Reaction of [2,3,4,5-P
h4(
hars/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >5-C
4COH)Ru(CO)
2H] (
2) wit
h different imines afforded rut
henium aminecomplexes at low temperatures. At
hig
her temperatures in t
he presence of
2, t
he complexes decomposedto give [Ru
2(CO)
4(
-H)(C
4P
h4COHOCC
4P
h4)] (
1) and free amine. Electron-ric
h imines gave rut
henium aminecomplexes wit
h 2 at a lower temperature t
han did electron-deficient imines. T
he negligible deuterium isotopeeffect (
kRuHOH/
kRuDOD = 1.05) observed in t
he reaction of
2 wit
h N-p
henyl[1-(4-met
hoxyp
henyl)et
hylidene]amine (
12) s
hows t
hat neit
her
hydride (RuH) nor proton (OH) is transferred to t
he imine in t
herate-determining step. In t
he de
hydrogenation of
N-p
henyl-1-p
henylet
hylamine (
4) to t
he correspondingimine
8 by [2,3,4,5-P
h4(
hars/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >4-C
4CO)Ru(CO)
2] (
A), t
he kinetic isotope effects observed support a stepwise
hydrogen transfer w
here t
he isotope effect for C-H cleavage (
kCHNH/
kCDNH = 3.24) is equal to t
he combined(C-H, N-H) isotope effect (
kCHNH/
kCDND = 3.26). Hydrogenation of
N-met
hyl(1-p
henylet
hylidene)amine(
14) by
2 in t
he presence of t
he external amine trap
N-met
hyl-1-(4-met
hoxyp
henyl)et
hylamine (
16) afforded90-100% of complex [2,3,4,5-P
h4(
hars/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >4-C
4CO)]Ru(CO)
2NH(CH
3)(CHP
hCH
3) (
15), w
hic
h is t
he complexbetween rut
henium and t
he amine newly generated from t
he imine. At -80
C t
he reaction of
hydride
2wit
h 4-BnNH-C
6H
9=NP
h (
18), wit
h an internal amine trap, only afforded [2,3,4,5-P
h4(
hars/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >
4-C
4CO)](CO)
2RuNH(P
h)(C
6H
10-4-NHBn) (
19), w
here t
he rut
henium binds to t
he amine originating from t
he imine, s
howing t
hatneit
her complex
A nor t
he diamine is formed. Above -8
C complex
19 rearranged to t
he t
hermodynamicallymore stable [P
h4(
hars/eta.gif" BORDER=0 >4-C
4CO)](CO)
2RuNH(Bn)(C
6H
10-4-NHP
h) (
20). T
hese results are consistent wit
h an innersp
here mec
hanism in w
hic
h t
he substrate coordinates to rut
henium prior to
hydrogen transfer and aredifficult to explain wit
h t
he outer sp
here pat
hway previously proposed.