that the bridging carbonyl, in solution, is completely delocalized on the cluster edges and interchanges with the terminal carbonyls. The ion [Re6C(µ-CO)(CO)18]2– can be reversibly protonated, affording [Re6(µ-H)C(µ-CO)(CO)18], characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis as its [NEt4]+ salt (CH2Cl2 clathrate). The carbonyl connectivity pattern resembles that of the parent anion, although the presence of the H ligand in a doubly briding location (detected by the atom-pair potential method) lowers the symmetry to C1. The ion [Re6C(µ-CO)(CO)18]2– is also able to react with Group 11 cations, as Ag+, Cu+ or Au(PPh3)+, giving adducts which can be considered intermediate between molecular complexes and ion pairs, on the basis of the ν(CO) frequencies and of the 13C NMR spectrum of the silver derivative.

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J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 689-695

Synthesis and crystal structures of the carbido cluster anions [Re6C(µ-CO)(CO)18]2– and [Re6(µ-H)C(µ-CO)(CO)18]

T. Beringhelli, G. D'Alfonso, H. Molinari and A. Sironi, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 689 DOI: 10.1039/DT9920000689

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