The cyclopentadienyl complex Os(
5-C
5H
5)Cl(P
iPr
3)
2 (
1) reacts with benzophenone imineto give the cationic orthometalated derivative
[OsH(5-C5H5){NH=C(Ph)C6H4}(PiPr3)]Cl (
2a),containing the hydride ligand and the metalated phenyl group mutually
cisoid disposed.Treatment of
2a with NaOCH
3 affords the neutral species
Os(5-C5H5){NH=C(Ph)C6H4}(PiPr3) (
3), which by protonation with HBF
4·OEt
2 gives
[OsH(5-C5H5){NH=C(Ph)C6H4}(PiPr3)]BF4 (
4). The structure of
4 was determined by an X-ray investigation. The geometryaround the osmium center can be described as a four-legged piano-stool geometry, with thehydride ligand
transoid disposed to the metalated phenyl group and
cisoid to the NH of theimine. The separation between the hydride and the NH hydrogen atom is about 2.5 Å.Complex
1 also reacts with triphenylphosphine. In this case the reaction product is the mixed-ligand compound Os(
5-C
5H
5)Cl(PPh
3)(P
iPr
3) (
5). Treatment of
5 with TlPF
6 affords theorthometalated triphenylphosphine derivative
[OsH(5-C5H5)(PPh2C6H4}(PiPr3)]PF6 (
6). Thestructure of
6 was also determined by an X-ray investigation. As for
4, the geometry aroundthe osmium center can be described as a four-legged piano-stool geometry with the hydrideligand and the metalated phenyl group in
transoid positions. Treatment of
6 with NaOCH
3produces the extraction of the hydride ligand and the formation of the neutral species
Os(5-C5H5)(PPh2C6H4)(PiPr3) (
7), which in methanol under reflux gives OsH(
5-C
5H
5)(PPh
3)(P
iPr
3) (
8). Protonation of
8 with HBF
4·OEt
2 affords the cationic dihydride [OsH
2(
5-C
5H
5)(PPh
3)(P
iPr
3)]BF
4 (
9).