The dihydride-dihydr
ogen c
omplex [OsH
2(
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5-C
5H
5)(
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2-H
2)(P
iPr
3)]BF
4 (
1) reacts in acet
one with1-phenyl-1-pr
opyne and 2-butyne t
o give the
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3-allyl)-
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osphine derivatives [OsH(
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5-C
5H
5){
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4-(
P,
C,
C,
C)-CH
2C[CH
2C(=CH
2)P
iPr
2]CHR}]BF
4 (R = Ph (
2), CH
3 (
3)), by
means
of
one-p
ot tande
mpr
ocesses
of f
our reacti
ons. The stable inter
mediates have been is
olated and characterized. In acet
one,c
omplex
1 diss
ociates H
2 and c
oordinates the s
olvent t
o aff
ord [OsH
2(
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5-C
5H
5)(
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1-OCMe
2)(P
iPr
3)]BF
4(
4), which reacts with a
molecule
of 1-phenyl-1-pr
opyne
or 2-butyne t
o f
or
m [OsH(
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5H
5)(
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3-CH
2CHCHR)(P
iPr
3)]BF
4 (R = Ph (
5), CH
3 (
6)), c
ontaining the CHR gr
oup
cisoid disp
osed t
o the ph
osphineand the R substituent
anti t
o C
meso. In dichl
or
omethane, c
omplexes
5 and
6 ev
olve t
o the ther
modyna
micis
omers
7 and
8, c
ontaining the CHR gr
oup
cisoid disp
osed t
o the hydride and the R substituent
syn t
oC
meso. The reacti
ons
of
5 and
6 with a sec
ond
molecule
of the respective alkyne lead t
o the c
orresp
onding
Z-
olefin and [Os(
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5H
5){
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2-(
Z)-CH(CH
3)=CHR}{
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3-(
P,
C,
C)-[CH
2=C(CH
3)]P
iPr
2}]BF
4 (R = Ph (
9),CH
3 (
10)). The is
opr
openyl gr
oup
of the ph
osphine
of
9 and
10 underg
oes c
oupling with a third alkyne
molecule t
o give
2 and
3.