Complex [(η
6-
p-cymene)OsCl(IPr)]OTf (
1) re
acts with 1,1-diphenyl-2-propyn-1-ol to
afford the hydroxyvinylidene deriv
ative [(η
6-
p-cymene)OsCl{
acs.org/im
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acs.org/im
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2}(IPr)]OTf (
2), which dehydr
ates to form [(η
6-
p-cymene)OsCl(
acs.org/im
ages/entities/dbd_2.gif">C
acs.org/im
ages/entities/dbd_2.gif">C
acs.org/im
ages/entities/dbd_2.gif">CPh
2)(IPr)]OTf (
3). Tre
atment in
acetonitrile under reflux of the BF
4-s
alt of
3 with AgBF
4 le
ads to the tetr
akis(solvento) deriv
ative [Os(
acs.org/im
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acs.org/im
ages/entities/dbd_2.gif">C
acs.org/im
ages/entities/dbd_2.gif">CPh
2)(CH
3CN)
4(IPr)][BF
4]
2 (
4). At 95 °C, the
addition of P
iPr
3 to
an
acetonitrile solution of
4 yields the dic
ationic mixed P
iPr
3-IPr osmium−
allenylidene complex [Os(
acs.org/im
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acs.org/im
ages/entities/dbd_2.gif">C
acs.org/im
ages/entities/dbd_2.gif">CPh
2)(CH
3CN)
3(IPr)(P
iPr
3)][BF
4]
2 (
5), which in 2-prop
anol
and in the presence of N
aCl evolves into the five-coordin
ate hydride−
alkenylc
arbyne [OsHCl(
acs.org/im
ages/entities/tbd1.gif">CCH
acs.org/im
ages/entities/dbd_2.gif">CPh
2)(IPr)(P
iPr
3)][BF
4] (
6). The X-r
ay structures of
2,
5,
and
6 are
also reported.