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

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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. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2667-2672
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume695
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2010

Bibliographical note

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Acknowledgements: The authors are grateful to Prof. W. A. Herrmann for generous support. We thank the Stifterverband fur die deutsche Wissenschaft (Projekt-Nr. 11047: ForschungsDozentur MolekulareKatalyse), the Elitenetzwerk Bayern (graduate fellowship for T. R. and A. N. M) andthe IDK NanoCat for funding.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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