Backward synthesis of rhenium(I) γ-hydroxyvinylidene and γ-methoxyvinylidene complexes and their conversion to the allenylidene [Re{CCCPh2}(CO)2(MeC(CH2PPh2)3)](OSO2CF3)
Abstract
The reactivity of the rhenium(I) allenylidene complex [Re{CCCPh2}(CO)2(triphos)](OTf) (1) [triphos = MeC(CH2PPh2)3] towards ionic nucleophiles and electrophiles has been explored. Nucleophiles regioselectively attack the Cγ carbon atom leading to the formation of σ-alkynyl complexes, while electrophiles attack the Cβ atom yielding carbyne complexes. The sequential addition of OH− and H+ to 1 at low temperature gave the γ-hydroxyvinylidene complex [Re{CC(H)C(OH)Ph2}(CO)2(triphos)](OTf) which regenerated 1 above −40 °C via H2O elimination.