Complex Os(
5-C
5H
5)Cl(P
iPr
3)
2 (
1) reacts with equimolecular mixtures of TlPF
6 and alkynessuch as phenylacetylene and cyclohexylacetylene to give [OsH(
5-C
5H
5)(C
CR)(P
iPr
3)
2]PF
6(R = Ph (
2), Cy (
3)). The structure of
2 in the solid state has been determined by X-raydiffraction analysis. The distribution of ligands around the metallic center can be describedas a four-legged piano-stool geometry with the hydride and alkynyl ligands mutually
transoid.The reaction of
1 with 2-phenyl-3-butyn-2-ol and TlPF
6 leads to [OsH(
5-C
5H
5){C
CC(OH)MePh}(P
iPr
3)
2]PF
6 (
4), which evolves into the hydride-enynyl complex [OsH(
5-C
5H
5){C
CC(Ph)=CH
2}(P
iPr
3)
2]PF
6 (
5) in solution of chloroform. Treatment of
1 with 1,1-diphenyl-2-propyn-1-ol and TlPF
6 affords [OsH(
5-C
5H
5){C
CC(OH)Ph
2}(P
iPr
3)
2]PF
6 (
6), which reactswith KOH in methanol to give the neutral compound Os(
5-C
5H
5){C
CC(OH)Ph
2}(P
iPr
3)
2(
7) by extraction of the hydride ligand. The addition of 1 equiv of HPF
6 to the solutions of
7 leads to the allenylidene, [Os(
5-C
5H
5)(C=C=CPh
2)(P
iPr
3)
2]PF
6 (
8), which affords thedicationic carbyne derivative [Os(
5-C
5H
5)(CCH=CPh
2)(P
iPr
3)
2](PF
6)
2 (
9) by reaction withHPF
6. The structure of
9 in the solid state has been also determined by X-ray diffractionanalysis. In this case, the geometry around the osmium center is close to octahedral withthe triisopropylphosphine ligands mutually
cis disposed (P-Os-P = 105.12(8)
). Complex
8 also reacts with nucleophilic reagents; the reaction with CH
3Li gives Os(
5-C
5H
5){C
CC(CH
3)Ph
2}(P
iPr
3)
2 (
10), whereas the reactions with acetone and methanol solutions of KOHafford Os(
5-C
5H
5){C
CC[CH
2C(O)CH
3]Ph
2}(P
iPr
3)
2 (
11) and Os(
5-C
5H
5){C
CC(OCH
3)Ph
2}(P
iPr
3)
2 (
12), respectively. To understand the chemical behavior of
8, EHT-MO calculationson the model compounds Os(
5-C
5H
5)Cl(C=C=CH
2)(PH
3) (
13) and [Os(
5-C
5H
5)(C=C=CH
2)L(PH
3)]
+ (L = PH
3 (
14), CO (
15)) have been also carried out. The results suggest that thebehavior of
8 as nucleophile is a consequence of the high electron density of the allenylideneligand, while the behavior as
-electrophile is due to its cationic nature. In addition, wehave determined by ab initio calculations the energies of stabilization by protonation of
13-
15 with a naked proton. In the three cases the formation of the corresponding carbynederivatives [Os(
5-C
5H
5)Cl(CCH=CH
2)(PH
3)]
+ (
16; 267 kcal·mol
-1), [Os(
5-C
5H
5)(CCH=CH
2)(PH
3)
2]
2+ (
17; 180 kcal·mol
-1), and [Os(
5-C
5H
5)(CCH=CH
2)(CO)(PH
3)]
2+ (
18; 157 kcal·mol
-1)involves a stabilization of the system.