Complexes of the platinum metals. Part 46. 1,1,1,5,5,5-Hexafluoro-3-azapentane-2,4-diiminato derivatives of ruthenium, osmium and iridium. Crystal structure of [Ru{NHC(CF3)NC(CF3)NH}H(CO)(PPh3)2

Abstract

Trifluoroacetamidine, NHC(CF3)–NH2, underwent a condensation reaction in the presence of certain platinum metal hydrides in boiling toluene to liberate ammonia and form complexes containing the N,N′-chelating 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-3-azapentane-2,4-diiminate ligand NHC(CF3)NC(CF3)NH. Complexes prepared in this manner were [[graphic omitted]H}H(CO)(PPh3)2, [[graphic omitted]H}Cl(CO)(PPh3)2, [[graphic omitted]H}2(PPh3)2(M = Ru or Os) and [[graphic omitted]H}H2(PPh3)2. Under similar conditions [Ru(O2CCF3)2(CO)(PPh3)2reacted to afford the complex [[graphic omitted]H}(O2CCF3)(CO)(PPh3)2 in which intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the non-co-ordinated oxygen of the monodentate trifluoroacetate ligand and the adjacent NH moiety has been detected. An X-ray crystallographic study performed on [[graphic omitted]H}H(CO)(PPh3)2has confirmed an octahedral ruthenium(II) structure with trans-phosphine ligands and a chelating NHC(CF3)NC(CF3)NH– moiety.