Displacement of the ethene lig
and in(d
ippe)Pd(C
2H
4)(d
ippe =
iPr
2PC
2H
4P
iPr
2)by 1-alkynesRC
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CH affords the mononuclear complexes(d
ippe)Pd(RC
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CH) (R = Me(
2a), Ph (
3a), CO
2Me (
4), SiMe
3 (
5)). The molecularstructure of
3a has been determined by X-raycrystallography. Mononuclear
2a and 3a have beenreacted with stoichiometric amounts of(d
ippe)Pd(
1-C
3H
5)
2as a source for [(d
ippe)Pd
0] toyield the dinuclear derivatives{(d
ippe)Pd}
2(
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-RC
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CH) (R = Me (
2b), Ph(
3b)). By the reaction of(d
ippe)Pd(C
2H
4) withdifunctionalvinylacetylene the mononuclear complex(d
ippe)Pd{(1,2-
2)-RC
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CH}(R = CH=CH
2 (
6a)) isformed, which is in equilibrium with isomeric(d
ippe)Pd{(3,4-
2)-H
2C=CHC
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CH}(
6b).Addition of [(d
ippe)Pd
0] to
6a,b yields dinuclear{(d
ippe)Pd}
2(
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-RC
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CH) (R= CH=CH
2 (
6c)).Reaction of(d
ippe)Pd(C
2H
4) withbutadiyne affords(d
ippe)Pd(
2-HC
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CC
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CH)(
7c). Fromd
ippe, Pt(cod)
2,
andC
4H
2 the Pt homologue has also been synthesized
and thus, togetherwith the already known Ni derivative, the series(d
ippe)M(
2-HC
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CC
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CH) (M = Ni(
7a),Pd (
7c), Pt (
7f)) is now complete. When
7c and [(d
ippe)Pd
0] arecombined, the dinuclearcomplex{(d
ippe)Pd}
2(
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-RC
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CH) (R= C
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CH (
7e)) is formed in solution, whereasisomeric{(d
ippe)Pd}
2{
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-(1,2-
2):(3,4-
2)-HC
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CC
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CH}(
7d) is present in the solid state. Thepreparation of the Pd
0-1-alkyne complexes refutes theconventional wisdom that this type ofcompound is inherently unstable. By reaction of(d
ippe)Pd(C
2H
4) withinternal alkynes C
2R
2the complexes (d
ippe)Pd(RC
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CR) (R = Me(
8a), Ph (
9), CO
2Me(
10), SiMe
3 (
11)) havealsobeen prepared. Combining
8a with[(d
ippe)Pd
0] affords dinuclear{(d
ippe)Pd}
2(
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-MeC
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CMe)(
8b). Finally, solution thermolysis of
2band 8b gives rise to dinuclear alkyne-freePd
2(d
ippe)
2 (
12).