The labile complexesM(CO)
3(CH
3CN)
3 (M = Mo,W) undergo facile oxidative additionreactions with 4-bromo-2-cyclopentenone to giveM(
3-C
5H
5O)(CO)
2(CH
3CN)
2Br
1a and
2.Complex
1a crystallizes in space group
P2
1/
m (No. 11) with
a =8.631 (2) Å,
b = 12.852 (3)Å,
c = 6.659 (2) Å,
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= 109.27 (1)
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,
V= 697.3 (3) Å
3, and
Z = 2. Thestructure was refinedto
R(
F) = 0.023 (
F ![](/images/entities/ge.gif)
4
F).
1 and
2 react withpotassium tris(pyrazolyl)borate(K[HBpz
3]),2,2'-bipyridyl (bipy), and bis(diphenylphosphino)methane(dppm) to give neutral
3-cyclopentenoyl complexes of typesM(
3-C
5H
5O)(CO)
2(HBpz
3)
3a and
4,M(
3-C
5H
5O)(CO)
2(bipy)Br
5 and
6, andM(
3-C
5H
5O)(CO)
2(dppm)Br
7 and
8, respectively, in high yields.Singlecrystal structural studies have been carried out for complexes
3a,
4, and
8.
3acrystallizesin space group
Pbca (No. 61) with
a = 19.819(3) Å,
b = 13.899 (3) Å,
c = 13.088 (2) Å,
V =3605 (1) Å
3, and
Z = 8, and the structure wasrefined to
R(
F) = 0.026 (
F ![](/images/entities/ge.gif)
4
F).
4 isisostructural with
3a and crystallizes in space group
Pbca (No. 61) with
a = 19.726 (6) Å,
b= 13.924 (6) Å,
c = 13.080 (4) Å,
V =
3593 (2) Å
3, and
Z = 8, and the structure wasrefinedto
R(
F) = 0.028 (
F ![](/images/entities/ge.gif)
4
F).
8 crystallizes in space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
(No. 2) with
a = 10.143 (3)Å,
b = 10.972 (4) Å,
c = 13.708 (5) Å,
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=82.52 (2)
, ![](/images/gifchars/beta2.gif)
= 85.07 (2)
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,
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= 84.77 (1)
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,
V = 1502.0(9) Å
3, and
Z = 2. The structure wasrefined to
R(
F) = 0.029 (
F ![](/images/entities/ge.gif)
4
F). Treatment ofcomplexes
3-
8 withPh
3C
+PF
6- inmethylene chloride solution led to facile hydrideabstraction and formation of the stable cationic
4-cyclopentadienone complexes[M(
4-C
5H
4O)(CO)
2(HBpz
3)]PF
6 9a and
10,[M(
4-C
5H
4O)(CO)
2(bipy)Br]PF
611 and
12, and [W(
4-C
5H
4O)(CO)
2(dppm)Br]PF
6(
13). Complex
10 has been found tocrystallize in space group
Pcab (No. 61) with
a = 18.242 (4) Å,
b = 17.145 (4) Å,
c = 13.188 (3) Å,
V = 4125 (2) Å
3, and
Z = 8. The structure was refined to
R(
F) = 0.029 (
F ![](/images/entities/ge.gif)
4
F).
13 crystallizes in spacegroup
P2
1/
n (No. 14) with
a =11.796 (3) Å,
b = 17.512 (7) Å,
c = 17.210(5) Å,
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= 93.67 (1)
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,
V =3548 (2) Å
3, and
Z = 4. The structurewas refined to
R(
F) = 0.040 (
F ![](/images/entities/ge.gif)
4
F).