C
omplex OsH
3Cl(P
iPr
3)
2 (
1) reacts with KTp (Tp = hydrid
otris(pyraz
olyl)b
orate) in tetrahydr
ofuranat r
oom temperature t
o give OsH
3(
2-Tp)(P
iPr
3)
2 (
2). In t
oluene at 80
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C, the
2-Tp c
omplex
2 istransf
ormed t
o the
3-Tp derivative OsH
3Tp(P
iPr
3) (
3) in quantitative yield after 7 h. Pr
ot
onati
on
of
3with HBF
4 aff
ords the bis(dihydr
ogen) c
omp
ound [OsTp(
2-H
2)
2(P
iPr
3)]BF
4 (
4). In acet
one c
omplex
4releases the c
oordinated hydr
ogen m
olecules in a sequential manner. At r
oom temperature, the dihydr
ogen-s
olvate c
omplex [OsTp(
2-H
2)(
1-OCMe
2)(P
iPr
3)]BF
4 (
5) is f
ormed, while at 56
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C the l
oss
of b
othhydr
ogen m
olecules gives rise t
o the bis-s
olvent
o derivative [OsTp(
1-OCMe
2)
2(P
iPr
3)]BF
4 (
6). C
omplexes
2-
6 have been characterized by X-ray diffracti
on analysis, and DFT calculati
ons supp
ort their f
ormulati
on.The structures
of
3-
5 have been c
ompared with th
ose
of their Cp c
ounterparts OsH
3Cp(P
iPr
3), [OsH
2Cp(
2-H
2)(P
iPr
3)]BF
4, and [OsH
2Cp(
1-OCMe
2)(P
iPr
3)]BF
4. The results sh
ow that the Tp ligand av
oidspian
o st
ool ge
ometries, while it enf
orces disp
ositi
ons all
owing N-Os-N angles cl
ose t
o 90
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such as
octahedr
on and pentag
onal bipyramid.