Treatment
of [RuHCl(CO)(PPh
3)
3]
with Hg(C
6H
4-2-CHO)
2 in refluxing t
oluene gives [RuCl(CO)(η
2-
C,
O-C
6H
4-2-CHO)(PPh
3)
2]
ong>1ong> in g
ood yield. Treatment
of
ong>1ong>
with a st
oichi
ometric am
ount
of Ag[BF
4] in CH
2Cl
2/acet
one (1:1) f
oll
owed by either NCMe,
tBuCN
or
tBuNC t
o give [Ru(L)(CO)(η
2-
C,
O-C
6H
4-2-CHO)(PPh
3)
2][BF
4]
ong>2ong>–
ong>4ong> in excellent yields. All
of the c
omp
ounds
ong>1ong>–
ong>4ong> have been characterized by micr
oanalysis,
1H,
13C–{
1H} and
31P–{
1H} NMR spectr
osc
opy. In additi
on c
omp
ounds
ong>1ong> and
ong>3ong> have been characterized by single crystal X-ray diffracti
on studies and the cycl
oruthenated aldehyde C
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ouble b
ond; length as m-dash"" b
order=0>O b
ond length n
oticeably increases in the cati
onic system. The c
omplexes [RuCl(CO)(η
2-
C,
O-C
6H
4-2-CHO)(PH
3)
2]
ong>1aong>, [Ru(NCCH
3)(CO)(η
2-
C,
O-C
6H
4-2CHO)(PH
3)
2]
ong>3aong>, [Ru(CNCH
3)(CO)(η
2-
C,
O-C
6H
4-2CHO)(PH
3)
2]
ong>4aong> [RuCl
2{O
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ond; length as m-dash"" b
order=0>C(H)Me}(CO)(PH
3)
2]
ong>Xaong> and [RuCl
2{O
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ouble b
ond; length as m-dash"" b
order=0>C(H)HCH
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ond; length as m-dash"" b
order=0>CH
2}(CO)(PH
3)
2]
ong>XIaong> have als
o been m
odelled using DFT calculati
ons (B3LYP LanL2DZ) and the minimized structures are qualitatively in g
ood agreement
with experimentally determined structures. In all cases the calculated Ru–L distances
were l
onger than th
ose
observed by experiment, the trend
of Ru–C
(metalated) did n
ot m
odel the crystall
ographically
observed data and s
ome disparity bet
ween the experimental and calculated C
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ouble b
ond; length as m-dash"" b
order=0>O b
ond length
of the c
oordinated aldehyde is apparent.