文摘
The coordination of the phosphino-alcohol ligands 2-Ph2PC6H4CH(R)OH (R = H, Me) onto an arene-ruthenium(II) fragment gave rise to the formation of complexes of general formula [RuCl2{2-Ph2PC6H4CH(R)OH}(畏6-arene)] (R = H, arene = C6H6 (3a), p-cymene (3b), mesitylene (3c), C6Me6 (3d); R = Me, arene = p-cymene (5b)). In solution, different isomers were observed depending on the solvent polarity. They arise from the different coordination modes adopted by the phosphino-alcohol: (i) the classical 魏1-P mode through the selective coordination of the phosphorus atom, (ii) the establishment of both Ru鈥揚 and Cl路路路路H鈥揙 interactions, and (iii) the P,O-chelate formation. Treatment of these species with NaPF6 led to the selective formation of the corresponding cationic species [RuCl{魏2-(P,O)-2-Ph2PC6H4CH(R)OH}(畏6-arene)][PF6] 6a鈥?b>d and 7b, respectively. Unexpectedly, under basic conditions these cationic compounds evolved into the neutral 伪-hydroxy-alkyl derivatives [RuCl{魏2-(P,C)-Ph2PC6H4C(R)OH}(畏6-arene)] through a formal C鈥揌 bond activation process.