Reactions of Doubly Bridged Bis(cyclopentadienes) with Iron Pentacarbonyl

Abstract

When the doubly bridged bis(cyclopentadiene) ligand (Me 2 C)(Me 2 Si)(C 5 H 4 ) 2 (1) reacted with Fe(CO) 5 in refluxing toluene, the unusual product [(C 5 H 6 )(Me 2 C)(Me 2 Si)(η 5 -C 5 H 3 )Fe(CO)] 2 -(μ-CO) 2 (2) with a hydrogenated double bond in one of the cyclopentadiene ligands, the diiron complex (Me2C)(Me 2 Si)[(η 5 -C5H3)Fe(CO) 2 ] 2 (3), and the desilylation product 4 were obtained. When the reaction was performed in refluxing xylene, the novel complex (Me 2 C)(η 5 -C 5 H 3 )-(η 5 :η 1 -C 5 H 3 )[(Me 2 Si)Fe(CO) 2 ][Fe(CO) 2 ] (5) with an Fe-Si bond, which should be accompanied by the cleavage of a C-Si bond in the ligand, was isolated in addition to the complexes 2∼4. When bis(cyclopentadienyl) ligands bridged with R 2 C (R 2 C = Me 2 C, (CH 2 ) 5 C) and Me 2 E (E = Si, Ge) groups were used instead of 1, the similar novel complexes (R 2 C)(η 5 -C 5 H 3 )(η 5 : η 1 -C 5 H 3 )[(Me 2 E)Fe(CO) 2 ][Fe(CO) 2 ] (R 2 C = Me 2 C, E = Ge (7); R 2 C = (CH 2 ) 5 C, E = Si (17), Ge (21)) with an Fe-E bond were obtained in addition to the diiron complexes (R 2 C)(Me 2 E)-[(η 5 -C 5 H 3 )Fe(CO)] 2 (μ-CO)2 (R 2 C = Me 2 C, E = Ge (8); R 2 C = (CH 2 ) 5 C, E = Si (18), Ge (22)) and the desilylation or degermylation products. When a tert-butyl group was introduced into the cyclopentadienyl rings, or two phenyl groups were introduced at the bridging silicon atom instead of two methyl groups in 1, only the diiron complexes (Me 2 C)(Me 2 E)[(η 5 -t-BuC 5 H 2 )Fe(CO) 2 ] 2 (E = Si(10), Ge (13)) and (Me2C)(Ph2Si)[(η 5 -C 5 H 3 )Fe(CO) 2 ] 2 (15) were obtained, in addition to the desilylation or degermylation products. When a methylene bridge was used instead of an isopropylene bridge in 1 and 6, the partially hydrogenated complexes (Me 2 E)(η 3 -CHC 5 H 6 )(η 5 -C 5 H 3 )Fe(CO) 3 Fe(CO) 2 (E = Si (24), Ge (28)), the diiron complexes (CH 2 )(Me 2 E)[(η 5 -C 5 H 3 )Fe(CO)] 2 (μ-CO) 2 (E = Si (25), Ge (29)), and the desilylation or degermylation products were obtained. The molecular structures of 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11t, 15, 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 28, and 29 were determined by X-ray diffraction.