Heterometallic nitrido cluster compounds: Synthesis and characterizations of the first nitrido-containing ruthenium-gold and ruthenium-copper carbonyl cluster complexes

Publication date: Available online 22 July 2019Source: Journal of Organometallic ChemistryAuthor(s): Richard D. Adams, Perry J. Pellechia, Mark D. Smith, Jonathan D. Tedder, Nutan D. WakdikarAbstractThe first high nuclearity ruthenium-gold-nitrido carbonyl and ruthenium-copper-nitrido carbonyl cluster compounds have been synthesized and structurally characterized. The reaction of [PPN][Ru5(μ5-N)(CO)14], 1, with [Au(PPh3)]NO3 yielded three new hetero-bimetallic ruthenium-gold-nitrido cluster complexes: monogold - tetraruthenium cluster complex Ru4(μ4-N)(CO)12[μ-Au(PPh3)], 2, goldpentaruthenium cluster complex Ru5(μ5-N)(CO)14[μ-Au(PPh3)], 3 and trigoldpentaruthenium cluster complex Ru5(μ5-N)(CO)13[(μ-AuPPh3){μ3-Au(PPh3)}2], 4. Compound 4 was obtained in a much better yield from the reaction of 1 with [{(PPh3)Au}3O][BF4]. Compounds 3 and 4 consist of a square pyramidal cluster of five ruthenium atoms with an interstitial nitrido ligand in the base of the square pyramid. Compound 4 exhibits a dynamical exchange activity that leads to an averaging of all its three AuPPh3 groups on the NMR time scale. Reaction of 1 with [Cu(PPh3)Br]4 yielded three new hetero-bimetallic ruthenium-copper-nitrido cluster complexes: monocopper - tetraruthenium cluster complex [Ru4(μ4-N)(CO)12(μ-CuPPh3)], 5, monocopperpentaruthenium cluster complex [Ru5(μ5-N)(CO)13(PPh3)(μ3-CuPPh3)], 6, and the tricopperpentaruthenium cluster complex [Ru5(μ5-N)(CO)13(μ-CuPPh3){μ3-Cu(PPh3)}2}], 7. The reac...

Source: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry - July 23, 2019 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research