文摘
The osmium complex [(NH4)2OsCl6] reacts with PPh2(2,6-Me2C6H3) in a 2-propanol-watermixture at reflux to give quantitatively a cyclometalated osmium(II) complex containing atridentate trans-stilbene-type ligand, which forms via a dehydrogenative carbon-carbon coupling of two phosphine o-methyl groups. The structure of this complex has been determinedby an X-ray investigation. Carbon-carbon double bond formation has also been observed inthe reaction of the osmium(II) precursor [OsCl2(PPh3)3] with PPh2(2,6-Me2C6H3) in toluene,leading to a hydrido osmium(II) complex containing the same tridentate stilbene-type ligand.