Carbon-hydrogen bond activation of phenyldi(2-thienyl)phosphine at a triosmium cluster centre

Shishir Ghosh, Graeme Hogarth, Derek A. Tocher, Ebbe Nordlander, Shariff E. Kabir

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Abstract

The phenyldi(2-thienyl)phosphine (PhPTh2) complexes [Os-3(CO)(12-n)(PhPTh2)(n)] (n = 1-3) (1-3) have been prepared. Thermolysis of 1 and either 2 or 3 in octane affords carbon-hydrogen bond activation products [Os-3(CO)(9){mu(3)-PPhTh(C4H2S)}(mu-H)] (4) and [Os-3(CO)(8)(PPhTh2){mu(3)-PPhTh(C4H2S)}(mu-H)] (5), respectively. Both exist as isomeric mixtures differing in the relative positions of phenyl and thienyl substituents with respect to the triosmium centre. The nature of the process has been confirmed by a single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of 4. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1611-1614
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume363
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Chemical Physics (S) (011001060)

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Free keywords

  • activation
  • Carbon-hydrogen bond
  • Triosmium clusters
  • Phenyldi(2-thienyl)phosphine
  • X-ray structures

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