After displacement of the
2-H
2 ligandfrom[(triphos)Re(CO)
2(
2-H
2)]BF
4(
2), ethyne andvarious 1-alkynes, HC
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CR, are tautomerized at the Re(I) centerto vinylidene ligands (R =H, Ph,
p-tolyl, COOEt,
n-C
6H
13, SiMe
3). Akinetic
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-alkyne adduct is intercepted at lowtemperature during the reaction between
2 and ethyne.The primary vinylidene complex[(triphos)Re(CO)
2(C=CH
2)]BF
4(
7-BF
4) can also be obtained by reaction of the(trimethylsilyl)vinylidene complex[(triphos)Re(CO)
2{C=C(H)SiMe
3}]BF
4with stoichiometric water. Unprecedented examples of addition of either water or alcohols toRe-vinylidene moieties togive hydroxycarbene or alkoxycarbene complexes are presented. Inparticular, an excess ofwater transforms
7-BF
4 into the secondaryhydroxycarbene complex[(triphos)Re(CO)
2{C(OH)CH
3}]BF
4 (
11), which can beisolated in the solid state. Upon thermolysis inrefluxingtetrahydrofuran,
11 selectively converts to the tricarbonylcomplex[(triphos)Re(CO)
3]BF
4and methane. Deprotonation of
11 by mild bases givesthe acetyl derivative (triphos)Re(CO)
2(COCH
3), which regenerates thehydroxycarbene precursor by protonation with strongacids. The ethoxycarbene complexes[(triphos)Re(CO)
2{C(OEt)CH
2R}]BPh
4(R = H, COOEt)are prepared by nucleophilic addition of ethanol across the C=Cdouble bond of thecorresponding vinylidene derivatives. Neutral
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-alkynylcomplexes of the general formula(triphos)Re(CO)
2(C
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CR) (R = Ph,
p-tolyl, COOEt,
n-C
6H
13,H) are obtained by reaction ofthe vinylidene derivatives with strong bases. The reaction of the
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-alkynyl complexes withvarious methylating agents affords disubstituted vinylidenederivatives, herein exemplifiedby[(triphos)Re(CO)
2{C=C(Me)Ph}](OSO
2CF
3).The structural identities in the solid stateof the phenylvinylidene complex[(triphos)Re(CO)
2{C=C(H)Ph}]BF
4and of the ethoxycarbenecomplex[(triphos)Re(CO)
2{C(OEt)CH
3}]BPh
4have been determined by X-ray diffractionanalyses. In both complexes the metal center is octahedrallycoordinated by a
fac triphosligand, by two mutually
cis terminal carbonyls, and by theorganyl ligand.