Abstract
A series of ruthenium allenylidene complexes bearing polyaromatic substituents have been prepared starting from [Ru(bdmpza)Cl(PPh3)2] (1) (bdmpza = bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)acetato). Reacting 1 with 1,1-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-1-methoxy-2-propyne results in the formation of two structural isomers of an allenylidene complex [Ru(bdmpza)Cl(═C═C═C(PhtBu2)2)(PPh3)] (5A/5B), as well as the related carbonyl complex [Ru(bdmpza)Cl(CO)(PPh3)] (4A/4B). Conversion of 9-ethynyl-9-fluorenol leads to the corresponding allenylidene complex [Ru(bdmpza)Cl(═C═C═(FN))(PPh3)] (7A/7B) (FN = fluorenyl). Based on anthraquinone, a new synthetic route toward 10-ethynyl-10-hydroxyanthracen-9-one via the trimethylsilyl-protected propargyl alcohol is described, and subsequent conversion of this compound to the allenylidene complex ([Ru(bdmpza)Cl(═C═C═(AO))(PPh3)] (12A/12B) (AO = anthrone) is reported. The synthetic route from 7H-benzo[no]tetraphen-7-one to the propargyl alcohol 7-ethynyl-7H-benzo[no]tetraphen-7-ol is described, which is followed by the transformation into the allenylidene complex [Ru(bdmpza)Cl(═C═C═(BT))(PPh3)] (17A/17B) (BT = benzotetraphene). The molecular structures of 4B, 7A, 7B, 12A, 12B, 13A, and 17A have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography, and these analyses suggest that 17A might function as a “metal-tuned organic field effect transistor”. The electrochemical properties of the allenylidene complexes have been studied via cyclic voltammetry, and time-dependent DFT calculations have been conducted to assign weak absorptions in the NIR region to forbidden MLCT transitions.
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