A series of functionally substitute
d cyclopenta
dienyl
derivatives of silver an
d copper havebeen synthesize
d an
d characterize
d. Reactions between so
dium acetyl- or carbomethoxycyclopenta
dienyli
de, triphenylphosphine, an
d silver triflate (AgSO
3CF
3) in DME pro
duce
d Ag[C
5H
4C(O)CH
3](PPh
3) an
d Ag[C
5H
4CO
2CH
3](PPh
3) in yiel
ds of 57-58%. Correspon
ding copperanalogues were prepare
d using [BrCu(PPh
3)]
4. Similar reactions between so
dium acetyl- orcarbomethoxycyclopenta
dienyli
de an
d AgSO
3CF
3 in the presence of the bi
dentate ligan
d 1,2-bis(
diphenylphosphino)ethane affor
de
d the chelate
d compoun
ds Ag[C
5H
4C(O)CH
3][Ph
2P(CH
2)
2PPh
2] an
d Ag[C
5H
4CO
2CH
3][Ph
2P(CH
2)
2PPh
2] in 55-72% yiel
ds. Dinuclear compoun
ds ofthe type [Ag(C
5H
4PPh
2)(PR
3)]
2 (R = Ph, Et) resulte
d in 36-49% yiel
d from reactions of silverchlori
de with the appropriate phosphine in refluxing toluene, followe
d by cooling to -78
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d subsequent reactions with lithium
diphenylphosphinocyclopenta
dieni
de. The compoun
dsM(C
5Ph
5)(PEt
3) (M = Ag, Cu) containing five bulky phenyl substituents were obtaine
d in44-56% yiel
d from reactions of so
dium pentaphenylcyclopenta
dieni
de an
d [ClM(PEt
3)]
4 inTHF. In general, the new organosilver compoun
ds containing functional substituents onthe cyclopenta
dienyl ring as well as binuclear phosphine
derivatives exhibite
d enhance
dthermal an
d oxi
dative stabilities compare
d with the parent compoun
d Ag(C
5H
5)(PPh
3).
31PNMR stu
dies of the compoun
ds have been un
dertaken an
d are in agreement with thepropose
d structures.