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η6-Arene complexes of ruthenium and osmium with pendant donor functionalities

  • Thomas Reiner
  • , Markus Waibel
  • , Alexander N. Marziale
  • , Dominik Jantke
  • , Florian J. Kiefer
  • , Thomas F. Fässler
  • , Jörg Eppinger
  • Technical University of Munich
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Conversion of 4′-(2,5-dihydrophenyl)butanol or N-trifluoroacetyl-2,5- dihydrobenzylamine with MCl3·n H2O (M = Ru, Os) affords the corresponding dimeric η6-arene complexes in good to excellent yields. Under similar reaction conditions, the amine functionalized arene precursor 2,5-dihydrobenzylamine yields the corresponding Ru(II) complex. For osmium, HCl induced oxidation leads to formation of [OsCl6] 2- salts. However, under optimized reaction conditions, conversion of the precursor 2,5-dihydrobenzylamine chloride results in clean formation of η6-arene Os(II) complex. X-ray structures of [(η6- benzyl ammonium)(dmso)RuCl2] and (2,5-dihydrobenzyl ammonium) 4[OsCl6]2confirm the spectroscopic data. High stability towards air and acid as well as enhanced solubility in water is observed for all η6-arene complexes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2667-2672
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume695
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2010

Keywords

  • Osmium
  • Pendant donor functionalities
  • Ruthenium
  • η-Arene complexes

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