Synthesis, Solid-State Structure and Solution Behavior of Hydrido-Bridged Adducts between the Group 11 [M(PPh3)]+Cations and the Triangular Cluster Anion [Re3(μ-H)4(CO)9(PPh3)]-

Abstract

The reactions of the unsaturated anion [Re3(μ-H)4(CO)9(PPh3)]- (1) with the metallic Lewis acids [M(PPh3)]+ (M = Cu, Ag, Au) afford the addition derivatives [Re3{μ-M(PPh3)}(μ3-H)(μ-H)3(CO)9(PPh3)], which have been characterized in solution and in the solid state, by X-ray analysis. The copper derivative is obtained also by reaction of [Re3(μ-H)3(μ3-H)(CO)9]- (as the [Re(CO)3(Me2CO)3]+ salt) with [Cu(PPh3)2NO3]. Treatment with PPh3 extrudes the [M(PPh3)]+ groups, restoring the starting anion 1. Solid-state structures of the adducts show a butterfly Re3M metal skeleton with one hydride bridging the Re2M face and three hydrides spanning the three Re−Re edges. The interaction of the [M(PPh3)]+ cation with 1 leads only to a minor structural perturbation of the unsaturated Re2(μ-H)2 moiety. The solid-state structure is maintained in nondonor solvents, while in acetone partial (Au, Ag) or complete (Cu) reversible ionic dissociation of the adducts is observed, affording 1 and solvated [M(PPh3)]+ cations. Experime...