Novel Reactions of Cationic Carbyne Complexes of Manganese and Rhenium with Polymetal Carbonyl Anions. An Approach to Trimetal Bridging Carbyne Complexes

Abstract

The reaction of a cationic carbyne complex of manganese, [(η-C5H5)(CO)2Mn⋮CC6H5]BBr4 (1), with [(Ph3P)2N]2[Ru3(CO)11] (3) in THF at low temperature gave the heteronuclear trimetal bridging carbyne complex [MnRu2(μ-H)(μ-CO)2(μ3-CC6H5)(CO)6(η-C5H5)] (7). A cationic carbyne complex of rhenium, [(η-C5H5)(CO)2Re⋮CC6H5]BBr4 (2), reacts similarly with 3, affording the corresponding bridging carbyne complex [ReRu2(μ-H)(μ-CO)2(μ3-CC6H5)(CO)6(η-C5H5)] (8) and neutral Re−carbyne dimer [Re(CO)2(η-C5H5)(μ-CC6H5)]2 (9). The compound [(Ph3P)2N]2[Os3(CO)11] (4) only reacts with 1 to give the trimetal bridging carbyne complex [MnOs2(μ-H)(μ-CO)2(μ3-CC6H5)(CO)6(η-C5H5)] (10) and neutral Mn−carbyne dimer [Mn(CO)2(η-C5H5)(μ-CC6H5)]2 (11). [(Ph3P)2N]2[Fe4(CO)13] (5) also reacts with cationic carbyne complexes 1 and 2 to give the trimetal bridging carbyne complexes [MnFe2(μ-H)(μ-CO)2(μ3-CC6H5)(CO)6(η-C5H5)] (12) and [ReFe2(μ-H)(μ-CO)2(μ3-CC6H5)(CO)6(η-C5H5)] (13), respectively. Product 13, when treated with an excess of PPh3, g...