ABSTRACT
The hydridoirida-beta-diketone [IrHCl{(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2H}] (1a) reacts with bases such as KOH or NaHCO3 in methanol to undergo dehydrodechlorination and acyl-bridge formation affording [Ir2H2(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2(mu-PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2] (2) with two acylphosphine chelate-bridging ligands, in a head-to-tail disposition, and terminal hydrides. The acyl bridges can be broken by pyridine, PPh3, CO or dimethylsulfoxide affording selectively mononuclear diacylhydrido neutral derivatives [IrH(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2L] (3-6). la reacts with KOH or NaHCO3 in refluxing methanol to afford a novel dihydridoirida-beta-diketone [IrH2{(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2H}](7), via dehydrodechlorination to afford 2, which then undergoes hydrogenation and protonation. The reaction of la with NEt3 affords 2 and [NHEt3]Cl. Further reaction affords [Ir2(mu-H){mu-PPh2(o-C6H4CO)}2(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2] (8), with two acylphosphine chelate-bridging ligands and a bridging hydride. Neutral or cationic hydridoirida-beta-diketone complexes react with [Rh(cod)(OMe)]2 (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) to afford hydridoirida-P-diketonaterhodium(I) complexes [IrHCl(mu-PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2Rh(cod)] (9) or [IrHL(mu-PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2Rh(cod)]ClO4 (L = py, 10; CO, 11), respectively that isomerise to the thermodynamically stable isomers of [IrCl(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))(mu-H))(mu-PPh,2(o-C6H4CO))Rh(cod)] (12) or [Ir(py)(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))(mu-H))(mu-PPh2(o-C6H4CO))Rh(cod)]ClO4(13). The reaction of 7 with [Rh(cod)(OMe)]2 affords [Ir(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2(mu-H)2Rh(cod)](14). All the complexes were fully characterised spectroscopically. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis was performed on 2, 4, 7, [8]ClO4 and 9.
ABSTRACT
New hydridoirida-beta-diketones [IrH[(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2H](CO)]ClO4 2 and [IrH[(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2H](olefin)]BF4 (olefin = C2H4, 5; 1-hexene, 10) have been prepared. These complexes may afford new diacylhydridoiridium(III) derivatives. In chloroform solution, complex 2 is in equilibrium with the deprotonated diacylhydride trans-[IrH(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2(CO)] complex 3. In DMSO, deprotonation of 2 occurs to yield the kinetically favored product 3, which isomerizes to the thermodynamically favored complex cis-[IrH(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2(CO)] 4. Reprotonation of 4 with HBF4 in chlorinated solvents gives the cation in 2. In coordinating solvents such as dimethyl sulfoxide or acetonitrile, complex 5 undergoes displacement of ethylene to afford [IrH{(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2H](L)]BF4 (L = DMSO, 7; CH3CN, 9). Complexes 5 and 7 undergo deprotonation by NEt3 to give the corresponding diacylhydrides. The ethylene complex gives only trans-[IrH(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2(C2H4)] 6, while the dimethyl sulfoxide derivative affords a mixture of trans- and cis-[IrH(PPh2(o-C6H4CO))2(DMSO)] 8. Complex 10 shows inhibited alkene rotation around the Ir-olefin axis. All of the complexes were fully characterized spectroscopically. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis was performed on complexes 3, 4, and 9. The 13C NMR and X-ray data point to a carbenoid character in the carbon atoms bonded to iridium in the irida--diketone fragment, so that it can be considered as an acyl(hydroxycarbene) moiety.
