Abstract
Two hexanuclear rhenium clusters containing azide ligands, [Re6Se8(PEt3)5(N3)]BF4 and [Re6Se8(PEt3)4(N3)2], were synthesized from the analogous pyridine complexes and fully characterized. Studies show that [Re6Se8(PEt3)5(N3)]BF4 reacts with activated alkynes, dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate and methyl 4-hydroxyhex-2-yneoate, to form the triazolate cluster complexes [Re6Se8(PEt3)5(L1 or L2)]BF4 (where L1 = 4,5-bis(methoxycarbonyl)-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl and L2 = 4-methoxycarbonyl-5-(1-propanol)-1,2,3-triazol-2-yl). The bis-triazolato complex, cis-[Re6Se8(PEt3)4(L1)2] was also prepared via a similar reaction starting with cis-[Re6Se8(PEt3)4(N3)2] demonstrating that these clusters can promote two azide moieties to undergo heterocyclic ring formation. The structures of [Re6Se8(PEt3)5(N3)]BF4, [Re6Se8(PEt3)4(N3)2], and [Re6Se8(PEt3)5(L1)](BF4), were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. In addition, studies involving the alkylation of [Re6Se8(PEt3)5(L1)]BF4 with benzyl bromide and methyl iodide are reported.
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