The syntheses of the chlo
ro complexes [Ru(
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5-C
5R
5)Cl(L)] (R = H, Me; L = phosphinoamine ligand) (
1a-
d) havebeen ca
rried out by
reaction of [(
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5-C
5H
5)RuCl(PPh
3)
2] o
r {(
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5-C
5Me
5)RuCl}
4 with the co
rresponding phosphinoamine(
R,
R)-1,2-bis((diisop
ropylphosphino)amino)cyclohexane),
R,
R-dippach, o
r 1,2-bis(((diisop
ropylphosphino)amino)ethane),dippae. The chlo
ride abst
raction
reactions f
rom these compounds lead to diffe
rent p
roducts depending on thesta
rting chlo
rocomplex and the
reaction conditions. Unde
r a
rgon atmosphe
re, chlo
ride abst
raction f
rom [(
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5-C
5Me
5)RuCl(
R,
R-dippach)] with NaBA
r'
4 yields the compound [(
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5-C
5Me
5)Ru(
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3P,
P'
-(R,
R)-dippach)][BA
r'
4] (
2b) which exhibitsa th
ree-membe
red
ring Ru-N-P by a new coo
rdination fo
rm of this phosphinoamine. Howeve
r, unde
r the sameconditions the
reaction sta
rting f
rom [(
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5-C
5Me
5)RuCl(dippae)] yields the unsatu
rated 16 elect
ron complex [(
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5-C
5Me
5)Ru(dippae)][BA
r'
4] (
2d). The bonding modes of
R,
R-dippach and dippae ligands have been analyzed byDFT calculations. The possibility of t
ridentate P,N,P-coo
rdination of the phosphinoamide ligand to a f
ragment [(
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5-C
5Me
5)Ru]
+ is always p
resent, but only the p
resence of a cyclohexane unit in the ligand f
ramewo
rk conve
rts thisbonding mode in a mo
re favo
rable option than the usual P,P-coo
rdination. Dinit
rogen [(
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5-C
5R
5)Ru(N
2)(L)][BA
r'
4](
3a-
d) and dioxygen complexes [(
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5-C
5H
5)Ru(O
2)(
R,
R-dippach)][BPh
4] (
4a) and [(
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5-C
5Me
5)Ru(O
2)(L)][BPh
4] (
4b,
d)have been p
repa
red by chlo
ride abst
raction unde
r dinit
rogen o
r dioxygen atmosphe
re,
respectively. The p
resenceof 16 elect
ron [(
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5-C
5H
5)Ru(
R,
R-dippach)]
+ species in fluo
robenzene solutions of the co
rresponding dinit
rogen o
rdioxygen complexes in conjunction with the p
resence of [BA
r'
4]
- gave in some cases a small f
raction of [Ru(
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5-C
5H
5)(
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6-C
6H
5F)][BA
r'
4] (
5a), which has been isolated and cha
racte
rized by X-
ray diff
raction.