Oxidative decarbon
ylation of Re
2(CO)
10 b
yMe
3NO in a mixture of THF and MeOHfollowedb
y addition of alk
yl-chained diphosphinePh
2P(CH
2)
nPPh
2(PP) (
n = 1-4) givesRe
2(
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-OMe)
2(
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-PP)(CO)
6 in 34, 29, 28, and 10%
yields,respectivel
y. This methanol
ytic oxidation acrossthe Re-Re bond provides a general and one-step route for thes
ynthesis of these dirheniumhexacarbon
yl complexes with diphosphine and methoxo bridges. Themolecular structureofRe
2(
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-OMe)
2(
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-Ph
2PCH
2PPh
2)(CO)
6was determined b
y single-cr
ystal X-ra
y diffractionanal
ysis. It contains two
fac-[Re(CO)
3] moieties bridged b
y dppmand two methoxo ligands.The {Re
2O
2} core is significantl
y moreplanar than that in theFe(C
5H
4PPh
2)
2analogue.That such a dinuclear core is maintained in spite of the differentsteric demands of thedifferent bridging diphosphines illustrates the great geometrictolerance of the bridgingmethoxo groups. The fluxionalit
y of the dppm, dppe, and dpppcomplexes has been studiedand compared b
y molecular modeling and solution
1H NMRspectroscop
y. D
ynamic laser-light scattering (DLS) shows that the dppe complex aggregates inCH
2Cl
2 to form smallclusters with an average radius of ~370 nm. The use of acombination of DLS and NMR inorganometallic chemistr
y is unprecedented.